Share your quarantine success stories!

RedDogGotFat · March 2021

I had been pretty over weight before going into lockdown. In March, after everyone was sent home from the office I got in a daily routine of waking up, walking to the basement office, going upstairs for lunch, then having nightly martini's followed by beer and food. It didn't help matters having the constant "Zoom Happy Hours" 4 days a week.
By July I had gained about 20 pounds. We did a beach trip and and took lots of great pictures. Unfortunately (or fortunately), it was in those pictures I saw what i had become. I looked like a 5'9" Weeble Wobble with a car tire around the middle.
After that trip i decided to spend the lockdown time being more constructed. Since July 18th, i am down 40 pounds and 3 (almost 4) pant sizes. FELLING IS AWESOME!!!!

steveko89 · March 2021

westrich20940 wrote: »

I had a LOT of anxiety going into this year due to the coronavirus and realizing that it was going toward general quarantine and not being able to see anyone. I have always been a runner but can get off-track very easily (if I get sick or the weather is bad or I just feel lazy....lol it's very easy for me to just not run on a day I had planned to and then all of a sudden it's been months since a run).

So --- I'm a midwesterner and we have wild weather but I remember last winter being really mild especially in Jan/Feb. And based on what was going on elsewhere in the world I figured, welp we're about to be locked down - might as well take advantage of the nice weather. So, luckily I also have a roommate (bc I would have gone crazy by now if I was living alone) and we started going on walks everyday it wasn't super cold or raining basically. Then I started interval running --- and then started focusing on increasing my mileage. I was 'overweight' but I feel looking back now that I really just felt like I needed to get back into running. It has been integral to my mental health this year. SO --- got up to running 5miles every other day over the summer/fall and got up to 6 miles in the fall (but added an additional rest day where I'd hike or walk instead). I then started having some knee pain that I think is associated with my piriformis/hip/IT band....something is messed up --- so I took a couple weeks off and started focusing on glute strengthening exercises but it still bothers me a little. I'm really just pushing off going to see a DO about it, though I know I should sooner rather than later. But at this time I'm able to run 4.5-5.5. miles with only a little bit of uncomfortableness.

I am now focused on meeting a mileage goal for the year I'v set myself - running a 5K with a friend in the beginning of fall and running a 10K+ with another friend sometime in the fall too. Wish me luck!

But, through the whole getting-back-into-running thing this year I've lost like 35lbs. I'm probably the smallest I've ever been in my adult life actually which is wild.

How many miles are on your shoes? My wife is a much more of a runner than I am and she will often complain that her back and knees are sore only to check her shoe miles on runkeeper and realize she's due for a new pair.

Beautyofdreams · March 2021

I started my health journey again on March 8, 2020 when COVID was diagnosed in my state. I realized that I had 4 risk factors associated with a poor outcome if I were to get covid. Made a list of what I could control and started from there. It must be psychological because last time I was stressed I started weight lifting. Went back to walking with short intervals of jogging and completing a beginner full body split 3 days a week. Have kept this up despite gym restrictions, weather and the death of my boyfriend in December due to Covid. Suffocation was his greatest fear so my heart breaks that he went that way.
Despite all of the chaos and uncertainty I have lost 74 pounds and am managing to keep it off as my state loosens restrictions. Am thinking of finding a trainer to help me with squat form when things open up more.

33gail33 · March 2021

First part of 2020 (March - Sept) I gained about 30 lbs. Stopped working out completely July - November due to illness and ate whatever. Got back on track with diet and exercise in November - started with walking the dogs again every day, then in January started stationary bike again, then February started weights again. So far have lost 20 of the 30 I gained. So after falling off track first lockdown my success story started in second lockdown and is to be continued.

riffraff2112 · March 2021

I lost 20 lbs over the winter, extremely rare as our winters are brutally cold and we were pretty much shut-in due to the quarantine rules. Mostly just cleaned up my diet.
I also pushed myself to learn a new language (Greek), which is going very well.

