Who Else Has Lost & Gained - Lost & Gained - Lost & Gained

That's me, all the time....it's been a battle. I've been fighting the same 50 lbs for the last almost 7 years. If I can break through it this time, I'm hoping it will be long lasting.

I have lost and regained 25, 20, and 45 pounds several times over the last four years.

The key for me now is moderation. I really quit thinking "diet" and started thinking calories in, calories out + exercise. And I never eat my exercise calories "back," they are just a deficit. Now, if I have something deemed bad, I don't sweat it, I just put it on the log and it counts towards the daily calories. 80% of the time I make healthier choices because I Feel better when I do. But if I have a bad weekend or a bad meal, I just get it all on the log so I can see those calories, fat, and sugar screaming at me in black and white. Then they go into the weekly average, and the weekly average still has to be under 1500 a day for the week. So if it means I am doing more exercise towards the end of the week and/or eating less, whatever it takes.

I've been back and forth SO many times over the years.... highest ever..was 337... lowest was the same as I am now... upper 240's...... the difference though this time... is it's been consistant.... it's been 2.5 years...a few evil plateaus.....but it's still been going down...and STAYING down....

you can do it! It's so much more about mindset then anything.... we all run unto differnent physical and emotional struggles that got us to this place... but it took me being able to realize I am worth it to get this place, and I know it's going get me into new territory, below this weight...and to my goals!

I think food is like any addiction...we're soothing ourselves, comforting from something...even sometimes punishing ourselves when we feel umworthy of love etc...the hard thing with a food addiction, is you can't go cold turkey...lol.. you still have to eat! Most of the time... i see my food as fuel... though there still are times of course I mindlessly eat etc... but it's SO much LESS of a time now then before!

Rooting for you my dear!

I keep telling people that I am still losing the weight I gained with my last baby, and he would be 20 now if he were still with us!!!!! I can't believe how many times I can lose the same pound!!! So frustrating, but I can't give up this time. I have my 30 year class reunion next summer, and I refuse to look like this!!! Keep on keeping on everyone, and hopefully we can all succeed this time around. Slow and steady really does win the race!!!

I am new to this site, however, I can be touched by what you are going through.

I lost 70 pounds between September 2007 - May 2008. I went from a size 22/24 to a size 10/12, however, in March 2008, I found out I would be losing my job after my term expired in August 2008. I was not concerned at first because I have always worked since I was about 14 years old, however, after August 2008 came and went and no job offers, I got a little concerned.

Then the wating game. It took two years and nine months before I got another job. The first year was the hardest because I was depressed, stressed out and stop working out and eating properly. It took my daughter who was nine at the time to say "mommy, why are you always so sad." This hit hard because I always try to be positive and as a Christian, I am suppose to know who to pray, believe and trust God. However, I lost faith until my husband decided enough is enough and made an appointment for me to meet with a therapist.


It was the best thing that could have happened because it allowed me to see exactly where I was, but to understand it was only a time and a season. It was up to me to make changes. Therefore, It took me a minute, but I started back to walking, trying to eat better, getting more involved in my daughter's school (volunteering) and thinking and talking more positive.

Now, I am learning to put myself first, so that I can be a better wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and worker.

I know if I could lose the weight once, I can and will do it again and this time, I plan to live a lifestyle where I will keep the weight off for good.

Set small obtainable goals and as you reach one, you can look back and see how far you have come and it will make it easier to take the next steps forward.

Thats me too. Gained in my late 20s, lost in my late 30s, gain in middle to late 40s and losing again in middle 50. Hopefully for good. Just last year lost 25lbs for sons wedding. Then started gaining again. I didn't wait this time I started working on it again. That is when I found this site. Joined Labor day of this year. So I do understand.

Ever since I was fifteen and found diet pills. I have never in my life lost weight without pills and starving myself, and I have been up and down that scale many, many times. My lowest weight was just over 100 pounds, now I'm at 232. I was at 250 last year, but I had some diet pills and took them for awhile and got back down to 215. But they made me really anxious and eventually stopped working, just like always, so I gained most of it back.

It's funny, I keep wanting to put 1s in front of those numbers, and not 2s. I've never gotten used to the idea of being over 200 pounds, and my typing fingers still refuse to accept it! Hopefully in a few months it won't be an issue.

Understand completely. I think I just simply get tired of having to think about what I'm eating and the calories involved. Gotta get over that hump somehow to be completely successful. Good luck!

I have to say.... I'm always going up and down up an down.... I'm trying to gat back on track!!

I have lost and gained more times than I can count and each time I gain more!! However, I am no longer dieting since I started MFP 2 months ago and I have lost 21.2 pounds! I have off days, but it seems I can just jump back the next day...so much easier this way and I hope I really lose those 50 pounds for good!