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I'm back on MFP after being gone for a while (and gaining all of my 50 lbs back). I've only been back for 5 days so this is what I need to stick with it! Original MFP Starting Weight: 234 lbs October End (November Starting) Weight: 231 lbs November Goal Weight: 225 lbs Ultimate Goal Weight: 150 lbs October 31: 231 lbs…

I'm back after going off the program for uhhh... basically 3 years or more? I lost 50 lbs, then gained it all back. I recognize my mistakes from the first go-round and will do my best not to repeat them. Mini Goal for the week is to log honestly and get in at least 30 minutes of exercise per day!

I'm back again... lost 50 lbs here about 4 years ago, gained it all back. I'm 5'5" and weigh 234. Goal weight is 140-150, and I know it will take a year or more. My mistake last time was starving myself and losing weight too fast, so I need friends who are on a realistic long-term journey. Feel free to add me as a friend!

I'll send you a Friend request. I'm 47 and back again. I lost 50 lbs about 2 years ago using MFP.... then I just gave up and gained it all back. Today is my second day back and if I don't get my weight down I will be in really dire shape in 5 years or less.

Hi! I'm back too. I really stuck to the exercise and portion control and lost 50 lbs a couple of years ago. Then I went off the rails and gained it all back. This is my second day logging and I cannot give up this time. My life literally depends on it.

I'm on Day 7 of my third trip around the block. The first time, 4 years ago (?) I lost around 50 lbs. I have gained it all back but I can tell you the first two weeks are the hardest. Just stick with it and go slowly! I nearly starved myself the first time around ... my hair fell out and I was tired all the time. I gave…

Yes. I was here in 2016 (?) and lost 50 lbs. Then I hit the wall and could not lose any more, so I dropped to 1200 calories per day. Then my hair was falling out and I was sooooo tired all the time and I just could not keep going. So I gained back 60 lbs because I'm an over-achiever!!! So here I am... at 230 lbs and my A1C…

Holy crap! If I looked like that, I'd wear the Wonder Woman suit every flippin' day, everywhere I went!

I have the original book that I bought in maybe 1984? It is in tatters but I do the entire routine at least once a week. I'm sure if I did it three times a week I would see more results. I had no idea anyone else did it, much less the online subscriptions that are available. I'll have to check them out!

Don't feel too bad. I decided to take a week off for vacation back in April. I logged most of what I ate but not all of the snacks. Then a week turned into a month.... and now it is September and I just can't get myself back on track. I gained back around 5 lbs of the 70 total I had lost. This morning I tried on one of the…

I eat when I'm bored, angry, sad, bored, celebrating something, at a family gathering, bored, overwhelmed, or when I rationalize to myself that I've already messed up today's calorie count so I might as well go all out! I'm a few days short of a year on MFP. Started 2016 at 234 lbs (5ft 5in female) and got down to around…

Great work! The difference in your face is astounding!

I had this discussion with someone the other day. Yes - absolutely - strangers treat "normal" sized people differently in everyday situations vs. obese people. Meeting you in the eyes, striking up a random conversation in the store aisle (not flirting at all), holding doors open, etc. Quite a few people say that the…

I got off track for a while.... sloppy logging and just not feeling it. I gained back 4 pounds between January and the end of May. So I'm at an even 180 lbs (5ft5 female). My mini mini goal is to get to 169 and I think I can do it by August 21. My mid-mini goal is to get to 150 by December 31. That would be around 1 lb per…

I didn't realize how easy it would be to slip back into the same old habits that got me to 245 lbs in the first place. I really was doing great here, losing at least a pound per week. Then the weight loss stalled and things got stressful at work so I decided to eat at maintenance for a couple of months. That couple of…

Height 5 ft 5 in. I carry all of my weight in my belly. Heaviest weight was 245lbs, and I was barely fitting into 22W pants and 2X tops. Starting weight on MFP 222 lbs, still in 22W pants and 2X tops. Current weight 178 lbs, loose size 14 pants and wearing XL tops. Goal weight is around 140. I have no idea what size that…

