100lb to go. Support would be much appreciated

chrishg

Hi,

I'm a 38 year old father from Glasgow in Scotland and have tried to shift the weight many times before. I usually start brilliantly for a few weeks, then slowly lose my willpower and end up blowing it all and thinking "what is the point?"!

I really need to do it this time as I want to be there to run around with my little one as she grows up.

Feel free to friend me - I could do with some support from others in a similar situation

Chris

ccslkm

I totally understand what you're saying, chrishgray. I am a 56 year old grandmother who would love to see her grandchildren become adults. I want to be able to run and play with them and I can't do that right now. Some days, I have a hard time just getting out of a chair and walking - knees and ankles have just had too much punishment from carrying the extra weight for 30 years! I live in Kentucky in the US and like you, I have almost 100 pounds to reach my goal weight. It's so hard to not eat the way I used to but I started plugging food into MyFitnessPal and realizing the number of calories I've been consuming from eating out and it just about blew my mind!

I have a niece who lives in England and I visited your lovely country in 2002 when my husband had to travel for work. We had been reading some books by Diane Gabaldon that were based in your country and we traveled to Inverness overnight by train and then back the same way the next day so I got to see a lot of the country but didn't get to explore. I would love to come back some day but right now I feel as though I might not fit in the airplane seat so I have my work cut out for me! I could use some encouragement myself so I'll try to figure out how to friend you on my page. . .I just started this month so give me some time to figure it out.