rosebarnalice · March 2021

After putting on about 10 lbs in the previous 6 months, when the lockdown started it only took from March to June for me to add the COVID 19. When the Y reopened in July (with strict social distancing rules in place, I was literally the first one in the pool. Nine months later, I'm down 50 lbs - and 5 pounds lighter than I've been in my adult life

Cdooogz · March 2021

360 to 160! Counting calories, some bodyweight exercise, and daily walks

Joyfulandactive · March 2021

At the start of the lockdown last March I was already at home recovering from spine cancer so for me it was great to have more company as my two teens starting doing school at home and my eldest daughter came home from college for a few months. My goal for 2020 was to come off my Oxycodone and OxyContin (long acting and short acting). I went from 40mg long acting twice a day to tapering off to 10mg twice a day by the end of 2020. Jan/Feb of 2021 I finally came off ALL opioids and it was much easier than I anticipated. So started tracking and finally got back to the gym this week! I have already lost 5.5.lb in the past couple of weeks. I lost 30lbs the year before being diagnosed with cancer. I was at a healthy 140lb and a size 4 and weight training 3x a week. So I have gained the 30lb back during recovery and aim to get back to where I was this year, just even stronger!

FABRICWOMAN · March 2021

Joyfulandactive wrote: »

At the start of the lockdown last March I was already at home recovering from spine cancer so for me it was great to have more company as my two teens starting doing school at home and my eldest daughter came home from college for a few months. My goal for 2020 was to come off my Oxycodone and OxyContin (long acting and short acting). I went from 40mg long acting twice a day to tapering off to 10mg twice a day by the end of 2020. Jan/Feb of 2021 I finally came off ALL opioids and it was much easier than I anticipated. So started tracking and finally got back to the gym this week! I have already lost 5.5.lb in the past couple of weeks. I lost 30lbs the year before being diagnosed with cancer. I was at a healthy 140lb and a size 4 and weight training 3x a week. So I have gained the 30lb back during recovery and aim to get back to where I was this year, just even stronger!

You are to be commended on what you have endured, and still keeping on your weight loss journey. God's blessings to you and your family. Keep the faith that 2021 will be better for you and everyone going through any adversities in life.

Joyfulandactive · March 2021

Thank you FABRICWOMAN, I have a great husband and kids who have all given me so much support and love. Also excellent medical care for which I am extremely grateful.

creationscrown · March 2021

Fivefootninebaddie wrote: »

When coronavirus started I was overweight and extremely insecure. With all the newfound free time I decided to make a change and take control of my health before college. I started eating better and working out regularly (thank you Chloe Ting). I started at 194.6 (a size 12ish) and I’m now 138 (a size 2)! I lost 56 lbs over 8 months and I feel great! I’m way more confident and am trying to build muscle now. I’m starting to see some ab definition! Thanks for listening!

DAMN GIRL!!! Great job!!!

mpkpbk2015 · March 2021

mpkpbk2015 wrote: »

Feb. 2020 I was at 139.2 - 12.2 pounds away from my goal of losing 100 pounds. during the lock down I have lost the last 12.2 pounds and reached my goal weight. I managed to get my exercise in by walking around the neighborhood since my gym closed down. And started home cooking everything since all the restaurants were doing takeout and a lot of them were closed. I sleep better and feel 100% better even though I miss socializing and being with my friends.

Why someone disagree with what I said is totally confusing to me and hurtful. So if you come back and read this at least say what your disagreeing to or about.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971 · March 2021

In January 2020 I went to the primary care physician for a checkup. I'd been extremely poor, and finally divorced my husband because I couldn't take the hoarding and abuse any more, moved an hour away to take care of my boyfriend (Polyamory) and after getting him off alcohol and dealing with a psychotic episode, we finally got him home and on the right meds to begin getting healthy, and it was time for me to get healthy too.

The doctor's scale said 296. That was the most I'd ever weighed, damn near 300 pounds which is exactly double what I ought to weigh, and I came home and said that I was going to start losing weight.

And then we had the pandemic. I had the response that the one thing I could control was what I put in my mouth. 2020 also included us moving to a new house, getting a new cat, and having a couple new mental health diagnoses, but the three of us (I now live with my boyfriend and my girlfriend) are happy. And I lost 50 pounds last year.

