How Far Have You Come?

Since May 2011 I've lost 4" from my bust, 5 1/2" from my waist and 4 1/4" from my hips. On May 3rd, 2011 (it just happens to be exactly one year ago today that I started going to the gym!) I weighed 162.0 lbs, and on Monday I weighed 136.7 lbs for a total of 25 lbs lost! It has taken me a long time, but I only started getting really serious about the weight loss in January.

From St Patricks Day of this year I have lost 28 lbs.

Lifestyle change, bit of gym, better choices and addressing the issues behind my eating.

WOW - what are you doing that you've lost 28 lbs ince March?

This time last year I weighed between 175-189. I was not happy with that weight but got used to it so I got into that "who cares?" mentality. Then I moved away from home and my desk job turned into a work at home in sweatpants job. I kept gaining and gaining until I realized that moderation wasn't going to put a dent into what I needed to lose. I started MFP after I hit my highest weight of 216.6 on Feb 20th 2012.
So now I am down 24.2 pounds and almost at the weight I was the month I moved out of state. I usually get lazy at around the 175 mark. This time I am NOT...I repeat NOT stopping. I killed the binging habit and tested myself at a casino last week. I managed not to fall off the wagon. The person who used to drink herself sloppy and eat all manner of fatty awful has now got it under control. That is actually what I am most proud of at the moment. My final goal is 125, but I am going to be elated when I hit 169 because, well, I havent been that small since my very young 20s.

From St Patricks Day of this year I have lost 28 lbs.

Lifestyle change, bit of gym, better choices and addressing the issues behind my eating.

WOW - what are you doing that you've lost 28 lbs ince March?

I have always had a really fast metabolism, I just went a bit mental with my eating and put on FIFTY lbs in two years.

Like I could eat out or have fast food four times a week, lots of bad snacks, not having breakfast, lots of coca cola, the works.

So if just cut all that down, I still have a pizza at the weekend, I still have a bit of chocolate , but I eat really well now.

Drinking lottttts of water, hitting the gym three times a week. I cant believe it myself how quickly its falling off me but the little changes I have made have really made a difference to me. I lost about 16 lbs in the first month!

Wow that's awesome. I've never been able to take off weight that fast. I drink a ton of water a day. I go to the gym about 5 times a week and some of those days I get about 90 min in weights/cardio. I just seem to be at a stand still right now.

Wow good luck with it! It will be so worth it! I just got into the 160s and it was the best feeling ever!

I am soooo looking forward to it. is the difference between 170-160 more noticable than 180-170? Maybe this is a silly question, but since I havent seen that range in years, I would love to hear your experience so far.

Since 1-6-12:
I've gone from eating every sample at Costco to just the ones I really want.
I've gone from thinking logging calories wouldn't matter to logging everything.
I've gone from never exercising to working out 6x's a week.
I've gone from eating til it makes me sick to weighing my portions out.
I've gone from being even higher than my last pregnancy to below my pre-pregnancy weight.
I've gone from being unable to do 30ds without lots of breaks to virtually no breaks needed.
I've gone from no muscle definition to biceps I can see when not flexing.
I've gone from thinking maybe I can do this to actually believing it.

Oh yeah. And I've gone from 177lbs to 153. More to go!

i am 64 years old and due to health probs i find it hard to exersize. in feb 2011 i was told i was diabetic and weighed 18 stone thats 252 pounds. i stuck to no sugar cut down on carbs and fats and in 12 months i was down to 182 pounds, unfortunatly it went pear shaped and i put 14 pounds back on. then i found mfp and am back to 184, im still looseing have about 42 to go at least but i take it a stone at a time. I feel better than i did tho im suposed to eat 6 small meals a day to keep the sugars even but i dont. Thank goodness for mfp.

Well done!

Since 1-6-12:
I've gone from eating every sample at Costco to just the ones I really want.
I've gone from thinking logging calories wouldn't matter to logging everything.
I've gone from never exercising to working out 6x's a week.
I've gone from eating til it makes me sick to weighing my portions out.
I've gone from being even higher than my last pregnancy to below my pre-pregnancy weight.
I've gone from being unable to do 30ds without lots of breaks to virtually no breaks needed.
I've gone from no muscle definition to biceps I can see when not flexing.
I've gone from thinking maybe I can do this to actually believing it.

