Ladies: who is 200+ pounds?

Hello,My name is Marybeth & you can add me I just barely started it up again...
Height: 5'6
Weight: 216.6
Starting Weight: 246lbs
1st Goal Weight: 200lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160lbs

I am in too!

looking for friends to help on my journey. I had gastric bypass in 2008, but have gained most of it back. I am up to 285 now, would love to be in the 160's. Looking for motivational help!!

I am 5'3" and 285. I have been struggling forever with my weight. I have a four year old son who I would love to be able to run around with and keep up with!! I also want to have more children soon!

I am 30 and weigh 211lbs looking for some motivation and support. I have been trying to lose weight for years now. I am a emotional eater as well. I tend to binge a lot. I do take medication that does cause weight gain. I've been fighting for control over my eating habits and having some luck. Looking for supportive friends as well
Tiff

Well, for whatever reason, my earlier post didn't post..

Age: 37 (almost 38)
Height: 5'5.5"
SW: 247.6
Current Weight: 211.8
STG: 200
LTG: 165

My Motivation? My 3 yr old son. I want to do everything I possibly can to have as long on this earth with him as possible. I knew traveling the road I was on that that objective was not one that I would see to fruition.

My eye opening moment? My hubby runs ultra marathons..and at his last "regular" marathon, we went to an expo the day before the race. Walking through the building, I was the ONLY overweight person in that expo, and people were looking at me like "What the hell is she doing here?" (I kid you not.. this was not something that I imagined. Not ALL of them were looking at me like I didn't belong, but the judgemental looks were very obvious.)... My husband is 5'11" and weighs 160 at his heaviest. So it was pretty embarassing for me.. Talk about a mood killer.

On my journey of re-finding myself, during my walks/runs, I have remembered that as recently as 10 years ago, my entire first 27 years of life, I LOVED the outdoors, camping, fishing, playing sports, hiking... just being outside. Over the last 10 years, my hubby and I have gone through infertility heartache, pregnancy, childbirth, gaming (World of Warcraft..which is NOT conducive to a healthy lifestyle when you wake up and game all day).. and over the last 3 years, he has gotten back into running, which he has always done, but I never found my way off of the couch.. until NOW.

I started in January of this year, and have had my ups and my downs...but through it all, I have my goal in sight, and I WILL do this. Failure is not an option.. I don't want to have bariatric surgery (not that there's anything wrong with that.. but I am petrified of going under the knife), I don't want to take "fat pills" to accomplish it.. what I AM doing is getting it off healthy.

I LOVE MFP & the accountability it gives me. I alone am responsible for journaling, and tracking my intake.. and I alone am responsible for whether I succeed or fail.

My hubby loves & supports me, and my little cheerleading 3 year old absolutely cheers me on and is the best part of my run.. because I KNOW at the end of my 80-90 minute short route, he is going to be standing at the back door cheering when I come into our driveway and he sees me. Sweat & all.

I'd say the biggest thing for me to remember and the hardest thing for me to remember as I'm looking at my scale 3-4 mornings a week (Hello, my name is Missy, and I am a scale addict.. I am only supposed to weigh myself 1 time a week, but I can't help myself! I am doing so much better than I was when I was weighing in every single morning!)... anyway.. the biggest thing for me to remember is that I am a WOMAN.. which means that any given day, my weight is going to fluctuate by 2-4 lbs.. and heaven forbid the week of my period, it could go up 5 or 6! Don't get discouraged.. as long as the downs are more prominent than the ups, that's what matters.. and the weeks where my weight is up (my official recording weigh in day is Wednesday mornings).. I have to remember that I may have worked out really hard that week...muscle DOES weigh more than fat...

Now, you can have my soapbox back.. I have to get back to work.

Thanks for making this thread!!!

SW: 277
CW:215
GW:120
I'm 5'2" so I'm shooting for a lower weight, I've already accomplished a lot and I can taste the 100's. So close!

I'll raise my hand as well...

30 years old
5'9"
SW: 293
CW: 293 (just started using MFP again yesterday)
GW: I don't even know really - I want to be under 200, but I know I'll need to go lower than that.

I was around 200 about 10 years ago - and then I met my husband, got comfortable with him loving me for me, had children, etc. Honesty those are all excuses, ones I used to make myself feel better, because I also felt like it was hopeless and that I was going to be fat forever. But I'm trying now to give myself a little more credit and hopefully I will succeed.

Would like some friends too, if anyone wants to add me

Unfortunately I have to raise my hand too

CW: 266
GW: 160

Ugh...that's a lot!

Please feel free to add me. I could use more support too.

Age: 34
SW: 288.6
CW: 239.4
GW: 170

Height 5'9"

I had been about 5 lbs lighter then stopped logging for about a month...amazing how fast it comes back!

Age: 21
Height: 6'0
SW: 259
CW: 245
Goal Weight: 199

Just dying to be under 200 for the first time in YEARS. Once I hit that, I may try to lose another 20.

Age: 27
Height: 5'2
SW 268
CW 247
GW 115


I would love to add some friends!!

Me me
21 Years old

SW: 275
CW: 224
GW: 130

I have a lot to lose. So I need tons of support

Me.

I'm 36 yo
5'8"
SW: 230
CW: 222
GW: 180 (realistically, although I'd LOVE to get down to 170)

I am a teacher, and I selfishly would love to have people notice a fairly significant change when I return to school in August. I'm not vain, but boy did I let stress get to me this past year. I need to show myself that I can get my life under control. Feel free to add me (but message me so i know who you are).

***edited to add height***

I am a teacher too, and I can definitely sympathize with the relationship between school stress and weight. I don't know about you, but in TN, there is an increasing pressure on teachers. It feels like all my self-worth is tied up in numbers - from students' test scores to a number on a scale.

Absolutely! I'm in TX, and I actually got moved up to AP English III this year, from Pre-AP English II. I felt major stress for that test, and I didn't even have the added stress of the increased rigor of the standardized testing the lower grades had! My group of juniors was the only one left on the old testing standards.

Yup, I'm in your boat too! Just signed up 5 days ago and am still in the honeymoon stage of my food plan and glad to be taking charge. Feel free to add me too.

Age 61
CW 245
GW 145 (I thought 100 is such a great round number
5'3"

I have always struggled with weight but never had quite this much trouble losing it. Having rheumatoid arthritis sometimes doesn't help the project either. But I'm excited to try to sail above the challenges. Have lost 3 lbs so far.