Starting over...again

Hiya!
We're pretty much the same weight now and have the same goal weight! I signed up to MFP a few days ago and I have a grand total of 2 friends so far! Feel free to add me.

This is my first time using myfitnesspal but as far as dieting go I am starting over again so to speak. I need girlfriends to do things with like bike ride or go to the Y with me. I live in Weston, Wi and moved here to WI a year ago and Only have one person I call a friend but she is sickly and not able to keep up with me. So need exercise pals. If anyone lives in the area and wants to go to the Y and swim with me let me know. If you are not a member I can get you in for $5 each time...but they do have a plan to help the needy and I was able to get a family plan for my hubby and me for $20 because we are low income. So never hurts to try.....
Cindi

I feel the same way! I re-started 2 weeks ago, was great for a week but didn't see immediate results and have faltered in my second week. Last night was a disaster for me (eating wise) but I'm starting fresh today and I'm not looking back. Let's do this!

I am also starting over. I started using MFP in July, did great for about 2 weeks and then thought I didn't need it anymore. Sigh...my sub-conscious sure loves to sabotage me. :P Anyways...I have since GAINED weight (no kidding) since then, and I really am sick and tired of looking and feeling this way. Quite honestly....even though it sounds like a contradiction, I feel fine, but I just don't want to look like this anymore. When I met my BF, I was 45lbs lighter. Just before I met him, I had lost a whopping 70lbs, just with clean eating and running 3x a week. I have finally tipped over the 200lb mark, and am not okay with being back in this zone. I do consider myself lucky because my BF actually LOVES my curves and such....so I really don't feel pressure to change, but I want to. I liked how I felt more when I was lighter. My goal weight is to be back around 165lbs, but quite honestly, I remember feeling really happy around 175lbs, so we'll see. I have a booty, I have hips, and have always been happy with my curves. I just want to feel better in my skin and my clothes again.

So, I decided that this time around, I need support from those who are going through this also. It's one thing to talk to my BF and friends about it, but it's more important to talk with those who have similar goals.

Anywho....there's just a smidgen of my story. Add me and let's DO THIS!

I started off in the same boat, this is a wonderful place and I does make it easier with good supportive friends, I can always use a few more friend to motivate. Add me if you like. .:happy:

Hello I was on here before, then took a break, now back on here ready to change me life!! Looking for new friends to motivate me to keep going!!

I'm starting over, too! High five, chica!!

I was on MFP in July 2011. I just searched my phone for calorie tracker apps and there it was! I did really well for 3 months and lost 29 lb but I started a new job in October 2011 and it all went down hill. The job was actually less stressful, but it was field based. It was harder to pack healthy breakfasts and lunches every day and I got tempted by my boss who liked going out to eat at lunch. I also fell off the wagon with exercise because I worked later, inconsistent hours. But now I took a promotion and I'm back in one place everyday and on a regular schedule. It makes it so much easier! I've been packing my week-long lunches again. I've also taken advantage of my schedule and started water aerobics, which I really really like. My back isn't killing me like when I go walking, but I get an even better work out than walking because I'm not shackled by gravity, plus we even do resistance training with water paddles. Oh, and I do a weekly hula dance class, too.

I think what I need the most is some positive support. I learned that my family, who I live with, are absolutely warped in their thinking, and I've let their negativity become a self-fulfilling prophecy in the past. I had this epiphany when my mom and dad kept saying "You're getting fatter and fatter" even after I had lost 29 lbs. I think they're so used to giving me the same negative message all my life that they do it even when there is evidence to the contrary. But I'm learning to tune them out!! Unfortunately, my two bff's also suck at being supportive because they are just a little too self-absorbed to really be there for me. That was a hard lesson I've learned in these past few years, but at least I'm aware of it now.

All in all, I'm hoping that I can find some kindness in strangers here. I could use some smiles and a pat on the back once in a while to supplement what I try to give to myself!! I know that will really help me stay on track this time because support and positive reinforcement have been my missing pieces! Hopefully I can share some love with the community, too.

HIYA

I just sent you a friend request. I am in the same boat as you and at a similar weight and with similar goals. I really need to get a grip on this as I am a deal older than you and have succeeded before so I know I can do it again if only I can find my MOJO

Today was the first day back to school for my kids, but for me it's my first day back with MFP. I've reset my profile and am ready to get the weight off. I'm at my heaviest after losing 70 lbs two years ago. I could definitely use the motivation of others to help the process along.

I am with you! I was determind - or I thought I was to lose weight for my wedding and if anything I gained! Looking at my wedding pictures makes me so upset with myself. I was sick for too long and gained 60lbs during that time (no thyroid = no matabolisum), I used that as my excuse and I honestly started to believe this is how I will always be. I haven't been happy and I am tired of it so I started back up last week., completely changed a few things and lost 5lbs already - the support/motivation I've gotten on here has helped A LOT! Feel free to add me :flowerforyou:

Feel free to add me. I have about the same amount of weight to lose as you do and I've have started over on and off for over a year. I have young kids and get discourage at times, but like you I decided that this time I am going to stick with it.

This is my fourth profile.
The first time I tried to impress the strangers on here
The second one was just way too much self hate for my own good
The third one I put myself to unmeetable standards.

None of that worked so I'm just going to be myself and honest because I've lived with that for the last 34 years, I don't believe that I can just decide to change a Lifestyle overnight by some inspiring experience. Change has to come so naturally you don't even realize it. I don't remember the Day I Got Fat. I just know that sometime in 1999 I weighed 127 pounds and sometime in 2003 I weighed 200 pounds and the rest of it is just me living my life. So maybe I can put that in reverse the same way.

I'm also starting over. Lost 29lbs the first time around, and gained 20 back in the past few months. Feel free to add me.

I'm starting over as well. I will send you a friend request and everyone else feel free to add me.

Hi,
I'm starting a fresh this week too. Really keen for support and to motivate each other. I have about 20kg to lose