Should I Stay or Should I Go Now from MFP????

How long have you been a member and trying on a regular basis? You can't expect overnight results. If you gained the weight back before you obviously didn't fix the problem. Once you lose weight, you'll gain it right back if you go back to your old eating habits. It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change.

It doesn't seem like you are ready to make this commitment so I'm going to be blunt. Get rid of MFP until you're determined to do what you need to do. Stop making excuses and blaming your failure on other things. The problem isn't MFP.

Losing weight is simple, burn more calories than you consume. That goes for EVERYBODY, you included so blaming a website that allows you to track your progress is nothing more then a cop out. In the end, you are in charge of your results.

Silly me, I thought this dilemma was brought about by the rise of stupidity/lack of humor/overly sensitive feelings on the forums recently.


As for your question, it looks like you've figured out what you would like to do. Good luck.

Stay and add me, I'll kick you in the tail!

I'm a little confused. I read the entire forum you posted, how on EARTH are you wearing a size 28 jean at 5'9 and 140-odd pounds? I outweigh you by almost 100 pounds and I don't even wear a size 28....

As to the weight loss;

Did you have a c-section or an abnormally large baby belly? Chances are your stomach muscles were damaged by carrying or delivering the baby. It shouldn't be about weight but about your inches. Perhaps try measuring your waist, hips, arms, thighs etc. and concentrate on shrinking those rather than losing actual pounds. Even when I'm a size 12-14 (I'm 6' and very large framed so believe me that's small for me) I still weigh 190-200 pounds. It's about how things feel. Do my clothes fit? Am I excessively flabby somewhere I don't want to be etc. In all likelihood, if you're just 8 pounds off your pre-pregnancy weight you may never actually meet that poundage. You're a very natural healthy weight for your height but you're going to have to do quite a bit of stomach muscle work outs to repair pregnancy damage and muscle weighs more than fat.

I think getting rid of the weigh in group is probably a great idea. Also, you have a young infant perhaps look into those floor activity workouts you can do with your baby. It creates bonding time with your child while working out your muscles and as the baby grows in size so do your work outs.