What's your weight loss story?

nice work. what is your best weight loss tip?

My best tips ermm.....

Dont expect to much too soon.
Be Consistent.
Set short and long term goals.
Dont let the odd slip up signal a complete relapse.
When tempted to eat something dodgy ask yourself do I really want this?
Aim for a steady sensible rate of loss rather than a crash loss
Dont pursue chemical help to start with its a waste of time it does come down to CV (and lots of it) and diet ending up in calorie deficit its the only way!

Life is a journey, travel it well....

That's me in 2004. I weighed about 265lbs at the time. I've been racing BMX since I was 14 years old. After High school I progressively gained more and more weight. I'm now at 301lbs. Over the past few years I've started to have back and knee problems. About a week and a half ago I could barely get out of bed. I sat there in pain and asked myself "why am I doing this to myself?" I decided then that I needed to act now or else. If I'm in this much pain at 29 whats it going to be like at 40, 50? Will I live till 50? I had to do something. Now is the time to get on the road to success.

geesjourney, you have taken the biggest step in making the decision to do something.

I have dropped from 273 lbs to 203 lbs and aim to lose another 14 to 21 lbs to be where I want to be. This has been done through weights, cardio and sensible eating. If I can do it, anyone can, and we all have our different triggers that set us off on the successful journey.

Both me and my wife were (still are, but less!) overweight. My wife had a routine check at the docs and they told her she was borderline diabetes and should lose weight. I figured if she had problems, I might well have them too. So we decided to lose weight, together.

I have lost 70 lbs and she has lost 60 lbs, and whilst we are still not quite where we want to be, the difference in our health and overall feeling of well being is incredible.

I would pretty much echo the tips given above, especially about losing in a steady way and not being put off by the odd setback. Unless you are superhuman, these will happen.

It is great when people comment on your weight loss, but for me the biggest revelation has been in shopping for clothes. Previously this was a case of looking around for whatever they had in my size. Now I can choose anything in the store and they have it. I am buying things in a medium, when before was often Extra Extra Large. These things will be your motivation to continue.

Another thing I have found useful is that when your clothes become too big, get rid of them. Give them to a charity or whatever, but don't keep them. That way they can't become a safety net for bad habits to creep back in and for your weight to creep back up.

I am 40 years old and have tried all sorts over the years, and have never been successful like this. So like I say, if I can do it, anyone can!

on my 18th birthday i was 18 stone fat, never trained a day in my life.  My partner then (Started going out with her when i was 15) ridiculed/tormented me and put me down every day for being fat, she basically stopped being affectionate towards me and pretty much made me think i was a total faliure in life... after that i lost weight to 11 stone the total wrong way.. starvation, never ate anything, took hoodia to suppress my appetite, (my body ate all my muscle/and most of fat... in the end i was taken to hospital as i was fainting all the time and allmost died.  Since then i got rid of that bitch...(Cutting Story short) bulked for about 2/3 years (Dirty bulking) gained knowledge in training and dieting correctly, bulked to 16stone 3. now currently cutting and am going to be cutting untill 13 stone 5 = -86kg which is what weight i would like to fight muay thai

Currently - training hard - have a new partner (fiancee) a little girl who is 8 months... running parts of the family business - hopeing to have my first muay thai fight within 12 months... VERY happy now.

all i have to say to people is, it takes time, Will power will help, but most of all the only person who can really help you and guide you, is yourself!

Age : 23
bulking weight : Weight : 16 stone 4
Height : 6 Foot 6
  Started : Cutting - 16.4 stone atm
Currently : 15.3 stone - 6 weeks in

Hi there, Im a new user :).
 
Thought id comment on this thread
 
About a year and a half ago, i was trying for the army. I was 15stone7lbs and my height on 5ft 8. Im naturally well built, But back then i was huge, immensley overweight.
 
And i also smoked alot of dope. But after laying off it i found motivation, My goal was getting in the army.
I started to attend a martial arts class 2-3days a week and jogged between the other days in the week.
 
After a couple of months i started to shed the weight. andafter about 4months of training i found myself going from 15st7lbs to a 11st11lbs. I could jog for at least 2miles without stopping for a breather, and could do 72 pressups in a 2minute non-stop session.
 
I dont really remember what my diet plan was. But i know it involved alot of tuna.
 
Due to personal reasons, The army wouldent accept me :( . I got with my ex-fiancee who after a year and a half it ended horribly. I stopped jogging, stopped martial arts and find myself overweight again. same weight as last time, But less Fat as the 1st time. I suffer from depression which i find affects my motivation.
 
Ive decided to take up martial arts again, as i found attending a gym didnt help. (i wasent working out as much as i should have been). And it guts me a little, as im trying to remember my original diet plan, but cant remember for the life of me.
 
Could someone pass some ideas please!!! Thanks