Hi Team,

Looking for friends and support, I know losing weight is not a plan you can do alone. Looking forward to hear success and also how we manage our challenges. I don't believe in giving up when at times you want to, I love myself too much!


Happy Thoughts!

Hi everyone, I am Pam from Wisconsin. I am 50, 5'4 and at 203, down from 250. I am really trying to eat healthy and workout to get fit and prevent myself from getting some of the health issues my parents have. I am hoping this will be an active group and motivational.

Hi!!
My name is Elisa and I'm from Spain (14 years old)
I'm 5'7'
CW:137lbs GW:128
I have 21% of body fat.
I would like to lost weight but what I'd love is to tone my body and make it muscular.
Please feel free to add me as your friends!!
Nice to meet you!

Hi I am new to MFP. I am hoping being part of a group will hold me accountable and will also give me motivation. I have had a weight problem for the last 12 years up and down, but I am now at my heaviest of 255 and I am 5'7". I need to lose atleast 100lbs. I have done Insanity and I actually love it, but time and family don't allow me to fit this in. However I am going to make it a point to have time for myself. I don't have any friends to lose weight with so I am hoping someone here will be that friend to motivate me and hold me accountable.

Hi Everyone. I am new to MFP (joined yesterday) after losing 25 pounds on my own. Now I feel as though I'm ready to take things to a new level to get more fit than ever and get rid of these last 15 pounds. this groups sounds just like what i need to stay motivated the rest of the summer, and hopefully into the fall. I walk/run most days of the week, and have even done a couple of half marathons, but I still don't feel as though I'm in shape. I feel like I need to try some different challenges and get some support, as I'm bored with the same food and motivators I've been using. I'm looking forward to being accountable, and hope this keeps me on track. Good luck to everyone - let's do this!!!

Hi, My name is Sara and I joined MFP in April. I had heard a lot about it through the girls that I was advising at the Chapter in my sorority (Alpha Gamma Delta) at South Carolina. I just thought it was some kind of fad but when I really looked into it I thought I'd give it a try. As for a little about my weight loss journey so far...I was VERY careful when I got pregnant with my daughter (in 2011) and only gained about 12 lbs (which by the time I had her I was already back down to pre-pregancy weight!). However, due to some complications from the delivery I was stuck not exercising for a few months and gained about 15 lbs. And then ended up with migraine attacks worse than I had ever experienced (3-4/week!!). Once I was put on topamax daily I dropped about 10 lbs over the course of the next year. And that's when I decided to go ahead and try out this MFP thing;)
Boy am I glad I did!! I have dropped another 25lbs since April and feel better than I have in years! I just recently signed up for a triathlon in September (which all my friends and family think I'm nutso for doing!) but I'm absolutely having a BLAST training for it! I joined a challenge group back in May but it ended up getting too big and dismantled recently and boy can I feel that void! I'm very happy to be a part of a new challenge group and look forward to getting to know you guys a little better; receive motivation from you all and give it back as well!
We can do this!! 12 weeks here we go!!

Looking for some inspiration and motivation - thought a group would be a good place to start! Accountability is a bit of struggle when I try to just track and weigh-in consistently alone. I'm about to turn 29 and although I've made some progress with getting into better shape over the last two years, I really miss how much more athletic you feel when the muscle you've built isn't hidden under fat. So it's time to address the eating, because fitness alone is not enough!