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I weigh myself every few days, I don’t record what I’ve lost per week, as people get fixated on not losing the same each week, so I just weigh in 6 times a month and as long as the number is down slightly, I’m happy.

I am 51, I have lost a total of 80 lbs taking me from 215 lbs to 135 lbs, I am 5 ft 5" tall I lost the weight throughout the last 18 months. I lost 40 lbs, then stayed at that weight for a good few weeks, then lost some more, then some more, I have had about 3 months now at 135 lbs and stayed within a five pound range and…

I know how you feel !! I lost 80 lbs (5 ft 5") to get to my first target weight of 135 lbs - I would like to carry on until I got to 125 lbs, but due to pressure from my husband, saying that I had lost enough, etc, etc. I decided to stay between 135 - 139 lbs, which I upped my calories and stayed for a few months, but this…

Thank you for putting all that down in black and white, it was very interesting and helpful for me to read as I've only been on maintain acne for 3 weeks. I hope you get on ok with your future treatments, it must be very hard, going through all that, best of luck for the future.

The strategy I used, which seemed to work pretty well, was to eat as healthy a breakfast and lunch as I could (I hit the grocery as soon as I got there to make sure I had some healthy food to go to). I generally limited myself to a couple healthy breakfasts and lunches that I regularly eat and therefore knew the calories…

Hi all, I am female, 51 years old, starting weight was 215 lbs and I am now 136 lbs, I have lost 79 lbs , it has taken 2. Years, I lost about 45 lbs then stopped for a bit then carried on again and lost the rest. My profile picture is me now and I feel slim and happy.

I have had the same thing said to me regularly - I'm 51, 5 ft 5" tall and weighed 215 lbs at the start, when I got to 150 lb - which was the top end of what I should weigh, friends and especially my husband kept telling me that I looked fine, and I stopped, but was never really happy, I maintained the weight for a few…

Hi, I am 5ft 5" tall and age 51, I have lost 79 lbs and feel amazing, I am trying to maintain now, I haven't got a before picture, but my profile picture was taken yesterday, and it's the first picture that I've seen myself in, that I actually feel slim!

Thanks, I actually found it in my daughters wardrobe ! She lives in Sydney now and must have left it behind x

Thank you and yes you will get there, you enjoy the journey though getting there, every time you lose a lb or two - just think ' I will not be that weight again ' you can always add me as a friend if you want, good luck

Ah, thank you so much, no ne has ever said anything like that about me before . You made my day

My NSV for today, was I went out for lunch with three friends, who all guessed my weight, and all of them said I looked 125 lbs and I am actually 136 lbs. so for me that felt good.

It is hard, when I started, I had a lot (to me) to lose, so I lost 20 lbs then tried to maintain at that for a few weeks, the lost another 20 and so on, most of the time I managed within a few pounds, but this last six months, I've changed in my mind set, and if someone said to me, we are going for burger and fries... I…

Just to let you know, this was me 2 years ago and as of yesterday I have lost 79 lbs to reach my goal. It can be done, I found that I just had to put myself first for a change, I made goals along the way and I wrote in a writing book, one side was WHT I ate, calories and exercise and on the opposite side was how I was…

Thank you all, for the lovely comments and yes I am proud of myself and wish I had set to years ago, but I think you have to be in right frame of mind to change. I will carry on walking my 5 mile a day on treadmill, as that improves my arthritis in hips, so I will up my calories by 100 a day for a week or two and see what…

Wow !! That is great as karen millen are small sizes - you want to try per una, you will be an 8 in them x

Well I will send you good wishes and hope you don't start eating or drinking with the stress - I've been through a lot in my life, some times I turned to food, then I turned to drink but most recently, when my dad died I stopped eating, which was just as bad. I love reading all of these as well.

My NSV today, is when trying on a dress, that wouldn't fit and not only did it fit perfectly, was that I found I had put it on, without undoing the side zip !! I was very happy.

Hi, I have exactly the same issue, I am 5 ft 5" and started off at 215 lb, I wanted to get to 124 lb ( which is the weight I was when I got married 32 years ago ) the healthy weight range for our HIEGHT is 120 - 150 lb. I reached 150 lb and everyone was telling me not to lose any more, as I looked fine etc, so I stopped…

Thank you, you have given me hope that if I carry on losing the weight slowly as I am doing, then my stomach will go down in time - I just think it's going to be the last think to shrink for me.

'Yes' it was so nice to hear, as I don't seem to get a lot of compliments, and the cashier was pleased I mentioned mfp to her and she wrote it down, as she had not heard of it, and couldn't actually believe that it is a 'free' site to use. I hope she joins.

Congratulations on all your successes !! You look a lot happier now than you did, and you don't look 50 at all. I was 50 last year, and was 142 lbs, which was the lowest I had been for many many years, and even though my dad had just passed away the week before and I was very sad about that - I had a wonderful birthday…

Congratulations - I know how you feel to hit a milestone, that you have in your head, I remember going from 215 to 199 and it felt so good, just to myself, knowing that I had got there, myself. It does get easier, as you make this a pet of everyday life, I carried on and am now trying to get under my 140 goal, (I am 142)…

I have a treadmill at home, in the living room, behind the sofa, when I started out exercising, I walked on it, very slowly, even 2 mph for five mins at a time, and as you get walking, i forget about the pain for a little, I now love my treadmill as it's the only form of exercise I do.

Hi, I have osteoarthritis, in both hips, hands, arms and shoulder, and I get a lot of pain, usually first thing in a morning and from tea time onwards, I only started with arthritis, two years ago, but have carried on with losing weight slowly and in batches. I try and lose 25-30 lbs, then stop for a few weeks and try and…

Hi, I have osteo arthritis mainly in both hips, but also in both hands, arm and it's spreading to my shoulders. My physio told me to walk, cycle and swim - they are the best low impact exercises, but I cannot swim, and to be honest I don't have the time, due to working at home, to go out cycling - but I bought a treadmill…

Sorry, you look slimmer than the 145 you are now x

WOW !!! you look amazing and you actually look a lot slimmer than 150, Congratulations and keep up with it.