How Reddit User Samiam810 Lost 69 Pounds in 2 Years

From 212 lbs to 143 lbs in 2 years

SamIAm810 shares how she lost 69 pounds in two years through an approach that focused on calorie intake and exercise. She kept her calories to around 1200 per day or slightly more while using MyFitnessPal to track her food and exercise.

Walking led to Running

For the bulk of her weight loss journey, she would walk a lot which helped her to maintain her calorie count and lead to weight loss. As time went on, she started increasing the intensity of her walks and eventually even started running three miles a few times per week to help with weight loss.

CICO Works!

SamIAm810 emphasizes the power of the CICO approach to weight loss that helped her to achieve the goal. This approach may seem overly simple, relying on creating a calorie deficit by consuming fewer calories than are burned, but is a powerful tool when it comes to weight loss.

The Power of Lifting Weights

Reddit users have suggested that SamIAm810 should start lifting weights to help kick-start her next level of fitness progress. Adding muscle increases the TDEE of a person which means more calories are burned even when they are not doing anything, this can be helpful to further weight loss or toning the body.

Maintaining is also success

Maintaining weight loss can be as challenging as achieving it in the first place. SamIAm810 encourages people that maintaining is also success, and through her experience, she believes that keeping the weight off is just as hard as losing it. Her experience has also taught her that eating a lot of fruits and veggies is more efficient than small amounts of less nutritious food, and to enjoy splurges on occasion while still counting calories.