What program/plan did you use?

I lost a lot of weight using D'Adamo's bloddtype diet but have stopped following it a while ago, I go to the gym 5 times a week and also go to yoga class once a week. For the food, I count the calories and that seems to work well for now. I have a trainer at the gym and I also see a nutritionist. I managed to lose about 25 pounds.

Calorie counting and working out.

What I eat and my workouts have changed as time has gone on, but it really is as easy as eat within your calories and eat sensably most of the time, and get off your butt

I don't post pics of myself on public web sites, but I lost weight by eating a balanced healthy diet by current medical recommendations (plenty of vegetables, fruit, whole grains and lean protein) and exercise. I also drink wine most days. The only diet changes I made to lose weight was to watch how much wine I drink a little more carefully. Exercise was the key for weight loss for me.

I'm not following a plan (like Weight Watchers, etc.). I simply decided to eat less, and along with that, what I did eat, was a better choice (grilled chicken vs. KFC, etc.) I also started exercising for at least 45 minutes a day. Since Sept. of '11 I've lost 41 lb.

I finally can say that I'm in the "normal range" for BMI (I spent a lot of time in the "obese" category having been 185 or more for a few years at 5'4") and my own goals have me set at losing another 14 lb to put me at 130. That's my "evaluate do I need further weight loss or now focus on toning/maintaining" goal weight.

Thanks for sharing! I thought about counting calories because it can be so time consuming to figure out the amount of calories when you're making a recipe that has a bunch of different ingredients.

I got a few low calorie cook books and I have found that most recipes are in the MFP database. Also if you keep your meals simple it is easier. When I don't use a recipe I will do something like fish or chicken, and veggies and salad then it's easy.

For me it has been many different combinations a few years ago I joined MFP only to leave and not come back until this past December, the reason for leaving I just was not interested in logging in the information and had no friends that seemed to want to help me out. So I took matters into my own hands like always I started walking and running 6 miles almost every day then I lost interests now during this time I was still eating just about everything I wanted to I was losing weight but not quick enough to even notice.
Now let me go back a few years to 2004-2005 I was an avider walker I delivered news papers 7 days a week with my oldest son and I felt fine and fit, however my husband and I made a bet that we would both go in for a physical to see who was more fit and healthy for he didn’t do any exercise at all. I at least did walk. Well we both came out of the doctor’s office he came out with a clean bill of health just needed to gain weight “GAIN WEIGHT” He has the metabolism of a teenager.
Now moving on to me I went in to be told that I needed to lose weight watch what I eat and start exercising more or I was going to be put on medication for my cholesterol Now during this time going in and out of the doctors’ offices in the past 8 years not a single doctor told me to stop smoking but one liver specialist who “SCREAMED” at me oh yes that just make me want to quit smoking.
Fast forward to 2011 I started doing research was tired of being overweight and working out and not seeing any results. So I read that smoking ruins your cholesterol levels so I quiet cold turkey. Then come June 2011 I kept passing this store so I called the number to see what it was all about and went in and visited with the people who worked there. Now mind you I have tried other diet plans and vitamins and so on nothing worked and most of them made me feel worse rather than better. So when I found this place and tried the Herbalife product I was hooked I am taking less vitamins now then when I was on my full time cholesterol medication along with all the over the counter stuff that they told me to get.
I am pleased to say I love the Herbalife product it has helped me regain control of my life again and not only am I losing/maintaining my weight I have more energy my cholesterol is down I can work out 7 days a week and my migraine headaches are not as frequent as they were before I stared the Herbalife product. I am happy with my results.

I don't have any pics (should have gotten some before pics) but I've tried a few things. As far as diet goes, for about 10 months I've just been watching my calories and making small changes here and there. For exercise, I've done 30 Day Shred, Ripped in 30 and then 6 Week 6 Pack all in a row. My calves were perfect. Toned and shapely and I loved wearing capris to show them off. After 6 Week 6 Pack I could definitely tell my abs were much stronger. I still had a little padding covering them but they were coming along nicely. I've been down 10 and back up 5. Mostly because I got lazy in from the end of October through December. I had been rollerblading but I broke my tailbone and stopped exercising altogether. At first it was because it hurt, then I just didn't feel like it.

I'm back on my rollerblades so I've regained most of my lost ground. I've sort of fallen off the wagon for my diet for the past month and I seem to be stuck. As of today, I'm on Day 1 Cycle 1 of the 17 day diet. I miss my carbs but I'm not hungry. I don't know if I'll stick with it the whole way through (3 cycles, 51 days) but I'm going to try. I just need to get the scale moving again.

I like reading what helped everybody reach their goals.