Does anyone have a success story simply using My Fitness Pal

Oh, bless your heart. This site is about tracking calories and exercise. That IS the Success Stories Tab :laugh: Most everyone did some sort of exercise.

You can lose weight just by calorie tracking. But why? Takes forever, and you can't eat much.


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If you only use MFP, well that would be kind of hard to lose weight unless you practically starved yourself. You need to do excercise to burn calories so must of us do just that We use MFP to track what we eat, and how many calories we burn on whatever excerise we do. Me.....I do zumba and lots and lots of walking with my kids! That, and using MFP to track my calories, I have lost a half pound in 6 days.

I lost my first 10 lbs just following my MFP calorie goal, no exercise b/c I was a couch potato and not motivated to make myself move my body any more than necessary just yet. LOL After 10 lbs I bought a heartrate monitor and started adding exercise little by little - first just walking and cleaning the house a lot more than usual LMAO, then 30 Day Shred then other DVD workouts. Still relied on MFP for my calorie goals the whole time, especially with adding back in calories for the exercise. MFP has been my saving grace. Before I found it I really had no idea that I could have this much control over my weight, my health, my confidence, and overall my life.

Hi Revloftis,

I have actually only been using MFP for the last 60 days with no exercise and have lost 20lbs just by tracking and taking charge to log all that I eat and I eat well with in my calorie guide, I hope to be able to start exercising soon but so far I am happy with the results I have got.
It is a bonus to exercise but for some it is not an option so just logging and tracking helps keep things in check.

All the best for your success and by the way you didn't come across rude or mean.

I'm not a success story yet (14 pounds down, many more to go), but I 'only' use MFP. I track calories here, I interact with my friends offering and receiving support, and I workout 5-7 times per week most weeks. I'm not using WW, South Beach, Atkins, or some other type of diet. I'm simply eating healthier choices with smaller portions all around.

So I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, but I'm sure there are MANY people here that fall into this category.

Good luck!

What does this question mean? Do you mean has anyone had success just logging on the internet all day and clicking around MFP??? Strange question. The site is a tool, it's not a food or exercise plan. The site doesn't even provide advice....

I have lost 29 pounds since mid november,I dont go to a gym or do regular exercises,I do walk every day and keep active through the day.I am 9 pounds from my goal weight and have lost my big gut.You know what they say ,for every hour you spend working out at the gym you gain an hour of your life,but you spend that hour in the gym,,I would rather enjoy my life out doors and get my exercise the old fashion way,walking and keeping active.

I lost my first 10 pounds just by tracking with MFP. i didnt do any working out but once I started combining a workout with MFP i lost another 11 ..now im up to 21 pounds.

I have met some of the most amazing people I have ever encountered with MyFitnessPal. They love me, support me, cheer me up, and are helping me through difficult times. It is my joy and pleasure to love them, support them, cheer them, and assist them through their dark times.

THAT is worth far more to me than maintaining my size 6's, worth more to me than being 19-21% body fat, worth more than running a 5k, or my (eventual) first half marathon.

It took me a year to lose 35 lbs (I'm at 40 gone now), but I did it without exercise and without starving myself. I wasn't in a hurry and wanted to learn how to eat, or, rather, to relearn how to eat. I need to exercise to be healthier and am trying to motivate myself to do so. BUT, you can definitely succeed by just eating the calories allotted on MFP and making sure those calories are, for the most part, healthy. And, you don't starve!

I lost my first 10 lbs just following my MFP calorie goal, no exercise b/c I was a couch potato and not motivated to make myself move my body any more than necessary just yet. LOL After 10 lbs I bought a heartrate monitor and started adding exercise little by little - first just walking and cleaning the house a lot more than usual LMAO, then 30 Day Shred then other DVD workouts. Still relied on MFP for my calorie goals the whole time, especially with adding back in calories for the exercise. MFP has been my saving grace. Before I found it I really had no idea that I could have this much control over my weight, my health, my confidence, and overall my life.

I'm sure you can lose with just tracking the calories. Exercise is built into the program here though so don't see why you'd want ones with specific JUST tracking. I know its possible. I did WW and with mostly just tracking points(essentially calories) I lost 40 lbs in 20 weeks so I can imagine one COULD just track calories and stick to their calorie goal and have success. I was hardly doing any activities.

Success from programs with people who don't track don't really bother me but I do hope they are at least working at healthier eating. The ultimate goal I have is to be able to be active and not have to track food and calories my whole life. Who knows if that will happen. What does bother me is those that come here with what am I doing wrong questions or I do such and such and nothing is happening. Those are better suited for maybe the "motivation" threads.

The only bad thing about MFP is that I spend too much time enjoying looking through different posts when I should really be doing assignments (cough cough.... like now .... cough cough). I find it addictive. lol.

Being a bit more serious, MFP is more than just a calorie counting website. It is also a social medium and a resource to increase your own knowledge. Believe it or not, it actually has a lot of qualities similar to that of a game (I'm a game designer btw, lol) which help motivate the player... whoops, I mean person .

You will find a lot of people on MFP are doing exercise, or intend to at some stage. I wasn't planning on doing weights when I first joined, but thanks to MFP forums, I learnt how important it is. MFP also introduced 30DS to my sister and I. I will be finishing it next week.

So yea, I think using MFP 'alone' will 99% of the time lead to the person doing more than simply calorie counting.

After years of struggling I happened upon this site from an app on my smart phone, I lost over 100lbs in just over a year just by exerciser that I had been doing all along and counting my calories. I never realized before I was eating 4000+ calories a day!!

I just used the website...

and worked my butt off (not literally - it's actually still there, just much smaller and more perky) by eating nutritious, well-balanced meals and snacks, drinking plenty of water, and exercising regularly.