I'm 44 years old, 5 ft 5, and my heaviest was in January 2015 at 245 lbs. I lost a few pounds here and there, not really trying, somehow got down to 234. I joined MFP on July 25 2016 at was at 222 lbs. I lost a bunch of weight the first few months and got down to 185 in January 2017 then the loss started to taper off. I…

I fit into size 12 jeans on Saturday. Comfortably. I feel a little overwhelmed by it, because when I first joined MFP I was a size 22W and those were getting too tight. After I lost a little weight but was still around a size 20, I wandered over into the "Normal" section to see what the future might hold for me if I kept…

If it helps, you can break it up into smaller chunks of time. I do about 20-25 minutes in the morning, 10 minutes at lunchtime, and try for 30-40 minutes after work.

I love these threads! I'm 5'5, probably medium frame but fairly muscular, 44 years old. Heaviest weight was 245. Joined MFP in late July 2016 at 222 lbs, size 22 W pants. Now 173 lbs, size 14 pants are getting loose. All of my weight is in the belly. My original pie-in-the-sky goal was 150 lbs. Now I'm realizing that I…

I know this has been mentioned before, but I feel fatter now, at 173 lbs, than I did at 234 lbs. I think it is a combination of loose skin letting the fat wobble more, and me realizing how many lies I had told myself over the years. Despite what I and others said about my body I have admitted that I am NOT big-boned. As I…

I ran. For the first time since I was in junior high school (31 years ago), I ran. Not fast - more of a jog, and probably a funny looking uncoordinated jog - but I ran. I have been telling people for 30 years that the only time they would see me run was if zombies were chasing me. But my legs wanted to run SO BADLY that I…

I confess that I'm waiting impatiently for lunch time - I'm going to McDonald's to get a Big Mac in 1 hour and 14 minutes! I haven't had McDonalds in months, and this week is my first "diet break" week since I started in July 2016.

I fit into a size 12 yesterday! And, since my weight loss has come to a halt I decided to up my calories to 1600 and go on something of a break from the aggressive loss for a week or so. I also thought I would dial back the exercise for a week, but my body will not let me stop. It is funny - I get all fidgety and the…

This!! I've been at this since mid 2016 and have lost almost 60 lbs. One particular person at work always talks about what a great job I'm doing, and how great I look, and how proud he is of me, and how he knows it is a lot of work, etc. Then he tells me all about people he knows that lost a bunch of weight and put it back…

I started at 234 in January 2016. Down to 175 now (5 ft 5 in) and I'm really struggling. 25 lbs to first goal of 150 lbs and normal BMI. 40 lbs to my doctor's goal for me, 135 lbs. I've cut calories and increased exercise until I literally can't do anything more, and I've been stuck right around here for two months. It was…

I have noticed that water weight gain from sodium or time of the month is WAY more noticeable at 175 lbs than it was at 200+ lbs. Honestly, my weight did not seem to fluctuate with my cycle or after eating a very high sodium meal back when I was 200 to 245 lbs. Now, I only lose weight two weeks per month because of TOM…

I'm sorta stuck in one now - I got to 180, which is the smallest I've been in 12-14 years, and have really struggled the last couple of months. It hit at the same time I reached the 6 month mark of dieting, and a really busy time at work, and a lot of family drama, blah blah blah. And I'm just so incredibly tired of…

I walk so much faster than I used to! Before, at 240ish lbs, my husband always had to stop to let me catch up. Now, he's the one that falls behind. He mentioned it last weekend and I told him I wasn't doing it on purpose, but when the muscles that used to propel 240 lbs are now propelling 175 lbs, the physics are totally…

I'm getting close to my original sad goal weight of 170 and I realize 170 on a 5'5" woman is NOT a goal. I actually realized it several months ago but when I first started losing, I didn't really let myself believe that I could get below 170. I started out 2016 at 234 lbs, joined MFP at the end of July 2016 at 222 lbs, and…