New to MFP and In need of some support.

amelia651

Hey All, I am new here and need some support. My husbands got my back but my friends and family are very iffy, and when they are open to routing for you and helping it tends becomes an embarrassing and overwhelming tell everyone we know that I'm trying to better myself, I am tired of hearing well your not working hard enough if you only lost 5lbs... you must be cheating... you should work out more... well don't eat carbs, sugar or fat.....

I am looking for friends and support that have similar situations and goals, Ultimately I would like to lose a total of 120 pounds, but my first goal is to lose 30 pounds by New Years 2014. Since joining MFP I have lost 6, so I must be doing something right.

I am a 28 year old housewife and my husband and I are both very overweight. I love to cook, bake and spend time with my husband, family and dog Quincy. I had thyroid cancer and several medical problems, had them taken care of. After surgery and treatments, I developed a medication absorption problem-- my body rejected my Synthroid and all my systems started shutting down, spent some time in the hospital and on bed rest and the combination I gained almost 100 pounds of weight and swelling in 6 months, this on top of already being overweight. ( From eating too much and poorly and not exercising enough... I do not blame all of my weight loss on medical problems alone) Have been dieting and walking and got some of my medication regulated and have lost about 40 pounds thus far. My husband and I are doing this together, we purchased a Tread climber and are awaiting its arrival and cleared out any and all crap food and drinks we had it the house. We have a plan and we are sticking to it, both of us have a goal to lose 30 pounds each by the end of 2014 to start. I personally hit rock bottom and there is nowhere to go but up from here. By next year this time I hope to be a happier, healthier and new person.

I got a reality check on vacation with my in laws back at the end of June, and I realized how big I really was, I broke down and now I am ready to rebuild. So sorry for the long post, hopefully I will speak with some of you soon and we can continue our journey together

jmaupin1234

Hello! I am also new to this group. I have been off and on gaining and losing weight through the last couple years though I had always been chubby growing up In 2012 I got down to 129lbs, smallest I have ever been. In Jan 2014 I weighed 140 and from Jan-July I have gained 40LBS!

I go through a lot of drama in real life dealing with my boyfriend and working all the time (taking break from work now) so I get bad eating habits as we fight, don't cook a lot at home and eat out and fast food. He eats/drinks anything and stays skinny but I know that is because he works hard at his job all day so I have to remember I have to portion what I eat and drink while he really doesn't and it ticks me off! I want soda gone from the house but he wont stop drinking which I feel is being unsupportive but I guess he didn't make me gain the weight I just don't feel supported by him to lose it.

Lately I have been trying to steer us away from that since he is already fit and I am struggling to get to where he is. I didn't take this seriously the first 2 weeks ago when I decided to start until a day or two ago so I joined this website looking for support.

I realized this is serious, my health and long-term quality of life is serious. I want to be able to have a healthy and long active life.
I have a goal to lose 60lb of fat and gain muscle and be fit by this time next year, by Dec/end of the year I plan to have lost 40lb I gained in the last 6 months! I am going to be trying new things like Yoga which I have heard nothing but good things, possibly zumba too!

I have bought an elliptical and it is now set up, 2-15lb weights (wish I had gotten 10lb though) I think this website and calorie counting are going to help a lot. Lost no weight yet but that is okay because one day at a time is how this is done!

My wake-up call was I gained so much in only 6 months from lack of caring and not paying attention so I want to do this for me, to look and feel better about my life and be able to wear my favorite clothes again!! I was so close to my goal weight, not even 10lb away and now I am 60 away! I will never let something slip away, I will grip onto it with hard work and do my best every day to be more active and actually care about MY BODY, after all, it's the only one I've got!!!