Congrats!

you rock!

So amazing and enlightening.

Keep up the good work.

awesome job! :D

Amazing...I started reading your story and to be honest,started crying.  You sound so much like me.  It really hit home.  Thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you!  Whoo hoo...2lbs lbs to go to reach that 100lb mark!!

My reason for writing the succes story is to see if it could help anyone else.  I am truly grateful that you found it helpful...trust me..if I can do it so can you!

Flipping well done and clear straight forward tips. thanks for this. thanks for taking the trouble to share your story. you are an inspiration. awesome.

I'm at work right now, but will check in again later in the day.  All of you inspire me too!  You really don't know how much!  Thank you for commenting.  Have a good HEALTHY day...

Congrats!!  Thanks for sharing your inspiring story!

Good job.   I really enjoyed reading about your journey.  Thank you for sharing it.

Congrats-- an inspriration-- lost 110#s myself and just the sme attitude-- keep adding good habits --baby steps will get you there!

well done My Friend!

Good job...I have been a member here for awhile now but I just seem that I can not get it in my head to write my intake down til this weedend.I have had 5 surgays on my back and just this July I broke my leg and had to use cructes and found myself then having to use a wheel chair.I was not happy about that.I am 219LBS was a painter for 25 yrs and now not fit for much.I would like to thank all of you your stories are helping me threw..

Congratulations! What an inspiration you are. From walking with a can to doing step aerobics. You are truly a success.

A wonderful, inspirational story, thank you for sharing. It helped me to look into myself and start changing. I'm very proud of you. It sounds like to me, you will keep this off.

Thanks for your story.  I'm just starting and need inspiration.  Tell me, do your knees still hurt?

Wow!  A true inspiration to us all.  CONGRATULATIONS!  You look (and I'm sure you feel) wonderful ;-)

Congratulations Sfeld4 - you have achieved a tremendous goal that few achieve!  I have your same philosophy that the only way to do this is count calories and exercise - move every day and slowing I have been finding way to counter the hunger pangs more effectively and with lower calories and fat.  I can forego the cookies for some fruit and cottage cheese.  It may not appeal to some so you have to find what you like.  I also love plain yogurt with stevia and pineapples and some granola.  I have been researching granola recipes so I can make it leaner, healthier and cheaper.  The byline says it all...SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE!  Thanks for sharing with us and motivating us to keep going.

Thanks so much for sharing your story! It was just what I needed on a Monday. Slow and Steady rocks!!!

Very inspiring. I'm going through a plateau right now. The timing was perfect!

Bravo!

I have traveled the road you are on many times.  I start to take care of myself and then decide I'm not worth it, don't see immediate results and regress to my old destructive habits.  I am now back on the road again.  I'm writing down my foods and reminding myself that I must be patient, it will take time and I am worth it.  Thank you for sharing your inspiring and realistic journey!

Congratulations!  You are in inspiration to all of us!  I bet you will meet your goal by your birthday!!!  Go for it!

Wow.  Thank you.  I was just complaining that I was losing weight too slowly (1-2lbs/week,. 12lbs my first month) but your inspiring story was a real comfort!  Thank you!

Thank you so much for your story.  I was just telling myself (for the hundredth time) that I know how to do this and here is your story proving that it CAN be done. 

You inspire me to keep going.  As of right now- I am back on track.

Wow, I connected with you when you said you continued doing everything even through the plateau. That is THE MOST annoying thing ever!! I lost 35 lbs, took 9 months, then just got tired. I've gained 10 of it back and must catch myself so I can reach my goals of total lbs lost of 60. I agree slowly is the way to go and we must be able to motiviate ourselves!! GREAT JOB GIRL!!!

AMAZING !!!

That really inspirers me.

 Thanx!!

Awesome work!  How are the knees now?  I am in the same situation that you were originally -- can hardly walk these days because my knees are so bad.  I keep thinking that if I lost some weight my knees would feel better.  Interested to know if they've changed.

Congratulations!  I have lost weight the same way.  Keep track of what you eat, weigh yourself every day and get moving.  Although it is simple it is not easy!  I was at a point in life where I obsessed over food.  I realized I could still "obsess" over food but use it to my advantage by planning healthy meals, writing it all down and taking responsibility for how I looked and felt.  Remember this is a lifetime change, no need to be in a hurry.

Good for you!     Slow and Steady is something I have been saying to myself as well. I'm counting WW points, weighing myself daily at home, weekly at the meetings, and contenting myself with a pound a week. So far I have lost eleven pounds and have eleven more to go.

Something that has also helped me is reading daily some of the spiritual helps in this little book: GRACE ON THE GO: Prayers for Determined Dieters.

Thanks for sharing. Your story is so inspiring.

Thank you, thank you ,thank you. You have shown that this is doeable and to not let our bad days ruin the pursuit of what we all know will help us feel so much better. I was in a slump but now see that as you said this is not something that will happen overnight. We did not gain our weight overnight and must accept that it is better to rid ourselves of those extra lbs. slowly. Thanks again for the inspiration.

