To those who've lost over 100 pounds in a year, please respo

Set your goal to lose at 2 lbs per week. That gives you 104 pounds in a year - which is healthy and doable. Reset your calorie target with each loss...and exercise. I don't eat back my exercise calories (another hotly debated issue).

I eat back about half of my exercise calories and am very careful about portion size but I do not stress over every calorie. There are times when the weight seems to go away on its own and other times, like this weekend, when I seem to regain everything lost the week before. During those times I have to remind myself that when viewed since I started recording my weight using MFP, the weight loss is a fairly steady descending line toward my goal weight.

I'm only about half way to 100 pounds lost (54 pounds in 4 1/2 months) but I plan to do at least that in a year. I'm averaging 1900 calories/day eaten and 450 calories/day burned through exercise for an average net of 1450. I have a spreadsheet where I keep track of everything. My metabolic rate has decreased 300 calories/day, which is to be expected since my body mass has decreased. So I'm losing just a bit slower than the beginning but not much. I do 35 minutes of higher intensity on the elliptical 4x/week and that really helps drop weight fast. The rest of my exercise is walking and a few simple weight exercises. I'm eating mostly healthy, natural foods but NOT low fat (or low carb, but my carbs are whole grains, fruits and vegetables). I've tried that before and then I'm just hungry, cranky and give up. I've finally figured ot what works for me, healthy food, higher calories, reasonable duration/frequency intense exercise mixed with low intensity walking, and determination! It really has been shockingly easy!

I ate what MFP told me to eat for 2 lbs a week loss, and only ate back about 1/2 my exercise calories. For the 1st 6 months I didn't even exercise. In my first year I lost 110 ish. Can't remember, but I did break 100 :-)

I lost 100 lbs in 8 months. I've lost a few more now and plan to lose about 40 more. I think I started with 1400 calories but it quickly changed to 1200. I exercise every day and don't eat back my exercise calories...yet. That will probably change as I get closer to my goal but I'm not going to change what's working for me at this point. My suggestion would be to lower your carbs a bit and raise your protein - that has really helped me a lot. Good luck to you. It's totally doable without surgery - it does take a LOT of sheer determination, though.

I have lost 118 lbs in the past 50.5 weeks, almost 1 year. I ate what MFP told me to and I always ate at least some of my exercise calories. I always try to have a net of 1200 calories or more. Usually more unless I just burned a TON exercising and can't force myself to eat a bite more.

I lost 102lbs in 8 months. My story is in my signature. Here I will say, I did not starve myself. It felt like it at first because eating the right portion sizes was not my norm. For the rest click my blog.

bumping, I have some friends that have lost quite a bit of weight in a year. Hoping they post for you.

Set your goal to lose at 2 lbs per week. That gives you 104 pounds in a year - which is healthy and doable. Reset your calorie target with each loss...and exercise. I don't eat back my exercise calories (another hotly debated issue).

Agreed with the eating calories back i lose more weight by eating the calories that i do exercise off the body needs energy to go

Hi!
I actually just reached my 100lb goal just a couple days ago and I lost it in 9 months. I did not eat less than 1200 calories a day. I started off going to a nutritionist t really know how to eat correctly. I know they it seems that eating less would allow you to lose more weight and maybe this is the case for a bit, but really your body does fo into starvation mode. I have another 50 to still lose and eat between 1200-1350 calories each day. However, i eat protien with every meal. I eat at least 70 grams of protien per day, it seems like a lot but once you start to eat certain things it just becomes habit. I also workout with a traininer 3 times a week and 60 min with her burns at least 700 calories, on other days I run but by no means workout every day. By not eating enough calories you are doing more harm than good. I know it rough but really not only will you start losin weight slower but you will lose muscle and you wont tone along the way. I still have issues with skin and not being as tone as I had hoped but know I can fix that later. Do it the right way and still eat, you just need to learn the right combitnations. Also drink A LOT of water. it isnt eay making teh changes but once you do it becomes habit... best f luck!