# I hit my weight loss goal today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437 "2015-04-24T13:59:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/1 "2015-04-24T13:59:25Z")
It’s been a long road, but I finally hit my goal of 175 this morning! Started at 271 about a year a 2-3 months ago. 96 lbs gone! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/2 "2015-04-24T14:02:59Z")
> [@Orionizer](#): > > It’s been a long road, but I finally hit my goal of 175 this morning! Started at 271 about a year a 2-3 months ago. 96 lbs gone! 😃 GOOD JOB :D:D:D:D:D What did you do to loose the weight? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/3 "2015-04-24T14:03:27Z")
Wow, that’s awesome. Congrats. I’m close to my goal too, but it’s taking me weeks to even lose a pound. I need to get motivated again. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/4 "2015-04-24T14:05:31Z")
Way to go! ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/5 "2015-04-24T14:06:37Z")
Thanks all! All I did was reduce the amount I ate, ate a bit healthier and cut back on the beer. That’s all! ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/6 "2015-04-24T14:07:42Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Wow, that’s awesome. Congrats. > > I’m close to my goal too, but it’s taking me weeks to even lose a pound. I need to get motivated again. Trust me, I know what you mean. It took me about 2 months to go from 185 to 175. The last few have taken forever! Don’t give up! ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/7 "2015-04-24T14:08:22Z")
> [@Orionizer](#): > > Thanks all! > > All I did was reduce the amount I ate, ate a bit healthier and cut back on the beer. That’s all! Wow, the BBC just put out an article which states the weight loss is almost exclusively diet and very little from exercise. I’ll find the link an make a separate thread in case you are interested to read it… ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/8 "2015-04-24T14:14:30Z")
Congratulations on a job well done! What you’ve done is very difficult indeed. You should feel righteously proud. Whatever challenges life holds for you in future, you will always be able to look back at this Herculean achievement for strength. Never forget. You MADE this happen. You, no one else! I would humbly suggest you treat yourself to a new outfit! I don’t care how it looks, or what it costs, just so long as it makes you feel fabulous! You soooo deserve it! Again, sincerest congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/9 "2015-04-24T14:16:54Z")
Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/10 "2015-04-24T14:18:18Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Congratulations on a job well done! What you’ve done is very difficult indeed. You should feel righteously proud. > > Whatever challenges life holds for you in future, you will always be able to look back at this Herculean achievement for strength. Never forget. You MADE this happen. You, no one else! > > I would humbly suggest you treat yourself to a new outfit! I don’t care how it looks, or what it costs, just so long as it makes you feel fabulous! You soooo deserve it! > > Again, sincerest congratulations! My parents already took me out a couple weeks ago and bought me a lot of new clothes! I really liked that, as I was wearing 38" pants and ended up going to a 34". The total loss in the clothes department was: 42" waist down to 34" XXL shirt down to L ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/11 "2015-04-24T14:24:51Z")
What an awesome loss, congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/12 "2015-04-24T14:44:12Z")
Well done! ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/13 "2015-04-24T14:45:57Z")
\*\*\*CONGRATULATIONS!!! \*\*\* That’s an amazing achievement! You should be very happy with this. So many people never do it. I know what it’s like. I lost 50# over the course of 15 months by making comparatively small changes to my diet. I called it the “eat less crap diet”. This year my goal is to lose another 50# by making additional changes. I’ll revisit this thread for inspiration. 😃 ETA: Orionizer, you lost 96 pounds…that was what my grandmother weighed in her 20s! You lost a _ **PERSON** _! ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/14 "2015-04-24T14:49:37Z")
Congratulations! It’s cool that you did it without doing a bunch of exercise. I found out I couldn’t keep on the “eat healthier, eat less” track unless I was also going to the gym. My mind needs the total package, so to speak. So it’s an even greater achievement to me that you did it through a healthier diet alone. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/15 "2015-04-24T14:53:16Z")
Excellent!!! How do you plan to maintain? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/16 "2015-04-24T14:55:54Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > Wow, the BBC just put out an article which states the weight loss is almost exclusively diet and very little from exercise. I’ll find the link an make a separate thread in case you are interested to read it… Studies like this concern me. I hope people don’t think it means exercise does not have a part in your life. Exercise builds strong muscles and bones and can improve flexibility and endurance. You won’t get that eating low-fat yogurt and watching TV. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/17 "2015-04-24T15:02:19Z")
> [@Orionizer](#): > > It’s been a long road, but I finally hit my goal of 175 this morning! Started at 271 about a year a 2-3 months ago. 96 lbs gone! 😃 Congrats! 96 lbs. in 15 months, that’s 1.6 lbs. a week if my math is right. Pretty good pace to keep up for over a year. Nice job! I started at 215 at the start of this year and my goal was to lose 2 lbs. a week to get to 170 by early June. I’ve been losing weight but only about 1 lb. a week. I have to accept the fact I’m not going to reach my goal by then unless I go on a near-starvation diet and start to run marathons :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/18 "2015-04-24T15:03:21Z")
1-2 pounds a week is fine. You’ll get there…just don’t stop! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/19 "2015-04-24T15:29:10Z")
Good on you. Due to a fat finger error, my fitbit thinks I have 995 pounds to go. I don’t think I’ll make it. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437/20 "2015-04-24T15:41:50Z")
> [@Orionizer](#): > > All I did was reduce the amount I ate, ate a bit healthier and cut back on the beer. That’s all! All without the drama about how really really hard it is? Inconceivable! Congratulations, Orionizer. Truly well done. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hit-my-weight-loss-goal-today/718437.md?page=2)