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- That, no matter how much you lose, people that have *never* had any lasting weight loss success will tell you you're doing it wrong and then tell you how to do it right.

Nothing good ever happens overnight. That's one of the biggest challenges of weight loss (or, it was for me anyway); it takes time and you have to actually give it time. And it takes a different amount of time for everyone. I lost 60 pounds last year in 7 months. And even thought that was actually super fast, I still felt…

When you say you're "watching what you eat" ... does that mean you're tracking your calories using the tracker? And if you are, are you using a food scale to make sure you're tracking accurately?

The first time I ever had a major weight loss, I lost 70 lbs in 7 months. I went from 250 to 180. The thing no one told me about weight loss is how much of a mind**** it is. I legitimately became uncomfortable looking at myself in the mirror because I, mentally, just didn't recognize who that "thin" person was, after being…

I started at 250 in March 2014. Got down to 190 by October. Put on a little weight over the holidays, the end of my wife's pregnancy and first 2 months of my daughter's life. Found myself at 205 on March 2nd this year. Decided to get back into tracking to lose that baby weight. And by the 20th, was at 195. My goal is 180.…

Thanks, everyone! Yesterday I went to a festival that I used to be in charge of. I hadn't seen most of the folks that run it since before I started to lose weight ... so it was really great to see all of the shocked reactions. It is great being so close to goal. We have a baby coming in January, so my mission is to spread…

So far, even though I've lost 60lbs, the only folks that have mentioned it are people that have been following my weight loss updates. I admit, as shallow as it is, it's disappointing that other folks haven't gone all "OMG! You look great!!" That said, a few years ago, I lost like 15lbs, and someone said to me "OMG, you…

Just out of curiosity ... what does it matter what "guys perspective on low maintenance gym girls" is? A guy's opinion on how women present themselves at the gym should 100% never matter to anyone. Ever.

I lost 70lbs about 8 years ago and kept it off for 4 because I stayed very mindful of what I was eating ... then I stopped, and in 4 years, I gained back the entire 70lbs. This time around, not only am I counting calories ... I'm making sure that I'm actually enjoying what I'm eating and having fun with my food. If I made…

Dogs will never grow out of a brat stage? I gotta be honest, I'm not convinced you understand how dogs work. Also, your previous comment about "Ew, they walk around with bags of poop in their hands" ... yeah, totally, let's shame people for being responsible pet owners and picking up after them. LOL. That's ****ing…

I think people that don't have pets seem to ignore the obvious here: Pets, literally, cannot take care of themselves. The pet owner is 100% directly responsible for the life and health of said pet(s). If someone gets a dog, then from the moment they take the dog until the moment that dog passes, that someone is responsible…

Totally. When other people refer to the creatures they love in ways that I would never do it, it definitely makes me violently angry. How dare they do something--or, literally, just *say* something--that I don't approve of?! Definitely deserving of my personal rage and violent wishes. :-D

Great job, man! Those are results to be super proud of and definitely inspiring to other folks.

Well, being called "HOT!!!!!" is always a fine bit of inspiration to stick with it :-D I also hated running. But I do it because I was never good at it as a kid ... so I turned it into a challenge for me. That way, even if I hated it, I just wanted to know that I could do it. I actually started running last year and ran…

I am just shy of 6'1", so I always just round down and enter my height into these things as 6' even.

Not to turn this into an anti-WW post, since it works for so many folks, but one of the core things I hated was the "shaming". It was always presented in a very sympathetic way, but anyone who has ever been should know exactly what I'm talking about. You step on the scale to weigh in. It reads higher, even slightly higher,…

Without a doubt, it's a million times easier this time around. I dreaded starting a weight loss program again, because of how difficult it was last time. Last time, I had no idea what in the hell I was doing. I was letting Weight Watchers tell me what to do and really decide for me, without understanding the basics of how…

Thank you! It's just always difficult for me to look at that "before" picture because of the fact that I was 180 just a few short years ago. So seeing that before shot just reminds me of how much I let myself go for awhile. I guess I'm more embarrassed by that really than by how I physically look in it. That said, it also…

Honestly, I can't remember what I started at. I followed MFP's calorie suggestion pretty spot on (with the occasional going over during events/vacation/etc). I want to say I started at the high 1,600s and it just kept going down as I got closer to goal. But recently it dropped to 1,400 and I was like "Nope, done with…

Thanks, everyone! The best part about losing weight through structured calorie counting is that I feel a hell of a lot more confident in keeping the weight off this time than I did the last time I lost the weight. I feel much more educated this time and understand more about what actually is going on inside of my body and…

The tight shirt was on purpose. I wanted a 100% accurate photo that showcased how I looked ... but without actually being topless.

I will forever believe that someone, especially a married person, is doing something wrong or has something to hide, if they freak out and lose their **** if their SO looks at their phone. That's shady. I've been in relationships where I've been cheated on, so I definitely have trust issues somewhere inside of me. Because…

If you have 65 more pounds to lose, why are you only eating 1350 calories? There's literally no reason for you to be eating that low. There's also no reason for you to be killing yourself at the gym to lose weight. As an example: I lost 70lbs about 8 years ago. I was only eating about 1,200 calories a day on average and…

Solid job! Also, that Popeye t-shirt is totally killer and I want one :-D

I gotta admit, I'm amazed and ****ing disturbed by the amount of people telling him to "worry about yourself" when a huge chuck of his issue is worrying about his 3 year old daughter's poor eating habits. What the **** kind of father would he be if he finally recognized the family had **** eating habits, got himself…

My most recent NSV is ... I was at Target the other day and saw that they had full-sized Krackel bars. Full-sized! They're my favorite chocolate bar and Hershey stopped making them about 7 years ago and only left them in the miniature line. They finally decided to bring them back. So I bought 20 of them (just in case…

Scarecrow ... if the calorie deficit is a myth, then how do people lose weight? Seriously, what is the science beyond weight loss if all of us who have lost significant weight are wrong about it being because of a calorie deficit? How did I lose 37 pounds this time? How did I lose 70 pounds before? You can't keep saying…

OP -- Serious Suggestion See a doctor and find out if you've developed a Syncope issue. About 8 years ago, I lost 70 lbs. And I'd notice that at the end of workouts, I'd get kind of dizzy and shaky. Sometimes I'd even have situations where my vision went black for a few seconds. Then, one day, I was having a super…

Don't think of them as cheat days. I typically call them "Planned Breaks" ... if I know I'm going to be at an event where, even if I try to log everything, lots of it is going to be estimations since I didn't make the stuff myself, I use the rest of the week to plan for it. That means I'll shave off a few calories here or…

I'll be honest, when I'm on vacation, I typically let myself go. Honestly, if you're only going to be there for a relatively short time, it's kind of impossible to gain a massive amount of weight. I was just on vacation for 8 days in the OBX, which was a vacation filled with BBQ, fried sea food, and more ice cream that…