Hey Torra, you already know I love cupcakes anywho's here is my story for anyone who wants to read it. My name is Rosa I'm 20 years old and I live on the Beautiful island of Barbados. I have always been chubby only going into overweight/obese in my teens. I started my journey at 260lbs I now weigh 241.2lbs my goal weight is 150 for now. someday I want to weigh 128. I exercise everyday with turbo-fire and whatever monthly program I challenge my self with on Wednesdays I do something fun to workout as it is my rest day. As of late I've changed my diet trying to get in more fruits and vegetables. I have always loved water so giving up all other beverages except for a small soy shake on mornings was very easy. Some days the scale makes me wanna cry others I leap with joy! Ultimately I want to be fit not skinny and I will get there God willing I will!

Been fat my whole life, got worse when I had kids. Really ballooned after I had my second. I LOST 100lbs when I was pg with 2nd, and then bf for a year and for the first 5 months after birth all I wanted was chocolate. During my pgcy I had major gall bladder issues so ate carrots and chicken hence the massive weight loss. Fortunately shortly after dd was born my gall bladder was removed and I could eat again, and I ate, a LOT! Finally at 373 my heavist a good friend convinced me to joined a bootcamp class with her. Its been great but now at 344, I have hit a massive plateau. Been the same weight since November. I have upped my exercise from 2 to 3 to now 5 bootcamp classes a week, as well we eat fairly healthily as my son is allergic to gluten/wheat and I dont often pay $7 for a loaf of bread or $6 for a 200g bag of pasta so we do veggies, meats and fruit as often as possible. I am soo frustrated that I am ready to just give up...again. My doc is no help in what to do, do any of you have any thoughts or successes? I am doing the journaling daily and as accurately as I can, as well as excersicing as much as possible with 2 kids and a hubs. I have tried decreasing my calories, upping my calories, I just am not seeing any change

I started my weight climb when I started having kids. I went from weighing a very comfortable 150 or so, to 260 in about 13 years. It doesn't seem like much, but when I had my youngest child (3rd, finally a daughter!) I went from about 240 or so, at the start, to about 190 when I had her. I stopped drinking soda and couldn't eat much as I was constantly sick. NOT the way to lose weight. Once I had her, I started drinking soda again, and ate normally again. What woke me up was my doctor. In late December I weighed 250, in late March, I'd jumped to 260. Unacceptable as far as I was concerned. I have a lot of diabetes in my family, and that terrifies me. I told my doctor it was time for me to do something. He drew blood, etc, told me about MFP (my savior!), helped me get my back pain under control (Celebrex has been amazing for me!) and encouraged me to get OFF the soda. That was late March. I started MFP THAT day. Started drinking diet soda, with the intent to get off of it completely, and made the vow to try coffee with my milk and sugar for caffeine. The doctor called a few days after my appointment and told me that my A1C test had come back at a 5.8, and 6.0 is considered diabetic. Talk about a BIG scare! Today, about a month later, I'm am completely off the soda, and the coffee (ew!). I eat very few sweets, although they are still a treat, I eat mostly wheat, or white wheat bread, and I try to at least walk a little every day. I've been slacking off lately, and I can tell. I'm down 8 lbs. They came off fast, I'm thinking water weight from the soda. It's not easy, but it also isn't near as hard as I thought it would be. My husband has been amazingly supportive, and is off soda as well, and eating healthier too! (He's a big dude, 6'6" 350 ish.) I'll see my doctor again in June for a recheck of my A1C. Can't wait to see!

Glad to be here. It's good to know I'm not the only one with 100+ lbs to lose. It's a scary number, but I know we can do it, especially together!

Hello Everyone!! I so need to lose weight! I'm just sick of being big and know that its my time to lose I've been trying since march 11th and have lost 25 lbs so far. so please feel free to add me and good luck everyone!

Hi everyone, I'm Miranda and I've been on mfp since last july. I was a little overweight in high school but fairly active. When I had my two kids I gained way too much. I have lost 23 lbs in the past couple of months and I need to lose about 100 more to be in a good weight range. I want to be healthy and not just skinny. I know it's going to take a long time to come off, but I want to do it right. So here I am!

hello everyone my name is Heather I am a tough love 26 year old. I got here from lack of exercise and poor choice habits as well as a severe car accident that got me a 1yr 7 month bed ridden ticket to morbidly obese. I weighed 250 when the accident happened after the bed ridden ride I was 330. I am down 27lbs and pushing to my goal weight of 130. Just want everyone to know I don't sugar coat anything when it comes to myself and if you ask for an opinion of me I am very blunt and truthful. So please don't take me as a mommy coddler because I honestly don't know how to be one lol so sorry in advance. I do exercisee a great deal and love all new ideas on anything so feel free to add me or email me

Hi all. This group popped up in my side bar, and given that I have about 145lbs to lose, I thought it would be the perfect place for me!

My family has a history of morbid obesity. Every member over the age of 10 is overweight, with the older generation being obese. I was a healthy weight my whole childhood and into my teen years. I put on 50lbs very quickly due to full time school, nearly full time work hours and lots of drinking when I was 16-17, and then fell pregnant with my first at about 215lbs. I only gained 20lbs while pregnant, and then gained another 40lbs before I fell pregnant with my 2nd. While pregnant I was on bed rest of half my pregnancy and gained more weight, until I weighed 294lbs on the day of delivery.

Four years later, I am now 315lbs and hopefully have reached a point in my life where I'm ready to lose the weight. I will admit, my biggest obstacle is laziness. I can't be bothered. But I need to start somewhere!

Hello Everyone, I am Ashley. I am 28 years old, been married just under a year and want kids badly. But, being as big as i am there is no way it would be OK for me to try to have children. I already have odds stacked against me. I have PCOS and Endometriosis. I have done every diet plan out there known to man, and prescription pill but nothing has worked. I just joined MFP a little under a month ago and believe i can truly do it this time!! Everyone on here has been so supportive so far. I look forward to hearing the trials and tribulations of others and sharing the journey of others that have 100+ to loose. Thanks so much for starting this group!! We can ALL DO THIS!!!

hugs to all!!


Ashley