Where were you exactly 1yr ago in your journey? I was..

A year ago....I was unhappy, overweight, barely fitting into my pants, resisting to go up a size, and needing a change!!!!

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1 year ago I was a Whopping 312lbs and today I am Weighing in at 156lbs.. Man what an Amazing year this has been for me.. So life changing for the better.. I am down 156lbs as of yesturday and I am 11lbs from my goal.. I have done this souly thru exercise and 1200-1300 calorie diet.. No Fad Diets or Surgeries.. Nothing But Blood, Sweat & Tears..

"Not Sweat you see on me that's Awesome Sauce Baby!!!!"
~Rachel~

wow! You are amazing! You have done an amazing job! I am so encouraged by your testimony, Especially the fact that no surgery or fads were used. It gives me hope. Now if I can just convince my body to work that hard! The food is not as big a problem as forcing myself to push harder. I tend to wimp out easily when I start feeling tired! Thanks for sharing.

I was about 2 months into my journey and about 85 pounds heavier than I am now. I think I started doing Zumba for the first time almost exactly a year ago. I might have gotten one or two comments on my weight loss, but most people didn't notice yet. Now they don't even recognize me.

awesome accomplishment! Thanks for the encouragement!

Well a year ago, I was roughly 65 lbs heavier. Looking somewhat like this:



But currently I am looking like this:

I was 6 - 10 lbs heavier I am so glad I found this site I hope to say next year at this time I am 100lbs lighter that is my goal 100lbs in a year which is about half way to where I need to be but I want to lose that in a year!! I can't wait to see where I am!

One year ago I thought I had gained 10 pounds because I was stressed at grad school...turns out it was because I was still very much engulfed in a major eating disorder that had effed with my metabolism. When I joined MFP I logged my daily calories without changing anything and was only eating about 600-800 calories a day. MFP has opened my eyes to eating ENOUGH and being conscious of the food I am putting in my body. Right now I'm about the same weight, but so much happier and healthier.

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A year ago today I was just starting my journey to lose weight and get fit. I was 32 pounds heavier andI was struggling with health issues due to poor circulation. I was always in pain and in and out of the doctors office. Finally I decided that I had to make a lifestyle change. I needed to exercise daily and make healthier food choices. Looking back now I picked the hardest time of year to start my journey but I did what I had to. I was miserable having to watch what I ate at Thanksgiving and Christmas while everyone else stuffed their faces LOL . But I stuck to my goal and didn't even have a slice of pumpkin pie :-( This year in celebration my sister is making her special homemade pumpkin pie and you bet I'm having a slice =-)

I am happy to say that today I no longer suffer from any of my old health issues, I am in the best shape of my life and I am a much happier person!!! :-)

38 lbs heavier

This time last year I hadn't started my weight loss journey as such but wasn't eating well. I was constantly exhausted and a small trip out would take me at least 2 days to recover from. I was around 12st 7 then (I'm only 5ft 3 and half)

I have a rare neurological condition and thought it was progressing again, I got exhausted just sitting at computer typing and a shopping trip wiped me out for a week even though I had to pushed most of the way around. I started proceedings to get an electric wheelchair from NHS.. things weren't looking good.

This year I started again trying to lose weight after going out for birthday (42 beginning of june) and been exhausted from having to take a few steps into pub and just sitting there for a few hours. I started calorie counting and trying to exercise I lost 9lbs in first 4 months it was slow and frustrating. I started taking Capsiplex to help give me energy to exercise for longer so I could burn more off and also bought a passive trainer bike (motor pedals legs for me as I don't have the co-ordination) for first time I could go on it an hour and burn like 600 cals a day and managing more vigorous exercise on wii like tennis and boxing games and more wii fit exercises.

I cut carbs after reading about a link between Hypothyroidism and wheat and difficulty losing so reduced carbs but allow gluten free bread 1-2 timesa week, potatoes once a week, no rice or pasta or other grains. (allowed gluten free rice krispies for cereal and oats/oat based biscuits) and lost another 16lbs in the last few months which I'm thrilled with, now finally in the 10 stone range for first time in years.. my goal weight now is around 9 and half stone like I used to be.

My tummy is alot smaller, I have more energy and now off the capsiplex and can still exercise for an hour myself without needing them for energy anymore but they did help me have energy to exercise for long enough to build up some strength. I haven't put any weight back on since coming off them as I can still exercise. It possible they helped kick start my system along with going mainly carb free.

As my weight is dropping so well I am slowly re-introducing more frequent treats looking forward to a KFC and McFlurry on Tuesday for first time in over a year! .. then my next treat day planned is xmas day. ... though this week I had 2 gluten free choc brownies (to satisfy my monthly cravings) and I've still lost 3lb and only put 1 lb back on when they started (previously would put about 6lbs on this week)

My co-ordination skills, balance, core muscle strength (for standing and sitting) have all improved. I can sit in manual chair long enough to go out without it leaving me exhausted and manage crutches better for transfers betweens cars/chairs/into family/friends houses etc... so I'm much happier now! :happy:

Thank you, its been a long journey! I will know how much things have improved for sure fitness wise after my shopping trip, last year my friend had to push me most of way.. this year I'm hoping to do it myself the entire time and hoping recovery time will be alot quicker. I'll let you know how it goes!

A year ago today I went to buffet's pretty regularly (Crab Rangoons ALMOST killed me, I'm sure, they're so good). Didn't diet at all. However in may I picked up the the MFP app on a droid phone I got and started dieting. Since then I've lost over 100 pounds. I'm hoping to get to my goal weight of 220 by my birthday (late june), which is about another 60 pounds. I've decided if I can reach that goal, I'll treat myself with a trip to cedar point . (Which is an amusement park on Ohio, if anyone here doesn't know that).

A year ago I was about 170lbs and almost a size 14, was very unhappy about how I looked but used it as an excuse.
Woke up one day and decided I was totally disgusted with how I looked and changed my diet completely and started working out.

Now I am still working out, eating my work out calories and down to a size 6 and almost to a size 28 inch waist.

I am rather small framed and at my optimal weight I am 115 with pure muscle and size 0, I know it seems small but remember I am small framed. I am not trying to get to that point at all.

A year ago (Oct) I had started to exercise but had not changed my way of eating until March 2011. I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. The weight was coming off very slowly and I hated exercising. While I'm still not an exerciser, I finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm 3.5 lbs away from my half way point.