How many times you tried?

lose* now* and this is my first time trying to lose weight. and i am 65 days into it today.

When I was at my highest weight (junior high-early highschool) I tried all the fad diets xD Low carb i thought was the only way to lose weight. Or I thought if I only ate salad for 2 weeks all would be good. Before I knew anything at all about nutrition xD

I have been on mfp for a total of a year now. Only lost 15 pounds.. but my body composition has completely changed. I also took many breaks for my numerous vacations tho xD WIll be on here for a very long time I have a feeling. Good tool to track bulking/cutting cycles. Never ending for me

I've been trying for over ten years to lose some weight.

I now, since 2nd november on MFP, I've already lost 1,5 kg (over 3 pounds). I'm glad with the results and I hope to be fit within 1 year. I'm not in a hurry.

I have tried to lose weight more times than I can count over the course of my life... I'm 48 so I don't really want to guess at numbers. Needless to say, that regardless of what I thought at the time, I clearly wasn't all that serious or prepared to do what was necessary to lose weight.

I've been with mfp seven months now. My progress is slow, but it's all going in the right direction.

all my life, I did good here for a couple of months but then I just get stuck!!!!!! I lost about 20lbs then nothing despite all my hard work and trying!!! But I still keep logging and excercising, somethings gotta give here LOL!!!!

MFP gave me awareness. It's what I did with that information, the dedication and commitment which led to the weight loss.

MFP gave me awareness. It's what I did with that information, the dedication and commitment which led to the weight loss.

SO this. ^^

I originally got on the weight loss bandwagon when I was 13 I think? I was in the eighth grade, anyway. I had started getting fat in the third grade, and by the fifth I was about 150lbs. Bear in mind, I was 10 and weighed that much, and I've never been very tall. In the eighth grade, I decide to try and lose some weight. I drank almost nothing but soda, so I completely switched over to drinking only water, stopped going back for seconds at dinner, and opted for grilled food instead of fried when eating out. In about five months, I got down to about 130bs. I fell off the bandwagon and I've been trying to get back on ever since. I'm 22 now, and I've been hovering between 130 and 140 since.

At the beginning of the year, a friend of mine introduced me to MFP, and he had lost a good 40lbs. I had resolved to try and lose weight before I graduated college, so I gave it a shot. I did manage to lose about five pounds the spring semester of college, but then I left for my summer internship, and went back up to 140, maybe a pound of two higher. I had little to no control over my diet there, since most of our meals were provided and not eating them wasn't an option. There was no kitchen, so on days meals weren't provided, eating out was basically the only option.

The summer was ended and I moved out to California. I had resolved to finally lose the weight, so I started eating better once I moved out here in September (or rather, I stopped having a diet consisting of taco salad and brownies) and in October I started working out six days a week because my internship ended up having a lot of down time. I blog about my journey on tumblr, and keep using MFP to track. I've gone from about 140 (maybe a wee bit higher) down to 126, which is my lowest adult weight in my entire life. My goal is between 115 and 120, and I'm hoping in the next three months I can be in a place where I'm happy with my body and can maintain it.

No other time before MFP, but one other time since having MFP. So this is my second and last time "trying" it. It's been about 10 months now.