Hi my name is Jennifer. I'm 30 yrs old and live in Texas. I found out I have Diabetes 2 yrs ago. So I struggle with my eating habits everyday but I want to turn that around. My motivation is my family. I have a wonderful supporting husband (Brian) and a 18 month old son (Logan). I want to be around for them so I have to control my Diabetes (and weight) better than I have been doing.

Sara,
It is very nice to meet you. I hope we can support each other through this journey.

I am 33 and from Ohio. I had a pretty good start on MFP back in August 2011. I worked really hard and lost 27 lb by February 2012. But then I gained it back. I'd say I've probably gained 10 lb back. I continued working out so some of it was muscle gain but I really would like to lose at least 8 of the 10 lb to be where I want to be. I just started strength training and also do some cardio each week but nothing as intense as I used to do. I used to do Jillian Michaels, Insanity, etc. I think those were great but I'm not sure if they were attainable long term for me. If anything, they just taught me to enjoy working out again. I've been pretty consistent with exercise. It's usually diet that is my downfall. I am addicted to chocolate and peanut butter. Those two things can be pretty bad once I get started. So gotta work on that.

I got "restarted" on MFP back in June 2012. I got a new username and decided this was it. My weight has been pretty consistent since June but I do want to work on this last 10 lb.

Hello, my name is Ketty. I am a New Yorker that love live, challenges, and the outdoors!!! I love anything that keeps me moving and sweating! Yes, I said sweating...I love to workout, in other words, I enjoy being active! My downfall is that I tend to get depress tooooo often; that is when my emotional eating kicks in and whatever I have accomplished goes out the window. However, this time around, I have made peace with some of the things that were hurting me and in a way and I am finding out who I am as a valuable and beautiful person.

I was looking for a challenge like this. And I agree with you, before we love someone, we have to love ourselves first...so, the best gift anyone here can give to oneself is that accomplishment that despite the obstacles and emotional beatings, we made it all the way to the finsh line!!!!!!!!!

Hi there my name is Sierra Sky and I live in Colton South Dakota my problem seems to be full blown menopause like my metabolism has completely shut down........... I would like to lose 30 pounds or so is my goal I am fairly new to the site just want this to work for me. I have noticed that in dieting I was not eating enough calories the past 6 months so I am positive and focused and my motto is FAILURES NOT AN OPTION

Hi My name is Alison and unlike everybody else in this group I am not living in America but in Scotland. I find it hard to stay motivated and am always find some excuse to eat and tell myself I am not really eating as much extra. Usually not to bad during the week when I am out at work but at the weekend I tend to eat more. :~(( Trying to stay positive and reckon if I can stick at it for a month I will have cracked it. Had lost 42 a couple of years ago and have more or less STS since then but need to lose about 52 lbs to get to a nice weight where I will not feel so fat and frumpy.

Well Hello Everyone!

My name is Janelle (everyone calls me Jae). I am 28, whoops I just had a birthday 5 days ago, I am now 29 years old, married 5 years, and from Washington, DC.

I used to be small, but that was back in high school years almost 12 years ago. The weight just came on slowly.....I do not like what i see in the mirror, however I am always cute!! (if that makes sense)

I am really tired of going back and forth, I used to be on WW for a year, and can't believe I ONLY lost 30 pounds. It SHOULD have been much more, but most of that year i was not doing what i should i have been doing.

I found MFP and canceled WW maybe a month ago now. I really like MFP. I have the exercise thing down pretty much, I don't really LIKE to do it, but i know i NEED to do it. The problem i have is the food. There are ALOT of foods that i don't like or can't eat, which makes putting healthy meals together tuff. I am fried Chicken girl, and trying to only have it ONCE a week. until i can make it every 2 weeks, and so on and so on.....

In my spare time I LOVE to LINE DANCE, its the best thing EVER!!! i've doing it for about two years now, its burns calories and is FUN!
I also love Zumba!

I have been on MFP for around 40-50 days, somewhere like that.....and i'm not where i should be! So hopefully this group be good...although i've been here a few, This week TO ME is like ~starting over~, i've committed to taking my lunch to work everyday, and cooking dinner every night ( or at least not eating fast food ).

Hi all! My name is Jackie. I'm 37 years old and have been overweight my whole life. There was a brief period in my 20's where I managed to get in shape for about 5 months but relapsed when my daughter died. I have a disabled son and there aren't many activities we can do, so that's led me to live a more and more sedentary life and really gain a lot of weight in the past few years.

I've finally had enough! I can't wait to be thin and healthy enough to walk around half the day and hang out with friends again! I'm looking forward to having a group to help me stay accountable to myself and meet my goals.

Nice to meet you all and best wishes.

Hello everyone. My name is Sandie, I am 56 years old and live in Virginia. I am the classic yo-yo dieter. I have a couple of friends I've made at the gym I work out at that have had tremendous success with MFP. They have lost well over 100 lbs. each.....they have motivated me to "start over". I seriously need to lose 50-60 lbs. This is the first time I've used this program. I actually signed up with the program in July but never got started....yesterday was my first day. I'm very excited about this. I've always worked out pretty hard so that part shouldn't be too much of an issue. I will say, it's encouraging to work out when you see how many additional calories are added to your daily allowance....one hour of spinning added over 600 calories...WOW. I did not use all my calories yesterday or today since the cardio added a ton of extra calories, but I'm hoping that will help the lbs. to come off a little easier.

Good luck everyone.....there's safety in numbers....:laugh:

Hi all, my name is Alison, and I'm 23 years old. When I was younger I was very active with dance, but when I stopped in college, well, all I've done is gain weight since. I've been yo-yo dieting for the past 3 years. I'll do well for a while, but then school picks up with homework or finals or something and I get off track. I gain whatever I lost back plus some. I'm still in graduate school now, so the habits haven't changed, but I want them to! My grandma recently lost 18 pounds (and counting!). She has been my motivation to start over and actually lose the weight this time.