Thank you for your inspiration too!  Knowing that I help others reallyhelps me too!  Slow & STeady!!

Congratulations! I have reached my goal and maintained it for almost 18 months now. I also lost my weight slowly. You are taking charge of your life and your health! It is very empowering I think! Sounds like you are discovering what a strong and powerful person you are. I am finding life to be so much more exciting now that I can participate more fully. Keep taking care of yourself because you are worth it!

Terry

Good Job! I'm just starting, well it's been like 3 wks and was thinking I want to see the lbs off like right now!, but after reading your story. It make so much since, time, the slower the better and longer it will stay off!! thanks so much for sharing. Keep up the good work.

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Shiera @;-

You give me reason to keep on keepin on!!!

I too am journaling and am making slow but steady progress.  I've just had rotator cuff surgery two weeks ago, so it has slowed down my activity quite a bit, but I am not going to quit.  I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!!!

You are very inspirational!!!!  Bravo to you!!!

Your story is very inspiring and encouraging.  Thanks for sharing it with us.  Weight does not come on over night and we wont lose it over night either.  Your suggestion of slow and steady is so beneficial.   

Wow, that's what you call willpower and determination.

Well done that women and what an inspiration.

I have finally acknowledged that calorie counting is the only way to go for me. I always lose weight if I count everything, I just got bored with it before after two weeks.

This time is so different as I go online at least three times a day to calorie count and make sure I log everything including activity. It's so much easier to manage and I love using all the tools and reading all the stories, good and bad. The good one's motivate and the bad one's break your heart but make you more determined not to make the same mistakes.

Well done again and thanks for giving us all the motivation to carry on.

XGill

Really superb babes.... I almost cried by reading your story.... I am 23 and 218lbs with 5'5" height.... I wish i can even loose weight....  all the best for your goal sweeite and your story is really inspiring..... great work...

As Barney would say: Super-dee-dooper!!!

Please don't leave us here, just because you reach your goal.  Keep coming in and lending a hand to those of us who still need a leg-up!

Thank you for sharing your story.  I really related to your experience.  YOU ARE RIGHT - THIS WORKS...

After many years of many diets and yo yo weightloss -  I too started to do it the scientific way - calories in vs calories out.  I have been keeping a food diary for nearly two years now, counting calories, exercising regularly.  I have plateaued at times, but kept going despite this.  And believe me my weight loss has been slow but for the first time in my life my weight has not been like a yo yo.

I have learnt alot about myself, about good nutrition and healthy exercise during this time.  Its good to remember to enjoy the journey and not just focus on the destination.  I am so proud of myself and I feel much stronger emotionally.   

Congratulations on taking control and having the wisdom to stick to it.  We live in a world of quick fixes but often the things worth having are the things we have to work hard for.... 

good job

Thanks for your story.  I had given up (a couple of times!)  Now, I will get back on the track again-How are your knees?

Thank you all for writing/responding.  MY knees actually feel better.   My knee dr. took some xrays recently & asked me how I feel...I told him I feel better.  He said that's the important thing, cause the xray showed more deterioration...I don't feel worse..., so even though the detoriation is there, it does'nt hurt as much cause there is less weight on them.  The mobility may be limited, but so is the pain!!  So to answer my mantra, how will I know if my knees will feel better if I don't lose the weight...I'VE LOST THE WEIGHT & THEY DO FEEL BETTER!!!!  there is hope for all of us!

GREAT STORY!! Keep up the great work. Congratulations Shelia.

That's absolutely wonderful and you look great! Keep up the good work! :)

I was inspired by the fact that your journey was slow and steady over many years.  I'm sure you had your ups and downs, but ultimately always returned to the healthy way of living.  When I diet and excercise for months without seeing drastic improvement, I'll remember your story.

Thanks for sharing.

Your story sounded like me.  I've only started 10 weeks ago, and the first 8 weeks I didn't lose a thing.  I was eating too many calories, so I did some recalculating, and I have been eating 1500 calories for the past two weeks and have lost six pounds.  I am not an exercise person either, but I have been faithfully walking, and I, too, have the bad knee thing going on.  They have gotten better, but for some reason they one was really hurting, and tonight at the gym, I could only get through 10 minutes of walking on the treadmill.  (I think it's the weather, actually, botherin it so much yesterday and today.) But I, like you, am learning not be beat myself up if I don't do everything perfectly.  I made a decision that this is what I have to do.  I've been through all the weight loss programs as you have, although add 3 surgeries to my list...2 gastric staplings (years ago) and a gastric stapling intestinal bypass (Roux n Y) in 2000...every time gained it all back eventually.  I just want to say thanks, your story is encouraging to me, and it lets me know I'm on the right track, to be nice to myself, and be patient.  Thanks!  Good for you!

Good for you! The best thing about losing weight is physically feeling good again! With a regular exercise program I started having less and less back pain. Like you, I started slowly. I could only walk a few hundred yards at first. Now I can walk for miles, and ride a bike! I started losing weight, too. I started caring about how I looked for the first time in years. So now I'm counting calories, too. You are an inspiration!