2013 has to be MY year!! I'm tired of being the fat friend, the pretty, but fat girl, also I work in healthcare and it's kind of hard to talk to people about eating healthy and watching their weight when I'm overweight myself! I'm a 29 year old female 5'7 sw 275 (my heaviest) cw 271 and my gw 170. I've set mini goals in between (10% of my body weight every 16-18weeks) , I definitely would love to be 50pounds lighter by my birthday in October. My biggest challenge I think will be getting in my exercise time in, I'm usually exhausted at the end of the day, and to tired to get up early in the mornings, I'll get it together eventually! I really could use some motivation especially with exercising. Evg852, I have a pretty good idea how you feel about the beach, I live on an island surrounded by beaches and I would LOVE to be able to wear a bathing suit and not have to wear a big t-shirt *sigh* But like I said 2013 is my year.

Hi everyone! I came across this group and thought it would be a great place to be. I'm 27, 230 pounds, and I have not found a way to enjoy working out. I would like to put to use the mantra "Lean in '13" but I have a hard time staying motivated to get to the gym, so I don't think I've earned it yet. My will power leaves a lot to be desired. I would love to find some inspiration from people who understand where I'm coming from.

I joined cause I too NEED to loose weight. I am getting married is September But I am in n way happy with my weight. I also want to be an inspiration for my little sister who weighs over 300 pounds heart disease and diabetes runs in our family and that scares me. Plus she tends to have high blood pressure. My top weight was 260. I got myself into a very bad relationship about 2 years back when I weighed that. Somewhere along the way in that relationship I discovered exercising on my Wii made me feel a thousand times better and over night I dropped 40 pounds. Shortly after I got tired of the verbal abuse and left. After that I fell off the wagon. I guess I lost my motivation. I was no longer stressed and unhappy. I never put the weight back on but I didn't loose any more either. So here I am stuck at about 220 pounds and my wedding around the corner. My fiancee does all the cooking and meal planning. We basically eat one biggish meal a day for dinner some times I get up and make eggs or instant oatmeal. We would eat more during the day but we honestly just don;t have the money. we have 200 bucks for the month for food and no more. We eat a lot of frozen chicken and frozen veggies. I never get tired of that combo just wish we had more options. I think part of my problem is just no energy. My other problem is I've grown lazy and spoiled by him. regardless I REALLY need the motivation to get up and move again! I bought a new walking DVD after Xmas but haven't used it yet. I've joined other groups but they post twice and go dead. I really want to see this group stay active and hopefully have some one kick me in the *kitten* and make me get over my funk lol! Thanks for the group Sorry for rambling.

we can all do this im not happy with the chick that looks back at me in the mirror. i have 3 children and my youngest wasnt very kind with how much chub she left me with and hard to shift but this year will be different and i will lose the weight and i wont be the fat person in the family...

Hi seems like im the only fat guy on here but o well the others are just going to miss out. so good to keep track of my eating good luck to you all.

2013 has to be my year. I've always been a big girl (254lbs @ 20yrs old) and currently sitting at 225lbs with a long term goal of getting down to 135/140lbs at some point in the next 12-18months.

I want to be the slim and healthy girl that can run 10km without collapsing in a heap halfway round. My boyfriend is in the army and so is really fit and has a great physique - would be great if we could do gym trips, horse riding and runs together rather than me encourage from the side lines as I'm too embarrassed to join in.

My dad passed away a few weeks ago and I know that deep down he wished that I was happy with my weight. I know it would mean the world to my mum (and my dad wherever he is now) to have that dream come true.

Feel free to drop me a friend request people!
We can do it!

I wish had a military man to help me with exercises lol lol

Think we should every week we take it in turns to write a challenge each and we all do that challenge n give input on what we though of it if it worked etc. like say starting from Monday everyone do 100 sit ups a day. Then we will be helpin each other to be movatived n lose inches n that.

What do yas think?

Lets do it....I was horrible today. Maybe if I am challenged, then I will stick to it better.