Does anyone have a success story simply using My Fitness Pal

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.

I've tried to do other things in the past, but they've never worked.
I've been using nothing but My Fitness Pal since January this year. So far it is the only system that has worked for me. I'm not starving myself, but every now and then it does make me rethink that extra muffin or piece of chocolate which is great.
It's made me think more about eating the right food and has got me enjoying exercising as well.
So far I've lost 13lbs and I'm well on the way to getting to where I want to be. Even recommended it to a few of the ladies I work with too!

I lost my first 18 lbs with no exercise just counting cals. But then I realized I felt much better after a long workout. Endorphins I guess

I don't have time to exercise regularly. I get on our home treadmill when I can, just so I can eat more, but mostly the weight loss is entirely from calorie restriction.