Oh yeah. And I've gone from 177lbs to 153. More to go!

now that's what I call all-round success! Nice!

I have lost 42lb since 4th Jan!

Cant believe how far I have come x

I'm down 25-27 lbs depending on if my weigh in is in the a.m. or p.m. I've gone from being a fat vegetarian to a slightly overweight vegan. I have a long way to go still, but I'm ALMOST 1/2 way there. I feel healthier, I sleep better, I have less food "issues" and although I miss cheese so much, it's not so much that I want to go back to my bad habits and emotional eating. I started this time mid January and I finally feel like I am serious and dedicated. SO excited to get back to being skinny... I think the hardest part is just the wait! Eat right, exercise and patiently wait while all the nasty fat disolves off my body.

I have gotten both my bloodpressure and blood sugar under control with diet and exercise. Jan 2010 BP = 151/115; Apr 2012 BP = 120/74. Jan 2010 Fasting BS = 127; Apr 2012 Fasting BS = 90!!!!

I have lost 89.8 lbs. Jan 2011 SW = 327.6; Apr 2012 = 237.8. I've gone from a size 26W/28W pants, 4X shirts & size 10 shoes to 16W/18W pants, 1X or 2X shirts & size 9.5 shoes.

I have given myself a gift of stamina, love of exercise, better cholesterol levels (though they weren't bad when I was heavier, but better now), the ability to walk/run/jump.

I did a round of p90x in Oct 2011.

I did my first 5k (walking only) in Nov 2011 with a finishing time of 46 minutes.

I'm on my way to being a better version of me and I'm only halfway there! GW of 147 lbs.

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This thread is so full of win, great job, everyone!

Since April 27, 2011, I have lost 68.2 pounds and gone from a tight size 16 to a loose size 4. MFP changed. my. life.

I started walking on Christmas Eve 2011. I joined MFP Jan 11, 2012. I have lost 33lbs since then, NINE inches off my belly, dropped from a size 16 to a 10. I still have 30lbs to go but I'm walking 1,000 miles for St. Judes this year and I'm up to nearly 400 so far! I walk a minimum of 2 miles a day and try for more, sometimes getting in 7. I started C25K this week and love it so far. I am signed up to do the Susan Komen race and going to do 5K in Sept. I'm also taking water aerobics classes twice a week, which now feel like relaxing compared to my other workouts!
I can sit on the toilet lid without having it sink in, I have tons of energy, so much in fact, my kids think I now have ADD. lol
I tried on all of my old, too small clothes and they are ALL too big on me. That kind of makes me sad because I love, love trying on stuff that hadnt fit. Now I get to try on new clothes.
I don't look pregnant anymore! That is the best part because that really annoyed me. I'm 50 years old, have grandkids and didn't want to look pregnant! I look young for my age and my husband looks older than his age so it made me feel weird when people stared at me.
Now that I've lost the weight, I look even younger and I just let the people who stare think that I have a sugar daddy. I couldn't love him anymore than I do!
I push mow the yard and according to my pedometer/gps, it's a mile of mowing!
My dog has lost 26lbs since I started walking.
My husband has lost 25 since he started walking/eating right too.
I could go on and on! It's all good!

90 pounds
from a 24/26W to a 7/8
from sedentary to half marathons
from struggling with groceries to lifting 70 lbs (once)
from getting winded on stairs to falling in love with the leg press
from gymtimidated to gymtimate

lolol

also- sex in the dark maybe once every few months if it was just the standard stuff and over quickly... to .... not that.

this!! Well done!

I started in November 2011 at 205 on mfp and am down to 174. It really has to be a lifestyle change! I am only losing about 4-5 lbs a month but am feeling sooooo good and healthy now. I am also doing the couch to 5 k program which is really getting me motivated to be fit!! I want to be like THIS for the rest of my life