Hi Everyone,

I am new to myfitnesspal as well as this group. My name is Kristie, and like many of you I have struggled with my weight most of my life. I am 30 years old and the mother of two adorable children. My daughter just turned 2 and my son just turned 4 months old. My husband is naturally thin, and while he is very encouraging does not have the same struggles as I do.

I had been doing weight watchers in 2009 and had lost around 75 pounds when I got pregnant with my daughter....I threw caution to the wind and gained 103 pounds during my pregnancy. I got back on weight watchers after she was born and had lost around 25 pounds when I got pregnant with my son. Unlike the first pregnancy I was careful and only gained 20 pounds. (he weighted 9 lbs 8 oz so thats pretty good!) Since his birth I have already lost 51 pounds. 28 on my own, 22 with weight watchers.

For me "the ultimate goal" size is a shapely 14. I have been on Weight Watchers Points Plus for around 6 weeks now and have lost 22 pounds so far :bigsmile:

good job! i know you got this in the bagg.

Hello! My name is Anna. I live in south Georgia am married and have a sweet dachshund puppy. I have been overweight for most of my life, but it shot up quickly once I hit college. I tried numerous weight loss plans, but I am sure this is the one for me. This site is so user friendly, and I am optimistic about the community support. I am ready to get this extra weight off (need to lose 114 pounds) and get healthy. I just bought a bike and love riding it around. There are some great bike trails around my house. I don't need much motivation for exercise once I get going. I think my biggest challenge will be counting calories and watching what I eat. I know this will be a life change, but I'm excited to see where it takes me. :flowerforyou:

Hi, my name is Brennan. I am from Florida. I am 32 years old with two kids, a 12 year old daughter and 7 year old son.

I have ben over weight since I got pregnant with my daughter and it has just sky rocketed from there. I am married, almost 14 years now. I have a husband who will never have to worry about weight or metabolism. My son takes after him. My daughter, poor girl, takes after me. Now the odd thing is, I was thin growing up. I was a size 0/1 when I met my husband at 17 and a size 6 when I got married at almost 19. My daughter, who is by no means fat, is already wearing a size 7. So I worry that I have taught her extremely bad eating habits.

I am trying to get it under control, but it seems that since I have hit my 30's the weight has decided it will stubbornly stay. Frustrates me to no end!

I have started out over the past three weeks trying to "diet" or watch my caloric intake. Suprisingly I learned that I was getting less than 1000 calories a day. Mostly because as a busy mom, albeit a stay at home one, I would only eat two meals a day and that was if I was thinking about it. I know that I am going to have to train my body, mind, and metabolism. Its a journey that my best friend has decided to take with me. We have started with the Body By Vi shakes together. Hopefully, it will just be the boost I need to get my daily calories.

I would love to have more frinds on here, to keep me motivated and maybe to give me tips on eating healthier. I am not a woman who likes to cook, and I've had my family living on take out or eating at restaurants for the past ten years. The past three weeks I have done well, only eating out once. A marked improvement for someone who ate out everyday! (Sometimes more than once.)

Exercise is not a problem once I have started. I actually love it when I get my heart pumping, I start sweating, and my face gets red. The problem is MAKING myself do it. I will walk everyday, but really exercising is a bit of a motivation issue for me. I will play Just Dance 3 on the Wii, or the Wii Fit.

Thats about it! I hope to talk to new friends soon

Hi guys, I'm Steph. I've been heavy most of my life, with the exception of 2-3 years of fitness near the end of high school. Been trying to lose for the better part of this year, got down to ~280 from ~300 and have just plateaued and yo-yo'ed around there for a couple months now, so I'm trying to get moving back in the right direction.

Some of the reasons it's been such a struggle for me are my hypothyroidism which leaves me with not much energy even though it's medicated, and the fact that I absolutely do not cook, so I'm mostly trying to do this all with fast food and prepackaged/frozen food.

I live with a fantastic girlfriend who has a lot less to lose but has been super supportive and willing to come on this journey to fitness with me. When I'm procrastinating on my workouts, I can usually be found playing video/computer games.

How everyone! My name is Kimi. I've always been chubby growing up. In high school; I was at my heaviest at 150-160lbs...
But i never truly minded. i still looked good lol and sure; i could have lost 10 or 20 pounds and be like those skinny girls but I enjoyed my womanly curves. Unfortunately; I got to college and I don't know. From I guess the drinking, the eating fast cheap food and not being as active as I was in highschool; I ballooned to 260 pounds. I'm 22 years old and am depressed; I constantly check out other girls and compare. I hate take pictures of myself... I fake being happy but I'm just done.

Soooo one day I caught myself being truly spiteful. A friend of mine got a boyfriend and in my head I was being a *****... Everything stemmed from my being jealous because I wasn't as thin as my friend. When I realized what my crazy mind was doing; I knew I had to stop. With being obese, you tend to hate yourself but I knew I reached a new low when I started hating my friend for her happiness. So I made a decision to shut up and shape up.

Since Jan 1st of 2013; I started an intense workout routine. I run 3.2 miles 6x a week. I do cardio&conditioning workouts for about 2hrs a day, 6x a week and strength training (full-body) 4x a week.

