New here - so here is my story & please share yours!

KHartnoll

Hey there,

I am new to MFP, well I have been using the Iphone App for about a month or so but thought it would be good if I came on here and see if I couldn't find a few weightloss buddies and make a few new friends.

Right a bit about me.....
I live in New Zealand where it is beautiful and green. I am 38 years old, I currently weigh 94KG (208 pounds) I am 170cm tall (5'7).
I have been struggling with being over weight since a long stint in hospital 14 years ago, up until then I had always been naturally slim and had never had an issue with weight.

Over the last 12-14 years I have seen my weight go up and down and I am now at the biggest I have ever been and this is it, I need to lose the weight once and for all. I am 38 and I dont want to spend the rest of my life feeling bad about my image or that I am over weight. I want my outside to match what I feel inside & I want to be able to do the things I used to do before I was overweight.

At the end of the day the weight I carry is down to what I put in my mouth and lack of activity. I am ready to say: YES - I use/used food as a comfort pillow when things are stressful and I love savory food and lashings of sour cream & pizza etc, which is the reason I am now still overweight, and it is time for that to change.

My goal is to be 75KG by my 40th birthday 19/06/2013 and being that I weigh 94kg at the moment that is a 19kg loss, I feel this should be an acheivable goal and will mean I lose the weight slowly and not run the risk of giving up.
Over the last month I have been working on living on 1200 Calories per day and on making sure the food I eat is good food.

I would really like to meet other people who are also in there journey to there goal weights or have reached them, I would love the support of others on here and to provide support to others here.

So I would love to hear your stories and your goals!
Thanks for taking the time to read my story.

Kristin :-)

susaneec

Hi there! I'm Susan. I've been lurking on the site and using the app for about the same time as you. I really wish you the best of luck. I just moved to Tokyo with my family a few months back and decided that if I can change continents I can surely drop some of these pesky extra pounds! I'll send you a friend request!

ktfitzgerald

Welcome Kristen. I love this site and hope you will too! There are tons of nice supportive people here to help you meet your goals. You can do it. Try to enjoy the journey and celebrate the successes.

Feel free to add me as afriend.

Southernsister

VVelcome..you can do and this is the best place for friends...just like family.

cofakid

Hi Kristin,

I'm from Sydney so that kinda makes us neighbours . I'm in a similar position to you, hoping to loose about 20kg by my birthday next year in May. I started in july, although ive only just started using this site as i was using another site. Ive kost 6.5kg so far. I found that in the first month i lost a lot of weight very quickly. Since then ive been struggling a little with temptation but im starting to get back on track.

I can definetly understand the food as a comfort pillow - in about 6 months at my old job i packed on 10kg from overeating from the stressfull workplace.

I'm sure you can do it and i think a birthday goal is great! You've got a realistic time frame, and you seem to have some pretty good plans set in place.

afalls11

Hello Kristin,

Your story reads alot like mine with the sturggles and looking for the opportunity to shine. Best of Luck to you! I live in Wisconsin which is in the United States. With the fall and winter time coming up it it important for me to get a move on and get moving and making my life better for myself, my husband and kids.

I am aiming to lose around 30 pounds. I work fultime and go to school fulltime as well. So life is busy and I sometimes make excuses on why I can't exercise, or make a better meal. But I realize that I should be putting myselft and my wellbeing first.

I look forward in cheering you on during your weight loss!

Deanne47

I am new as well so I will friend you. A few of us at work started dancing twice a day at 10am and 3pm. We go from 10-15 minutes. Instead of dancing this past week I started jogging in place to burn more calories. I love this site, it seems easy and the calculations quickly show you more exercise a few extra calories. It is like Pavlov's Dog.

martha101452

Hello everyone. I am Martha from Delhi, LA. I had a GBP 7 months ago. Several members of Thinner Times recommended My Fitness to track my weight loss. I have loss 80 lbs so far. I have never weighed my food or kept track before. My weight loss has almost stopped. I need to lose 20 lbs to reach my goal.. I dedeided to chart all of my foods and exercise to see if this will help jump start my weight loss.

I am looking forward to hearing from everybody. When I enter the food I was eating I had no ieal they had that many calories.