My story so far: I am 33 and live in Oregon. In February of 2013 I weighed 280 pounds and was beginning to fear for my life. I would cry myself to sleep worried that I might have a heart attack and not wake up. My quality of life sucked. I couldn't do anything without getting winded and didn't want to go out in public. I dreaded running into anybody I knew...all they would think was how fat I had become.
I decided to try Weight Watchers online. I was still eating the same foods but much less of them. I lost 75 pounds over the next year. I hardly ever exercised. As my allotted "points" dropped as I lost weight, I noticed that I was starving and wondered how many calories I was eating. I tracked a day in MFP and was shocked that I was only getting about 1,000 calories per day! I switched over to MFP only and bumped my calories up to around 1,600. I slowly lost another 10 down to 195 where I pretty much maintained throughout 2015.
I put on about 15 pounds over the holidays. I went wild and ate whatever I wanted and it definitely caught up with me. So, here I am. Three years since I began this journey. About halfway to my ultimate goal weight. I feel like this is the beginning of Phase Two. I worked out with a personal trainer for the first time last Wednesday. I was sooo sore Thursday and Friday. Today I'm almost back to normal. I am so out of shape. The workout we did wasn't even much but it kicked my butt. I will be going back every Wednesday. I really hope to see some great progress over the next few months! I have been tracking my calories every day and staying within my goal. I'm ready to get to my goal weight this year. I'm ready to feel fit and confident.