How long did it take you?

It took me about a year to go from 144 to 119. With the exception of a recent 3 pound weight gain, which I’m actively working to lose, I have kept it all off.
I mostly did it through calorie counting. I’m 5’6, so I didn’t technically have to lose weight, but I was at the high end of a safe BMI and I didn’t want to tip into an overweight BMI. There’s a lot of cardiovascular issues on both sides of my family and I ate a lot of fast food and big restaurant meals as a kid. Because I was a very busy and active kid, I was never fat or even slightly overweight in spite of eating that way, but I think of all the saturated fat that I consumed and it makes me wince. So I’m trying to avoid a grim cardiac fate every which way I possibly can. And that included losing weight.

36 years old, down from 153 to 134ish since mid-december. i'm about done. i ate 1200 for a while, then upped to 1350.