You can loose up to 15-20 pounds by not drinking soda alone! Its hard cause i had to give up the pepsi and Dr. Pepper that I thought I needed so BAD! Also carry healthy snacks in your purse and portion your meals for the week on Sundays. Do it with your kids they love to help!

Hi everyone! My name is Jessica and i just joined today. I am 22 and i have been overweight most of my life. I have a one year old son and I want to give him the kind of mom that he deserves, one that can play and run aound with him. I can some but i quickly lose energy. I would aike to make some friends that would understand what I am going through and what i am trying to accomplish.

Hi, I'm a mum of twin boys that are 8 months old. I work full time and I just feel like I'm exhausted all the time. Anyway, I want to get back into loosing weight and not do the comfort eating, feeling tired eating and just eating too much of the wrong thing. I'm looking forward to meeting some new people struggling with the same so we can encourage each other on.
Carmel

Hello everyone,

I am new to MFP and am hoping that this time when I try to lose weight it will be better than before. I would like to lose about 20lbs. My problem is junk food, I love sweets, My other problem is over eating, I find that if I enjoy the flavor of what I am eating I will keep eating although I am full. I know its terrible but its how I have eaten my entire life.

After I had my 2 kids I got lazy. Especially with school, work, and family life. I also recently quit smoking cigs, but I fell off the band wagon a few times. The combo of life and stress makes this really difficult. My ultimate goal is to be a healthy mother for my kids.

This time I decided to try a diff approach...My plan is to go my first week w/o weighing myself at all so that I can try to focus on just changing my eating habits. Next week I will weigh myself and hopefully a pound or two will be lost.

Wish me Luck!!!

Hi - I'm Terri. I will be 40 on Sunday.
I have two kids (Girl 5 and Boy 3 months)

I am 5' 6" and have weighed 150-165 since high school. The exception being when I was pregnant. I started my last pregnancy @175 after gaining 15 lbs while on progesterone supplements. I gained 50 additional lbs while pregnant and walked out of the hospital 6lbs less then what I weighed when I walked in (my son weighed 7lbs so don't ask me how that math works). I lost 6 more before the holidays came around but gained it back around Christmas because my will is weak around Christmas Fudge.

My daughter has been going around telling people that she is bigger then me cause her number starts with a 5 and mine starts with a 2 OY! That alone was enough to motivate me. I swore after the holidays - when I went back to work - I was going to make a big change and get this weight off. So on January 2nd I joined MFP, on January 3rd I joined the gym near where I work. I have totally surprised myself with my will power and motivation thus far and I'm trying to keep that MoJo going. I thought it might help if I had more support as well as having someone else to support. I talked a couple of my new mom friends into joining MFP with me but neither of them have near the weight to lose that I do:(

Looking forward to meeting new people and cheering everyone on as we embark on a life changing journey.

Hi, I'm Becca. I'm new to the site. I'm also a stay at home mom and I'm looking for friends to help keep me motivated as much as I would motivate them. I'm in process to lose weight for my son. He is 10 months old and I need to quit making excuses on why I cant lose weight . I need to do it for him.. Its already showing I need to when I get of breath from playing with him or chasing him down when he crawls away or gets into something.. I need to be in better shape where I can play with him. I can see if I dont change what I'm doing I wont get to see him grow up.

Hi, Just joined Myfitnesspal a few days ago. I really like it and think this will keep me on track. I thought it would be good to be in touch with other moms who also cant just drop everything and go to the gym and want to finish thier kids untouched food ( waste not, want not). I know all of you can relate to the dieting pitfalls moms face.

Hi, I am a new Mom, I gave birth to my first baby in September 2012. I managed to gain 40lbs during my pregnancy and have gained a few more now that I am at home on maternity leave. My daughter will be crawling before I know it and I hope to start getting in shape to keep up with her. I also hope to return to my wedding weight (married September 2011) and find some confidence again. Hoping to find some support through forums and new friends.

I have 2 children ages 3 years and 6 months. I only gained 8 lbs with my second pregnancy due to a restricted diet because I had gallstones. I lost 31 lbs after having my son and gained back 10 because I had surgery and got my gallbladder removed and was so happy not to have such a restricted diet I over did it a little I still have about 25-30 lbs I would like to lose and having the support of fellow mothers would help. Anyone who wants to add me feel free.

Hi. My name is Christine. I'm 32 1/2 and have an almost 3 year old daughter (on 4/9) and an almost 3 month old son (born 11/12/12). I'm happily married to my high school sweetheart. We've been together for 15 years this November and married 8 years this May. I work full-tim as an auto claims adjuster. I find it hard to stay consistent, not go over my calorie goals and find time to exercise. These are things I'm constantly working on.

I was about 50 lbs over weight when I had my daughter and gained 40 lbs. I only managed to lose 20 lbs by the time I got pregnant with my son. Luckily I only gained 20 lbs with him. I've lost those 20 lbs plus an additional 7 lbs. So I'm happy to say I'm currently chipping away at the last 20 lbs from my pregnancy with my daughter.

I love to run and need to start training for some runs that are coming up. My sister-in-law lives in KS but is going to come up here in May to do a run with me and I don't want to let her down. My husband is more than willing to give me the time to work out at night (I've tried getting up in the morning but I already have to get up at 5:30 just to get myself and the kids out the door in time) but I need to find the internal motiviation to do this.

Height: 5'7"
Age: 31
SW: 235 (38 weeks pregnant, DS was born 38w,5d)
CW: 208
GW 145

Always looking for new friends, new work out ideas and new food ideas (I get bored pretty easily with food and then resort to unhealthy snacking).