1000 consecutive days of MFP!

aarar
aarar Posts: 684 Member
edited November 20 in Success Stories
In the past 1000 days I've:

- lost 100lbs
- maintained this loss (September will be 2 years of maintenance)
- had a lot of great days where I stayed within my calories (both in weight loss and maintenance)
- fallen off track more times than I can count
- logged the good days and the bad days
- had binges of 5000+ calories at one time
- logged every single binge to the best of my ability (and moved on)
- wanted to quit
- didn't quit
- Started running at 200lbs
- Run my first marathon 7 months later
- Run my first 100k ultra marathon
- Run several other halfs, fulls, and a 50k
- Skip at least 1-2 morning runs per week because I can't drag my lazy butt out of bed

This whole experience has been constant ups and downs. It never gets easy, there is always some kind of struggle whether it's trying to fight binge eating (yes 1000 days later I still go through this regularly) or fight my brain at 4am when it doesn't want to get out of bed for a 2 hour run before getting the kids up for school. Sometimes my husband is out of town so I can't get in any training runs all week because my kids can't be left by themselves.

Life happens, there will always be obstacles whether it's yourself or your situation; I've learned you just kind of need to plow right through it all and keep going.

Looking forward to the next 1000 days!

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  • LindsayJeannn
    LindsayJeannn Posts: 9 Member
    edited June 2015
    So awesome! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to an update at 2000 days of MFP. :) Woohoo!
  • gherring2014
    gherring2014 Posts: 16 Member
    Great job! Just what I needed to read today. Thanks for sharing!
  • mmghanna1
    mmghanna1 Posts: 123 Member
    What a great success story! Very motivating. Thanks for posting.
  • eshnna
    eshnna Posts: 109 Member
    This is how it's done! Thanks for sharing!
  • pariskathryn
    pariskathryn Posts: 173 Member
    I love this :)
  • lavenderannie
    lavenderannie Posts: 31 Member
    Very inspiring, thanks for sharing!
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Awesome. You are doing great!! :mrgreen:
  • Marlene1667
    Marlene1667 Posts: 201 Member
    Thank you for sharing your success and even more, all your slip ups! So inspiring! Just goes to show that we just need to keep going and not give up. Congratuations and all the best in your up coming races.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Way to get it!
  • titotito48
    titotito48 Posts: 120 Member
    This is great advice
  • ohmscheeks
    ohmscheeks Posts: 840 Member
    Amazing commitment
  • gingermim
    gingermim Posts: 58 Member
    that is perserverance, be very proud of your accomplishments. Thanks for sharing your ups and downs and showing everyone just because you reach goal does not mean you quit trying.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Great job!
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    respect!
  • ebaba301
    ebaba301 Posts: 35 Member
    Thanks for Sharing. It's a lesson learnt about life. Not just getting fit. Thank you.
  • lmhump
    lmhump Posts: 21 Member
    Your an inspiration- thanks for the honesty and know you made a difference today.
  • AddieOverhaul
    AddieOverhaul Posts: 734 Member
    Great job! Thank you for sharing, this is a very motivating post!
  • lborsato1
    lborsato1 Posts: 1,011 Member
    Love to read such honest accounts of the ups and downs of weight loss and getting fit ! Great Dedication !
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    Thanks for your kind words everyone!
  • bodymindmusic
    bodymindmusic Posts: 118 Member
    Congrats!...it is so hard some days. Great inspiration!
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 4,757 Member
    Congrats to you. This is a real success story for sure.
  • KiairaKay
    KiairaKay Posts: 15 Member
    What a great post! You're such an inspiration! Keep up the great work
  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,105 Member
    Amazing and motivating! Almost to 1000 days.
  • Jacqui_Runs
    Jacqui_Runs Posts: 68 Member
    This was so inspiring to read. Sometimes people forget when they are dieting that we can make mistakes, and that's okay, we have to move on. Great job and I wish you amazing success.
  • alohakaybee
    alohakaybee Posts: 5 Member
    Absolutely inspiring. I love how "real" your post is. It's real life. Thanks for the honesty.
  • ternacious
    ternacious Posts: 16 Member
    wow, congrats! your story is incredibly motivational. thank you for sharing!
  • autbrat
    autbrat Posts: 7 Member
    That is awesome!!! I hope I can get to 1000, I am only on day 3, a long way to go. But your story gives me hope and motivation!
  • christinedlg50
    christinedlg50 Posts: 138 Member
    You rock! Post before and after pics won't you? What an inspiration you are!!!
  • msfoxy_25
    msfoxy_25 Posts: 40 Member
    Your amazing.
  • Doublemeasure
    Doublemeasure Posts: 83 Member
    Brilliant. I know how you feel with binging now and again, it has to be done and then get over it. Tomorrow is a new day. :-)
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