Whats your Success Story?

There are a few of us here that have finally reached that goal of Maintaining, so we come to the forum sometimes to see whats going on, if there is anyone that we can over advice to, or just see how friends are doing with their weight loss. I was thinking tonight about what is the best way to help someone get motivated, know that they can do it if they take the time and effort- They WILL Reach their goal!!!

There are soooooo many success stories on this site that are amazing to hear and see the results. Some of these are at maintenance level and some aren't.

To be a success at something doesnt mean you have to already "BEEN THERE, DONE THAT" type of person. To me it means you have AMAZED yourself in what you have accomplished.

The success stories that are shared on here are a way for each of us to support, motivate, encourage and meet each other. Everytime someone comes to the forum and says they broke a 2 week plateau- we cheer! Or 1lb lost!!! we cheer! AND WE SHOULD!!! it is awesome! We came to this site for the support and we are getting it! We should continue to give our support to one another and know that we too will be where that person is when it is the right time for us. We all started at different times, different heights, different weights,....you get my drift.

The stories aren't here for us to compare ourselves to someone else, noone shares their success to "rub it in others faces" they do it because this is a place where they know they can be honestly excited about their loss, jump up and down for it and not have to be quiet about it- they are among friends!! The stories are shared to help motivate each other so don't compare yourself to any of the stories told, use it to motivate you. Find one that you can relate to...maybe you dont have 100lbs to lose but only those last 15lbs to get rid of- wouldn't it feel great to hear someone say they did it! See how they did it! Wouldn't it motivate you, give you hope that you can reach your goal?

So with All of that said, yes I had coffee late at night and can't go to sleep, I would love to hear what your success in YOUR journey so far has been.

Did you go a full day without a soda?

did you stick to your goals for last week or last month?

Did you lose 1lb or 100lbsso far??

They are all wonderful success stories, those are what motivate us, the person sharing gets motivated and the person reading will get motivated.

There are alot of us here that are Maintaining, Almost there, some that are half way, and some that are just starting or even starting over, thing is we all have a story of Some type of success, maybe yours will help someone else? :)

So what is everyones story????

-slappy(nope, not going first :P)

well I'm not done yet but...

I was slender and athletic untill I got married and have been slowly getting bigger for the past 5 years. I got on a scale out of curiosity back in January.. 247lbs. Im 5'11'' with a medium frame so it wasnt pretty. Sometimes I would sit there eating burritos or whatever with one balanced on my stomache and a 6 pack on the couch next to me and just be disgusted, but still kept doing it. I got mad, did nothing, then ate some more. In March I crash dieted and lost 15lbs, stopped and gained back 3lbs.  Then in April I deceided to get help for my insane drinking problem, sobriety brought up a lot of other issues too so I figured that at 90 days sober I would start working on the weight the right way. I found cc looking for calories in food and made a profile, I come on here every day and log my food, activity, chat and post. In the 12 weeks since Ive been here I've lost 46lbs. Im now only 15lbs from a healthy bmi and only 39lbs from my goal of 150lbs. and Im 6 months sober too, which is also good. I no longer have major knee problems (only minor ones) I can RUN now.. thats a feat for me, I started taking karate, got a second job, and have more confidence than ever.This site has been very helpful in keeping me on track, accountable, and very motivational. Hopefully you'll see me on the maintenance page in a few months :)