My weight loss journey!

rastetter
rastetter Posts: 3 Member
edited November 27 in Success Stories
Thank you MyFitnessPal for helping me achieve what I thought was impossible..... changing my body to match the person I saw in my head!! For years my weight made me a miserable person. Couldn’t walk past a mirror without looking down. Couldn’t stand to see my pic cause I couldn’t believe it was me. Always conscious of my weight but no clue how to change it? I worked out and I’d get stronger but that’s about it. I’d diet trying this diet and that diet but nothing sustainable or at my best on a diet I’d lose 20 then come back with a vengeance gaining back 25.

It wasn’t until I learned how to use the app. When I plugged in my calories and macros that real change happened. After 4.5 months I was 70 lbs down. Now I’m using app to gain muscle and carve out the body that has been trapped in fat all these years. Less number on a scale now and more body composition.

People told me I couldn’t do it. I’m too old at 49 to have the body I wanted. Everybody had an opinion why I couldn’t do it. But I had a plan and the MyFitnessPal app. Like magic I changed quickly. And without much effort in the gym as I previously thought was needed!

I learned that I cannot out train a poor diet. Diet is key. The app take the mystery and the work out of it. Take the word diet and re think it. Cause you can eat!!

Losing weight was like a game using the app! It was fun!! So thank you!!! You have changed my life as well those around me because now I am a different person. The person that only existed in my mind is now coming to life. 💪

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  • buffywhitney
    buffywhitney Posts: 172 Member
    Bravo! Good work.
  • Amazing!
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  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    You sir are an ANIMAL :D
  • Mom2ATM
    Mom2ATM Posts: 147 Member
    Awesome job!
  • rastetter
    rastetter Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you! Still weird looking in the mirror! 5 months ago I was feeling like I was hopeless. I wake up daily thinking I will be the person I was. Like I’ll step on the scale and I’ll be around 240 again. It’s a mental challenge. Thank you!
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    Good job.
  • BRRflorida
    BRRflorida Posts: 1 Member
    Amazing job! :)
  • desg1218
    desg1218 Posts: 78 Member
    You look fantastic! Awesome job.
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    Fantastic and inspiring, dude! You have done so well. High 5!
  • Babs2Baby
    Babs2Baby Posts: 87 Member
    Amazing job!!
  • craignev
    craignev Posts: 1,247 Member
    Astounding progress! You look fantastic. Well done :)
  • onematch
    onematch Posts: 241 Member
    Holy. Moly.
    Great job!!
  • etfan
    etfan Posts: 133 Member
    Wow! Very impressive!
  • dmsl977
    dmsl977 Posts: 232 Member
    Hot damn!
  • snowyne
    snowyne Posts: 268 Member
    Great job! Good for you!
  • lolly2414
    lolly2414 Posts: 186 Member
    Wow, what a transformation! You look so much younger now! Great job!
  • sgrebensteib
    sgrebensteib Posts: 17 Member
    Thanks for posting this. There is hope
  • jdubois5351
    jdubois5351 Posts: 460 Member
    WOW, what an impressive change! Man, you look fantastic. Awesome job! Just wait, your mind'll catch up to the hot new bod in time :)
  • rastetter
    rastetter Posts: 3 Member
    sgrebensteib- There IS hope!! I have tried every diet out there my whole adult life. At my age I gave up. That before pic I took was me at rock bottom. I hated myself and felt this is it. I wont ever be able to go back. I started this journey thinking maybe I could get to 215, still too heavy but at least more in line with where I had been. Even making 215 seemed daunting. But it kept coming off and coming off and it didnt feel like a diet. It was just being aware of my "numbers". Now I am trying to fill in with muscle and not use the scale as much but use my eyes and look at composition. Its fun. But I like I said I look in the mirror and its hard for my brain to get used to it. If you ever want to talk about it or anyone feel free to get back to me. Can even friend me on FB https://www.facebook.com/david.rastetter.7
  • cthunder10
    cthunder10 Posts: 6 Member
    Good Job
  • Styggian
    Styggian Posts: 465 Member
    Great story, amazing results congratulations
  • TinaZ2018
    TinaZ2018 Posts: 314 Member
    Amazing! Great job!
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