I've never been an over-eater; just extremely lazy and eating u healthy foods. So I eat healthy and am actually learning how to cook. I made mashed potatoes one day that filled me completely and It was 200 calories. I started drinking 10 cups of water and doing yoga once a week.

Since I started on jan 1st on my new workout; I've lost 17 pounds. It seems like a lot to lose in almost 2 weeks but Im not starving myself. If anything; I'm eating more. And I'm truly pushing through my workout. I feel like I've been run over and beat within an inch of my life but in a weird way; I feel great because I know what the pain is for and that I'm getting healthier.

Anyway; my weight loss will soon slow down and come to a plateau but it's okay cuz Im getting stronger every day.

I work out about 2x a day, 2 hours each workout. It's a lot! But Im doing it cuz I'm a college student and am not working. I have all the time in the world before my classes start so why not go all in? I never thought I would but I honestly enjoy the exercise. With every workout I do; I feel my self lasting longer and going further and getting stronger

Hi Everyone,
I have had a lot of health issues back to back in the last 3 years. My energy has went down hill over the last 3 years and I have 100 or more pounds to lose. I was sent by my Dr. to see a specialist who told me that I would need to have gastric by-pass surgery done. They checked with my insurance who will not cover the surgery and so here I am. I do not want to give up and I know that my weight is an issue on my health. I hope to find new friends with the same struggles that I face every day that can share meal ideas or exercises that are helping them.
Thank you,
Lori Searles

Hi. I am Jennifer. Just joined group today. I am 31, currently living in Washington. I have always been heavy. Well, since high school. And I have always tried to lose weight and failed. My highest weight was 296. That was just in February of this year. I decided enough was enough and promised this would be the year that my life changed. My first short term goal is 30lbs. 8lbs away!! My long tern goal is 190. That 106lbs total. And it doesn't scare me. Because I KNOW I can do it. I have support this time around. People cheering me on. Anywho, feel free to add me. Friends are always welcome.

My name is Kaz, I am 30 (just turned) and I am near Manchester with lots to lose as I am over 250...which is better than what I started out at mind you. I do not take losing weight too seriously. I try to stay under a calorie amount and hit the bike/walk on days I go over...which usually involves something high fat or lots of carbs or indeed both in the case of a curry...
What type of peoples reside in this group? Is this a group for people who take weight loss very seriously, sensitively or humorously or all of the above? Milk )

EDIT--- Whoops. Looks like I'm a victim of repost!

Hey everybody,
I am Sunshine. And to answer your questions, it is indeed my real name and my parents were not hippies and yes I have two sisters with strange names as well- Venus and Buffi. All the boys have normal names- Michael, Joseph and Jacob. :happy: I am 22 years old and married now for one year to an amazing man who treats me better than I could have ever imagined I would have. He loves me as I am and I love him as he is. We both want to make a change. We want to get healthy before it gets any harder for us as we get older. We are hitting our prime years...we are buying a house this month and he has great job promotions happening and things are looking up...but, our waists have only gotten wider since 2011 when we got engaged and started wedding planning and once we were married we only got heavier. I weighed myself last night and couldn't believe what it said.... 295 pounds. I was astonished and appalled at myself. I said I have to change this. We do go to a gym and have a personal trainer but of course there are plenty of excuses to why we have not gone as regularly as we want, but I will not spout them out. I have never been this heavy. Yes all my life I have fluctuated and have done diets ever since I was 8 years old because my weight just sky rocketed. As a teen a did better but then college hit and marriage of course. lol Its to the point where as I write this my chest rests on the desk because of their size...so embarrassing. But today a change has to take place. This is the last straw. I have to change. For me, my husband, family and my future children.. It is time to change.:flowerforyou:

Hi Everyone,
before I bare all, is this group still actively being used? I'd love to know? ta

My name is Holly, I am 41 from central Texas and have over 100 pounds to lose and am looking for some friends with common goals. I have recently lost my mom and am struggling through the grief. Looking for something to fill that void which I know is impossible. I would love any adds from MFP community.

Hi Jennifer
I'm Kristi, over 40 and over 100 lbs to lose (again)
I'm looking for friends to share support, tips, challenges and successes with during my long journey.

My name is Jennifer. I will be married 18 years later this month and I have two sons. I live in Missouri and have been fat my entire 42 years of life(136 more pounds till my goal weight.) I've been on mfp for a long time, but have avoided posting on the boards due to being an introvert, and honestly most of the threads are dead and I don't see much point answering something from 2012. Anyway, I have no excuses, my mom was fat too and taught me all the wrong ways of eating, but I'm an adult now, I can't blame her for things anymore, I know better now. I have a tendency to be lazy and eat way too many high calorie foods in great abundance (chocolate, enough said.) I have come to the point where I have to be brutally honest with myself and not sugar coat it or I will never beat this behavior. My sons are following in my footsteps and I CAN NOT let that happen! So, this is the new me. I hope to meet some like minded people that can help me to reach my goals while I hope to help them reach theirs. Feel free to friend me :-)