I.'ll introduce myself, I.'ve been married for 9 years, with husband for 13. We have twin boys age 4. Have lots to lose, battled with my weight forever, this time I want to be a healthy weight which I can maintain.

Hi there, I have been married almost ten years and have 3 children, they are pretty close in age and I have gained a lot of weight from that. I would love to get back to what I was before I got married. My goal weight is 125 which is probably about right for my height (5'5). My biggest challenge that I am running into is that I do not have a lot of money to spend on "healthy" foods. Its so much cheaper to not. That will be something I will need to learn to eat healthy on a tight budget. I look forward to the progression on this journey!

Hi all
I've been married for five years no kids yet but planning to try next year so want to get fit and healthy for that!
Husband recently lost weight an got into shape so want to look great for him like he does for me!
Have lost stone an half so far bout another 4 to go to hit target!
Hils x

Hi. My name is Vcki and I've been married to Jason for 14 years. We had our daughter 4 years ago. Like most brides to be I made the effort to lose some of the excess weight and did the whole diet and exercise thing. Then piled it all back on again as I sat on the sofa for too often and for far too long! Have been on this mfp journey for about 18 months now, logging in everyday since our holiday last year and have lost over 2 stone. For the first time ever I can actually see myself reaching the point if having a good bmi.

Feel free to add me as a friend and we can all help each other through our own journey, where ever that may be. xxx

Greetings. I've never done this before so I figured I would introduce myself as well. I have been married for 6 years and have a beautiful 5 years old daughter. My weight sky rocketed after I gave birth, yet some how I lost weight, going from 199 pounds to 154 pounds. However, I presume stress and honestly late night binge eating, I went back up to 171 pounds. My sister who is my mother's ideal weight and size introduced me to myfitnesspal and I've tried diligently putting in every single Nutrition Information from every single food item I've consumed. I was so proud of myself until I realized I didn't loose a single pound since I started myfitnesspal at 168 pounds. I read a message on the website one day saying that I did not reach my 1200 calories and so my body would go into starvation mode and hold onto my fat, yet other days it would say if I continue eating MY KOREAN FOOD that I would loose 7-8pounds in five weeks. I DESPERATELY NEED SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE. My mother is Korean and bullies me about how fat and ugly I am and how she doesn't blame my husband for acting the way he does if he had a fat wife like me. I've read and watched the media about the stress and impact of celebrities showing off their post postpartum baby weight loss. It frustrates me because I want to do it the healthy way and I don't have a high metabolism to loose this baby weight I've been carrying around for the past 5 years. Any advice AND SUPPORT would greatly be appreciated.

Greetings. I've never done this before so I figured I would introduce myself as well. I have been married for 6 years and have a beautiful 5 years old daughter. My weight sky rocketed after I gave birth, yet some how I lost weight, going from 199 pounds to 154 pounds. However, I presume stress and honestly late night binge eating, I went back up to 171 pounds. My sister who is my mother's ideal weight and size introduced me to myfitnesspal and I've tried diligently putting in every single Nutrition Information from every single food item I've consumed. I was so proud of myself until I realized I didn't loose a single pound since I started myfitnesspal at 168 pounds. I read a message on the website one day saying that I did not reach my 1200 calories and so my body would go into starvation mode and hold onto my fat, yet other days it would say if I continue eating MY KOREAN FOOD that I would loose 7-8pounds in five weeks. I DESPERATELY NEED SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE. My mother is Korean and bullies me about how fat and ugly I am and how she doesn't blame my husband for acting the way he does if he had a fat wife like me. I've read and watched the media about the stress and impact of celebrities showing off their post postpartum baby weight loss. It frustrates me because I want to do it the healthy way and I don't have a high metabolism to loose this baby weight I've been carrying around for the past 5 years. Any advice AND SUPPORT would greatly be appreciated.

Hello — I just want to say that I'm no expert and have no expert advice, but I fully support you and your health goals. You are beautiful already, and unfortunately sometimes our moms and other loved ones can't see that because they already have an image in their heads of what they think beauty really means. I just joined this group today along with you so let's do this together!

Do you mind if I ask if you also exercise? I noticed you didn't mention it in your post. I don't at all, my job is in front of a desk. But I think just starting small, maybe adding a walk or two a week and going from there? Let's KICK SOME BUTT!

Thanks for the tip! I will see if I can download that. I did end up just walking on the treadmill yesterday at an incline and it ended up burning so many more calories than I expected. I don't think I ever gave walking it's due.