Name
Where you live
Age
Starting weight and Goal (or how much you want to lose)
Family

Hi everyone! My name is Jean, I'm 41 and I live in Northern NJ. I'm currently 253lbs & would like to get down to between 150-160. I've been married for 18yrs and have 5 kids, one singleton (b,17) & two sets of b/g twins (15 & 10). I've struggled with my weight since I was about 8yrs old, and I'm just tired of it! My husband is supportive, but there are times when I know he's not saying anything if I start slipping b/c he doesn't want to hurt my feelings. I want to feel good and be willing & able to be more active with my kids. I volunteer as a cheerleading coach for my youngest daughter and I'd like to set a better example for not only my own daughter, but for all of "my girls" as well.

Hi, my name is Melissa and I am 34 years old. I live in Hamilton, Ohio (just north of Cincinnati). I am a single mom to an incredible 10 year little boy. I have been divorced for 7 years now. I have always been the “fat” girl ever since I can remember. When I got pregnant with my son, I weighed 260 lbs. I lost 30 lbs. after I had him and gained quite a bit during my divorce and the years afterwards. I decided to finally do something about my weight and I had the gastric sleeve surgery on February 14th, 2012. It was the greatest Valentine’s day present I could ever receive!

I am currently down 60 lbs. but I have such a long way to go. Just because I had surgery doesn’t mean that I took the easy way out. Actually, people expect me to lose it faster, but it is still a hard journey. I can’t eat as much at a time as others, but it doesn’t mean that I can’t eat things I shouldn’t. I find that when I take my vitamins like I am supposed to and get in all the protein I should, that I lose weight a little faster. I have been on a plateau for 6 months though – and I am really feeling sluggish. I didn’t go through all the struggles I have to not lose the weight – although I am not balking at the 60 lbs. that I have already lost! My highest weight was 339 lbs. and I was so mad that I let myself get to that point. My big goal right now is to be at 200 lbs. Of course I want to get down even more, but I am trying to set reasonable goals at first. My short term goal is to lose at least 10 lbs. by the time my one year surgery anniversary comes around.



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Hi, I'm Tansy and I'm from Perth, Western Australia. I'm 43 and have been a single mum to my 3 awesome kids for the last 10 years - my main priorities until now have been in looking after them and rebuilding our broken family, and putting myself through university and starting a new career as a teacher. It's been a long, hard road for us all but we have made it through the tough times together, though now that my kids are getting older (they are 19, 18 and 13 now), I really feel it is time for me to do something for myself and really try hard to shed all the weight that had kept creeping up on me over the years. I am now 110 kg (about 242 pounds) and mainly just want to feel better about myself. I've never joined anything like mfp or a forum before, and am really just hoping to meet some new friends that can motivate and inspire me to keep on with the weight loss journey, and that (hopefully!) I can inspire at some stage as well.

Hi Everyone,

I'm Cynthia and live in Ohio. I am 41 years old although I really can't figure out how that happened already! Time goes way to fast. My highest weight was 338.3 pounds. With last weeks weigh in I was at 293.2 bur I have been sneaking peaks at the scale and this week is going really well LOL My initial goal is 190 so that I can wear the Air Force Blues again. I am a squadron commander for Civil Air Patrol and I would really love to wear the USAF uniform instead of the corporate one. My entire family is involved and I would love to be able to run the mile with my kids and my cadets. I will re-evaluate my goal once I am at 190 but I will probably want to get to 175 again. We will see.

I have been married for 22 years. We have 4 beautiful daughters. Currently they are 17 and 12 year old twins. My oldest died a little over 4 years ago at the age of 14. She would have been 19 in a few months. She had severe disabilities. I gained a lot of weight over the years from feeding my stress with food, all the horrible hospital food (she was always in the hospital) etc. I put her needs and the needs of my other children and husband so far ahead of my own that I forgot the importance of taking care of me.

I lost 20 pounds a few years ago and kept it off. Last year I did really well and lost another 40. I kept all 60 off until about fall when I gained some of it back The good news is that I was aware of it and caught myself before it got out of control again. I am back on track and headed to goal now.

I look forward to getting to know all of you!

*** edited to add that I also have PCOS and dealt with the difficulty of trying to get pregnant. I know how hard and stressful that is for those of you going through it right now.

Good luck, we are here with you!!

Hi everyone,
I live in Kentucky
I am 5`2
Starting weight-240
Current weight-226
Goal weight-140 but be happy with 160

I am a stay at home mom, of two (b) 7yrs and (g) 3yrs. I'm home a lot, with hardly any money to out and pay for a gym membership. So everything I do is at home on my own. I have started this in Dec of 2011. And lost track of it in the summer over my moms health.now I don't have any excuses, and I need to start taking care of myself for the sack of my young ones.

