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This is going to be a long one. By way of background, I was at my highest weight at 15 years old, at 230 lbs. In 2017, at 26, I managed to very very very slowly get down to 135 and stay there for about 6 months before I got pregnant. My weight loss was mostly in 30 lb spurts every few years between 2007-2017. When I got…

Well I’m only 29 but I thought I’d share since my story is atypical. I was always overweight as a kid and peaked at 230 lbs when I was 16. I made my first effort at weight loss and was down to 185 when I graduated high school. Through college I fluctuated a lot but stayed between 205 and 185. Starting law school at 23 I…

My doctor doesn't seem concerned about it and tells me not to worry about it when I bring it up. Maybe because I was in the middle of a healthy BMI before? It still seems like fairly excessive weight gain to me, but as of last week, baby is measuring 30th percentile. I had terrible morning sickness my first trimester and…

225 lbs to goal weight of 135 lbs. It took forever (about 10 years between highest and lowest) but lost about 35 lbs over the past year. Now reassessing to decide if I want to lose a little more or if this is a good weight for me.

I think it depends so much on the teen and on their parental support (and what kind of influence their parents are). I was around 200 lbs at age 13, and my all time high weight was 225 at 15 (I'm 5' 5"). I remember that I desperately wanted to lose weight, but had no idea how. I remember asking my mom about it because I…

I usually won't go to a gym and "work out" per as on vacation, but we hike or walk a lot on vacation, depending on where we are. We went to Moab and got so much exercise hiking, and it was breathtaking. I also like to do longer races in other cities, so we'll do vacations around half marathons. I love Disney races and in…

I took up running after my diagnosis and after a year or so of stabilizing my symptoms. My POTS isn't too bad, my biggest issue is my tendency to lose consciousness due to the syncope. But, I had to build up mileage slowly, and I'm very careful about calling when I have to run inside, in the air conditioning. Luckily I…

I also have POTS and vasovagal syncope and take midodrine to manage my symptoms. As a distance runner, by far the most important things I can do are to stay hydrated and listen to my body when I work out. I mostly drink Gatorade while I run, though I do get dizzy when I push too hard for too long (longer than 10 mile runs…

I'm also about 5'4". I've gone my longest without a "break" since February. I was about 170 then and I'm about 135 now. The first 25-30 lbs came off a lot easier, it slowed down a lot once I got around 140 and now I'm only losing 2-3 lbs a month. Losing fat when you're already in a healthy weight range is a slow slow…

I spent the first 25 years of my life being overweight or obese and never "could" wear a bikini like all the other girls my age growing up (I put could in quotes because I realize now that I could have, but for various reasons felt it wasn't allowed). So, last summer, when I was finally at a healthy weight, I wore a bikini…

I've been really bummed recently because I'm injured and haven't been able to run or even walk much. I was at the podiatrist today and he was taping my ankle. I was asking him how the tape works and he mentioned that it's weight dependent, then said "so for example, because you're lighter than most people I don't have to…

I left for a race weekend/food and wine festival at 138 at the beginning of November. I cam back from the long weekend trip at 144 because I ate whatever I wanted after the race, and a food and wine festival is not something I'm looking to log. My weight evened out over a week or so. Before Christmas I was down to 134, and…

Thanks! While I was losing, I learned not to let going over my calories bother me too much as long as I wasn't going over what my maintenance calories would be and as long as it wasn't happening too often. I also had a rule that if I went over my calories, I wanted to remember *why* I had gone over. So, for example, my…

My gym/workout hours are similar, up at 4:30, gym at 4:50, to work by 7. The biggest thing for me is that I've built up a home gym. While I realize that's not an option for everyone, it's so much easier for me to stumble down to the basement and still get ready at home instead of having to leave for the gym and work at one…

Husband and wife (and Mickey Mouse) about two years apart. We've lost about 100 lbs combined between these two pictures :smile:

For some reason my final pictures wouldn't post, so here they are!

Just dropped in to say I'm so glad I found this thread. I'm less than 5 lbs from goal but felt like I was white knuckling it to stick to even my small 250 calorie deficit and like there was no way I would be able to eat at maintenance for the rest of my life without being hungry. I'm currently enjoying a lunch of a…

There is a way to manually log exercises in fitbit. If you go into your exercise log and hit the stopwatch looking symbol in the upper right corner it lets you search for exercises. There is a spinning option there. However, the spinning option only goes on time, and I think gives you a flat number of calories burned…

Also, as people have said above, don't put too much stock in those calculators. I have tiny wrists (the smallest hole on my fitbit is too big), but what really matters is other parts of your structure, especially for women. I have wide hips and a wide ribcage. That matters for my goal weight so much more than my wrists. I…

I also hated running growing up. My fastest mile time in high school was probably 11:45 or something. A little over two years ago, during my first year of law school, I decided I was going to do couch to 5k for real and slowly work towards my goal of eventually running the Disney Princess half marathon. I did my first 10k…

I was going to suggest the skinny taste cookbooks too, they're great! There's a "fast and slow" skinnytaste cookbook that has quite a few recipes that are really easy when you're pressed for time, and several have become staples in our house. I'd also add to the suggestion of socks, I go through them like crazy!

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I found out today that I have a stress fracture in my foot and won't be able to run for 6 weeks. The plan right now is to maintain at least until then because I'm not sure how I would fare eating at a defecit without running to give me more calories. Once I'm healed, I'll reevaluate how…

The exact same thing happened to me this week, and it was one of those times when calorie counting has really been a solace. I had a stomach bug and had to get rehydrated via IV. I had 400 calories on Saturday because my stomach was so upset that's all I could keep down and have been under my deficit goal by a little bit…

I'm 5' 4.5" At 145 I was in 6-8. Though it's worth noting that weight is such a rough measurement. Last week I jumped up to 143 after a half marathon and was still in my size 4 pants just fine. The excess water weight came off last week so right now I'm at 137 and in a 4 mostly, sometimes a 6 if there's not enough stretch,…

Two new PRs last weekend at the Disney Wine and Dine Two Course Challenge. On Saturday, I beat my old 10k PR of 1:00:35 with a 56:50! On Sunday, I beat my old half marathon PR of 2:26 with a 2:12 half! I'm still pushing towards a half under 2 hours, but I'm proud of what I've accomplished! Unfortunately I've put on about 6…

Two new PRs last weekend at the Disney Wine and Dine Two Course Challenge. On Saturday, I beat my old 10k PR of 1:00:35 with a 56:50! On Sunday, I beat my old half marathon PR of 2:26 with a 2:12 half! I'm still pushing towards a half under 2 hours, but I'm proud of what I've accomplished.

Another adding to the see a doctor chorus. That sounds like my blood pressure unmedicated, I'm now on a vasoconstrictor to raise my blood pressure because I have a habit of losing consciousness when it hovers low. I feel so much better with my blood pressure a little higher. And yes, upping your sodium intake can help in…

I woke up this morning and didn't feel like going for my run. I thought about how bad it could really be if I skipped it, and didn't get up and get dressed to go until my husband said "I know you don't feel like going, but you always feel better when you do." So I took those first hard steps out the front door. I'm so glad…

Got a new suit today and put together some professional progress pictures :) first is in spring 2015 at about 190 lbs, middle is march 2016 at about 170, and the last one is today at 139! For reference, I'm 5' 4 1/2."

I had terrible episodes of debilitating low back pain every few months before I started losing weight. I'm still struggling a bit but the pain in less severe and it's longer between episodes. I've lost about 30 lbs since my last serious injury, but it didn't all get better right away. I think what's done the most good for…