Having seen it work for me, my boyfriend and girlfriend are now counting calories and exercising too. He ate to cope with the PTSD, and is carrying forty pounds he doesn't want. She went to the doctor and found she weighed 415, and despite her orthopedic issues she is going to the gym and doing the exercises she was prescribed for rehab in the pool, and she's working hard to get on a sleep schedule and to eat under her calories. I look forward to a year in which we all can lose weight and become the people we want to live with for the rest of our lives.

Oh, and the boyfriend and I will make it legal sometime later this year after we and everyone we want to come to the wedding has been vaccinated.

MsCzar · March 2021

mpkpbk2015 wrote: »

Why someone disagree with what I said is totally confusing to me and hurtful. So if you come back and read this at least say what your disagreeing to or about.

The general consensus is that we have one or more peevish serial disagree-ers. Don't pay any attention to them. Honestly, I don't know why there even exists a Disagree option outside of the Debate forum. I roll my eyes every time someone disagrees on any 'share your opinion/experience' thread. Makes no sense. 🙄

concordancia · March 2021

MsCzar wrote: »

mpkpbk2015 wrote: »

Why someone disagree with what I said is totally confusing to me and hurtful. So if you come back and read this at least say what your disagreeing to or about.

The general consensus is that we have one or more peevish serial disagree-ers. Don't pay any attention to them. Honestly, I don't know why there even exists a Disagree option outside of the Debate forum. I roll my eyes every time someone disagrees on any 'share your opinion/experience' thread. Makes no sense. 🙄

Also, on the phone, it is easy to hit the disagree without realizing it when you were just trying to scroll down. Basically, as long as disagrees aren't piling up, it is probably not worth thinking about.

lorimill1973 · March 2021

I kept running. When I was originally sent to work from home (and foolishly thought at the time thought it would only be for a few weeks), I debated giving myself a break from my morning run and sleeping an hour later since I wouldn’t have my commute. Decided it was probably best to keep up my routine so I wouldn’t fall off track. So glad I did that! In the past year, I’ve doubled my daily mileage (thereby increasing my “bonus” calories available) and managed to finally lose 4 of the 8 pounds I had left before I hit my goal weight. Only 4 more lbs to go!

jtwesttx · July 2021

Fivefootninebaddie wrote: »

When coronavirus started I was overweight and extremely insecure. With all the newfound free time I decided to make a change and take control of my health before college. I started eating better and working out regularly (thank you Chloe Ting). I started at 194.6 (a size 12ish) and I’m now 138 (a size 2)! I lost 56 lbs over 8 months and I feel great! I’m way more confident and am trying to build muscle now. I’m starting to see some ab definition! Thanks for listening!

WOW! Amazing and encouraging! Great job!

jonni82014 · July 2021

Great stories. Im in my late 60s. Hip replacement surgery Jul/19 kept me sedentary. COVID quarantine hit our area Mar/20 so in July/20 I made my mind up that I was going “come out” of the quarantine, healthier than ever. Had a bit of a stall as I had cataract surgery Oct/20; both eyes, which allowed me to give up my glasses and but kept me sedentary. I still continued mindful eating and have a weight release, as of today 20#. I started a 90 Fitness Walking Program Feb/21 and haven’t looked back. My weight release has been stable for 3 months, I would like to release another 9# however, I’m feeling well, and that what counts. My cholesterol and triglycerides have decreased by 11%. My journey is about inside outside wellness. One can not buy health.

nszki · July 2021

Retired just as Covid was beginning. So no work lunches, no banquets, no travel, no events, and no excuses! Started doing Silver Sneakers workouts on Zoom, logging food, and lost 12 pounds. Bonus - A1C dropped to normal levels and was able to cut Metformin meds to once a day. Looking and feeling better.

girlinkaz · July 2021

I started working out for real for the first time since college in March 2020 as a stress reliever since I wasn’t leaving the house. I quickly became addicted to the daily endorphins, added in diet in Feb of 2021 and here I am, a year and a half later, 55lbs down and in the best athletic shape I’ve been in since high school. 12lbs to goal!

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