Any other Returning Users out there?

Welcome to the Hotel California.

Now thats funny

Yepp... I've been on and off. Years ago, I used another similar website and (on my 2nd try) managed to lose about 30 lbs that I had gained after a back injury.
Then maybe a year ago, I was on myfitnesspal trying to lose some weight, but a bunch of stuff happened, I got depressed, winter was rotten, I ended up gaining 10 lbs!
So now I'm here again.. 10 lbs heavier than the last time I tried to lose weight.. but I'm hoping for better luck this time. Also, better motivation and more sustainable diet and lifestyle changes.

Add me to the list, I also started seriously getting my act together in 2011 and lost a nice 62lbs.
Then my world shifted and I lost 9, yes, 9 family members, close friends and a dog all within 6 months. My younger (and only) brother then found out he has cancer.
I was caretaker to my mom and also my best friend who became ill at the same time and passed within a month of each other.
I hung in there for a long time, trying to bring healthy food to throw down my throat when I wasnt in ICU with mom, I walked the parking garage during her procedures, then when my friend was hospitalized in the other big hospital in Cleveland, it was too much. Slowly I started eating whatever was available and not counting calories.
After the funerals I think I was in a daze. I gained back 50lbs much to my horror.
I finally got to the point where it hurts to walk, I feel bad ALL the time and have no interest in anything.
My work uniform cant even zip, I pull a shirt over the zipper.
I was sick with a bad resperatory infection a couple of weeks ago and when the doctor weighed me I knew that I had to do something so that thing that clicks in your head when youre ready..it clicked.
I have gone back to the healthy habits and lost 12lbs in the first 8 days and I am eating PLENTY. I love that first weight drop, its very motivating!
Lets make this the last time we return!!!
Good Luck!

That's me too! I was on here in 2011 and really struggled. Life got in the way and I got overwhelmed with the negative I was seeing and said forget it. So I deleted my account and quit! Got on the scale a couple months ago and saw the scale creeping up. I finally got to a point where I was getting scared because I have that personal "I'll never get there" number that I was getting way to close to. Here I am again been almost 3 weeks and I'm working on it!

Yup! Me too! Joined in 2011....no loss and even added some more weight! Pushed re-start 3 days ago and feeling really positive! Some things that have helped me- forgive yourself!!! Whenever I beat myself up for not being perfect, I get depressed and the eating cycle begins! We are NOT perfect and will never be. We have to be gentle with ourselves. Don't compare yourself- some do better, some do worse.....do the best you can in whatever situation you are in..... Logging my food has helped me be really honest with what I eat and how much. Facts don't lie! I too am a stress/emotional eater and that gets me in a crazy eating cycle!

Feel free to add me...I am on the west coast... happy to help and motivate in any way I can. I would like to add friends and get support as I know I will need encouragement!!

Look forward and not behind!!

It is so interesting to see how often times we feel like we are alone but in actually we are not!! I actually use this site primarily to track my Macros/calories and did not even realize there was a huge community until I stumbled across it the other day. I was in the boat of gaining and losing for years. I was an overweight/obese teenager, lost 50 lbs going into high school and after having kids and I have yo-yo'ed up and down usually within a 30 lb range. About 2 yrs ago I was sick of it and after my husband entered a bodybuilding contest and I saw many fit women I decided to get my butt back in shape and then some!! I completed a 12-week transformation and looked amazing....then traveled and ate my way through Europe and returned back to the states, started a job and within a few months later I was almost back to were I started. The only difference was my MIND was different and I knew I could do it and I knew I needed to treat myself better and put myself first again. Feb. 2013 started a 12-week transformation , then a 6 and now I am getting ready for my first competition in September. My body is still changing and doing things and looking like I never could have imagined!!

This is my first day on here so I have to figure out how to navigate around, how to get friends, join groups etc. Don't even think I have a pic?? So feel free to request me. I love to encourage and inspire others because I know the struggles first hand. I am a personal trainer now (I help others through virtual training and nutrition planning), weight loss specialist, and fitness nutrition specialist. This is my passion and I am determined to fight obesity & inactivity and help others to live a better quality of life and BE HAPPY. I want others to feel and look their best!! I recently started a couple Facebook pages; "Shawna Williams Fitness Model" - which documents me leading up to competition and "Fit chicks of Faith "- my faith has helped me through some of my darkest and heaviest moments. Our bodies are his temple and we can honor it by eating well and exercising and being good to ourselves!!

I wish everyone the best in their journey and do not give up...you are worth it. Knowledge is power!! - Shawna