Hi, all! I missed this thread somehow when I joined last week. Just wanted to say I've lost 16 pounds with MFP. I'm at 174 and my goal is to reach 125. I need to get my health back after having six babies and not taking care of myself. Excited to be part of this group - it's so LARGE! Hard to read everyone's comments, but I do read as often as I can. Tomorrow I will be finishing a Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred Challenge (6 weeks) and I'm so happy. I only lost 1 pound during the challenge, but have gained strength and endurance . . . and I'm sure muscle. I'm feeling good about eating clean, exercising, and getting a proper night's sleep. The quote that started it all for me is, "It's hard to diet and workout, and it's hard to deal with being unhealthy and unhappy . . . choose your hard." So thankful for my niece sharing that with me. It's been my daily motivator. There's NO going back now. I'm lovin' the new me WAAAAY too much! :bigsmile:

I weigh in on Friday's as well... this past Friday 8/9 was my first weigh in.... -4.4lbs!!!! Woo Hoo!! The scale and I have a mutual agreement that I am not allowed to get on it except for Friday mornings so I'll see you all again on Friday 8/16... Have a GREAT week everyone!!

Hi Everyone,

I've been on MFP for about a year or so, but fell off a number of times. I do believe MFP works as I've seen a couple of my personal friends succeed in removing all of their weight & are still down today. Today, I decided that I'm going to do this the right way & make a plan for the whole year hopefully to keep me on track better than before. I have a medical issue that needs two surgeries soon so exercise will be at a minimum, but that won't stop me from cutting down on my food & eating more healthy.


Start weight - 273.0 (about)
Current weight - 267.6
Height: 5' 8"
Age: 46 shortly to be 47 on 9/26.

28 lbs gone

Up from 147 to 150 bah!