Any goal weight achievers AND anyone regained it all back?

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I was an overweight child, I weighed probably 180 in the 10th grade at 5'2". I didn't neccessarily try to lose weight but I started walking and I twirled baton competitively and I started eating better bc my mother started doing WW at the time. Between 10th grade and graduation day I lost over 60lbs and graduated at 117lbs. Took 2 years.

Then I started college, maintained around 120-125 my freshman year. 125-135 my sophomore year (graduated after 2 years) then I got married and stayed between 135-145 for 2 years, then I got PG, weighed 210 at 41 weeks PG.

Lost 30lbs right away after delivery. Maintained around 180 now working on losing it all again for the second time.

Hope that helps.

In 1986-87, I lost 160lb - didn't reach my goal, because I got pregnant, but 160lb is substantial - right? After my son was born, I struggled with it, never losing more than about 50lb, but gaining it back and sometimes more. What's different about the losing game this time? The only thing I've ever found that has worked for me? MFP. I was on the verge of giving up.

My mistake up to this point was doing it alone. I had no support beyond encouragement from the man I was married to at the time and my naturopath who left town right after I got pregnant. I hated counting calories, only kept records of exercise and it was always a struggle. Maybe I needed the Internet, a free website with bells and whistles and a large, multi-national support group.

I no longer have any kind of fear about what to do when I reach my goal and what to do when I run into trouble in the meantime. Even if I don't actually talk to anyone about a specific problem, I always find someone on here to inspire me and bring me back from careless eating or to lighten a depression that threatens to ruin everything. This site is some kind of miracle for me.

I lost 120 pounds then got married & pregnant & gained about 55 with my son & 25just bring happil married...so I'm back again.

For me it has been a long journey... I have never been overweight, but I grew up with the notion that I am fat (thanks, mom :-/ ). I am a bit over 5'8" and weighed between 130-140lb at 15-18 years and 140 - 150lb at 18-22 years. At around 22 a lot of things happened... through busy life and stress I lost some weight and went down to 130lb or a bit less. Stayed there for 2 or so years when the weight started creeping up. Got married at 24, got a desk job, started eating out more often, and started driving more and walking less. My weight went up to around 160 and stayed there (+/-5lb) for some years... Then I got relocated for my company, I was alone in a new country, new job, no friends, I missed my hubby terribly and so I turned to food. Within a year I was up to 198lb! I got so scared when I reached that mark that I quickly lost the weight by doing a VLCD (ouch!). I went back down to 155-160lb (did not reach my goal of 140lb though) and kept it there for a year. Then got pregnant and piled on over 60lb. My daughter is now 2-years-old and I have started my journey to get back to a healthy weight. I think my lesson learned is - stay active and don't turn to food for comfort (it brings none!)

I lost about 50lbs a few years back with diet and exercise and enjoyed it while it lasted. After about 3 months of maintaining I found out I was pregnant. Gained 75lbs during my pregnancy and have managed to lose 40 of it...still carrying the extra 35 for me to be at my last "goal".
My biggest regret is getting "comfortable" while I was pregnant. My mindset was that I was eating for two at all times. Obviously in the process of losing the 50lbs a few yrs back, I didnt learn anything except how to lose weight. I didnt take it as a lesson in eating better as a lifestyle. I believe that set me back so far in my goal that to this day I feel helpless and overwhelmed with my weight problem.

In 2005 I lost 19 lbs only 6 lbs from my goal and motivation was a cruise - went on the cruise came back and completely give up within a year I had gained all I lost by 2009 I had more than doubled it. I maintained the same weight since then until I started my new journey in Jan. '12 - I have now lost 20 lbs and have 21 more to go. I think the difference now is how I am viewing this as an attainable lifestyle and taking my time and learning new things about me along the way.

When I gained weight from medication, I was about 114, the lowest I'd ever been (from illness). My highest weight was about 185. I am now hovering around 104. I have been for over a year now. I did get up to 112 around New Year's, but that's the only weight gain I've had (it was a bounce-back from getting thin really quickly right before my wedding).

When I started here January of 2011 my original goal weight was 130. By June of 2011 I was 125. My current weight fluctates between 116 and 120 and I have been at this weight since January of 2012. I maintain it by exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet. I indulge when I want to but balance that with either extra exercise or by reducing what I eat a little the next day. I did NOT go on a diet. I changed the way I eat and move for the rest of my life! Good luck to you all!! Get healthy!

Thanks so much to everyone for sharing. It's always good to read the stories and know you aren't the only one going through something.

Here's my story:
I honestly don't know what my weight was until right after my college graduation. My mom is one who was and is always on a diet. It's an unhealthy way to grow up for any kid, but I took a slightly different reaction than most. I basically said, 'she's nuts', stayed active, had fun, enjoyed being a teenager, and never really cared about my weight. I was always about a size 8-10, not thin, but felt okay about it. I was a 12/14 4 years later when I graduated from college. I got pictures back from my college graduation day and barely recognized myself. In my senior year, I broke my foot and gained what I'm now guessing was 15-20 lbs. I started Weight Watchers 2 days later at 188. In about 5 months, I was down to 155 and so happy....wearing smaller clothes than I ever had, getting compliments left and right, etc.

I moved around that time frame and maintained that weight for about a year until it creeped up again. I rejoined Weight Watchers, got down to about 165, and hovered there until I met my boyfriend about two years ago.

On January 1, after a couple months of lazily trying to do Weight Watchers online, I joined MFP at 177 and created a healthy competition with a friend of mine. I've never been healthier or more committed than I am right now. I'm far less concerned about the number on the scale and focused on reaching my fitness goals.

I'm wearing the clothes that have been sitting in my closet un-worn for 2 years, and there is no doubt in my mind that I'll reach my goals this time around.

The reason I gained weight is simply thinking that, 'You know, I'm comfortable at this weight, I don't need to journal or be on a program anymore'. I know now that it's not about losing weight, but changing the way I approach food and fitness. It's also a matter of doing it for myself and for the right reasons.I have good days and bad days, I've never given anything up entirely, but the key is to not let one meal throw you off of your goals.

I did achieve goal weight but through Weight Watchers, not MFP. Took me about 8 months... lost 53 lbs, that was in 2004.

I was back up to my starting weight, plus an additional 10 lbs by fall 2008. It was a combo of factors. I only maintained my goal for a few months, then gained back 5lbs by the end of the year. I'd gotten into a relationship, and altogether gained another 15lbs of "happy" fat by the end of 2006. Then in summer 2007 I inexplicably gained 25lbs in a month, they never figured out why, it's suspected it had something to do with my developing gluten intolerance and/or my thyroid was out of whack, but my doc at the time never could really pinpoint it. After a year of maintaining that weight, but not losing despite trying, I ended up getting pretty depressed about my weight and just giving up for a while, which is how I put back on the last 20 of my re-gain. :embarassed:

It's frustrating! I have sworn to myself that when I get to goal again I'm not letting myself gain it all back!