43 Lost, Progress and question...

Hi All. My brief story is this.
In January I decided I could not be fat any more.

I was in bad health, couldn't play with the kids, tired all the time. I did not know what i was doing but decided to try to lose weight. Nothing worked before. I read some fad stuff and started a protein water fast one to two days a week and started MFP doing 1200 cal a day. I lost weight (10lbs) in a few weeks then hit a brick wall that lasted about 3-4 weeks. All this time not using the Pals part of MFP. Just logging. Well I was starting to fall into my typical weight loss issue. Dieting was hard and I felt like i was starving. I did not want to feel hungry for the rest of my life.

I started getting into the forums and reading stuff and finding friends. Probably close to 5 months ago I saw Helloitsdan talk alot in the forums about TDEE and BMR and did not know what any of that meant at first, but found his information very interesting. Looked it all up. PMed him and asked him to run my numbers. he did, and I got into the Fuel the Machine group and learned alot about better macros and eating 20% less than TDEE. I had been doing the lifting heavy and HIIT cardio, working out 3 times a week ( until i hurt my achilies- getting back in slowly). With all that knowledge I learned from Dan and information he has shared that led me to read Marks Daily Apple and Lean Gains, SL5x5, I have lost 33 lbs more and pretty painlessly since then. It is a little slower than I would have ever expected, but it is consisten (even when I cannot work out hard). I will take slow fat loss that is really painless, consistent and not depriving over starving myself and being miserable. I have finally learned things that work for me.

I have lost 43 lbs in all, and 33 with the help of the information I learned from Dan. I love my friends on this site. You all inspire me and keep me motivated. I learn from you. I love seeing everyones success.

What is working for you and where or who did you learn from?

Any other folks out there been successful with Helloitsdan's help?

I am now more than half way to my goal. I have lots of energy, I have all great numbers at my last dr. appt for bloodwork- best in years. I am playing with my kids and my kids say I am getting smaller. lol.
I am thankful I found MFP, and that I found friends like Dan to get me on the right path.

I will post a few before and after pics after I have lost 50 lbs. Still a little too self conscious right now.

to you all.