Julie here and I live in Maryland.
I'm 47 Young
Married 25 years with 3 kids (Chris 24, Brendan 21 & Kelsey 17)
I’m a Stay At Home Mom.
My Starting weight: 295
Current Weight: 250
Goal Weight: 135-150 (Onederland will be so sweet)

I've been overweight since my pregnancy with my daughter. I gained 100 lbs. with her. How did that happen, when I only gained 30 with my other two? Never got all the way down in weight. My father died in a car accident and I broke my ankle with surgery to boot. These definitely didn’t help. On top of it I broke my other ankle months ago, luckily no surgery.
Minor setbacks.
I really think my problem was, putting myself on the back burner to take care of everyone else. Normal mother thinking. Well enough of that, my kids are grown.
I love Zumba, kickboxing and dancing..
I am also a huge Washington Nationals Fan

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Love Baseball…

Let’s Do This Together, We All Have In Us…

Feel Free To Add Me..

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Hello! I'm Marie and I live in beautiful western North Carolina. I'm 33 and have been married 12 years to my amazing husband who is also doing this journey with me on mfp :-) we have a 21 year old son, a ten year old son, and a three year old daughter. My husband and I work together as teaching parents in a group home for teenage boys. We have five teenagers living with us learning social skills at any given time. My starting weight was 316 as of two years ago. I currently weigh 265 but am sick and tired of gaining and losing the same 20 pounds over the past year so I'm getting serious and have committed to eating clean for the entire month of January to see what kind of results I can get. That's right, no "cheat" days for an entire month! My first goal is to get below 250 (it's been since before my babies were born that I've seen the 240's). Then I want to get below 200 (my husband has never seen me that small). Ultimately I want to wear a size 6. It doesn't matter to me what weight I am at that point but I'm guessing it will be about 140.
Good luck all! We can do this!!

Hi everyone, my name is Red (Chel). I live in Tacoma WA. Never married :-( 2 adult kids, son and daughter 20. Both are very supportive of my journey neither live at home. Exactly last year this time I was 266.0lbs, I was going strong on this journey down from 301lbs the previous year. In January I had knee surgery which made matters 100% worse. Then in March I had an emergency hysterectomy, basically I couldn't adapt to 100% vegan with 60 minutes of vigorous wrkouts per day to prevent the surgery. Today, I weigh 285.4 and am struggling to get back to eating right, working out regularly, making better decisions about food in which I absolutely love. I love the good and the bad but, the bad always wins.

My first goal is to get STRONGER and down to 175lbs.

Diabetes, high blood pressure and, heart diesease run rampant in my family. Although I havent been diagnosed with any of it I know my weight can be a culprit. None of the people in my family that battle with the health issues are overweight and never have been.

So far really glad about this thread. This is the first one that I've joined that includeds women close to my own weight. So now I don't feel so alone. Although there is a lot of support on this site period. All of my current MFP's are the reason I stay on this journey.

You all can add me if you like, and we can chat it up from time to time. Forgive me for the typo's and misspelled words, I'm at work using my phone and my break is up.

Hi! I'm Nancy and I live in Southwest Kansas. I am 61 years old and have lost 100+ pounds over the years only to regain more each time. I currently weigh 234 and would like to get down to the 130s. I'm only 4'10" so my "ideal" weight would be below that. I think the "ideal" weight can be misleading. I believe the older you are, the harder it is to loose. I plan on retiring by August 2015 so I want to get down and stay down before then. I have been lucky in not having too many health issues, but the older the greater the risk. I have 5 beautiful grandchild, 2 wonderful children who each have fantastic spouses. I want to be fit enough to keep up with all of them. I also love to travel, but finding it harder as I continue to struggle with my weight. I am looking forward to new friendships, support and motivation from the women of this group. I believe we ALL need that. My mantra this year is one day, one meal, and one step at a time. I pray all of us in this group will be successful.:flowerforyou:

Hi Everyone,
I'm Valerie and I live in Hampton, VA. I just turned 30 in November and I'm a wife and mother to two gorgeous kiddos. My starting weight is 261 and I am 5'4. I plan to lose 100lbs and be back to my cheerleading size before I had my kids.

What works for me is blogging. My blog is going through a renovation right now, I have a page on fb that people can follow in the meantime and it just fuels my motivation. I know I can do it I just have to work hard. We have two weddings this year, both in Texas. One in July and the other in November. So I plan to be halfway to goal by the first and to full goal by the 2nd!

We got this!

So exciting all of your introductions!
Can't wait to get to know you all better!
Feel free to add me if you would like.
Also, I started a topic for just chatting in our group.

hi i am Linda, I am 27 i started off at 296 and am at 280 right now! YAY! I would like to get to 150! I live in Manitoba, Canada. Married and can't wait to shed these pounds

HI my name is Jennifer and currently I weigh 379 pound. My goal right now is to get down to 200 pounds so.....I am literally trying to lose another person. LOL. It is my first day on MFP and I am really going to try and hold myself accountable (good and bad) from here on out. My ultimate goal is not to be stick thin but just healthy and to feel better. I wish everyone good luck!

HI my name is Jennifer and currently I weigh 379 pound. My goal right now is to get down to 200 pounds so.....I am literally trying to lose another person. LOL. It is my first day on MFP and I am really going to try and hold myself accountable (good and bad) from here on out. My ultimate goal is not to be stick thin but just healthy and to feel better. I wish everyone good luck!

You can do this, Jennifer!!