Hello, my name is Brooke, and I'm starting over :::Hi Brooke::: (in rehab group voices)

Original Start Date: April 30th, 2012
Original Starting Weight: 229.6
LOWEST Weight Reached: 167
Current Weight: 187
Goal Weight: 145/150

Like many others, I have struggled with weight/eating for years. I'm an emotional eater/drinker, and boredom eater/drinker, a social eater/drinker. When I have a bad day and make a slight mistake, I mentally say "fck it" and just go overboard...including creative colunary concotions just to eat (and I mean creative). So begins the downward spiral. I took a "selfie" over this past weekend, beer in hand, and saw my face. It wasn't the same as what it had been a few months back. I lacked the glow, confidence, and (as bad as it sounds) beauty that I was regaining. I had looked so forward to having the confidence to go shopping, which is huge for me because I'm really not a girly girl (work on cars, wear jeans/xl free tshirts)...but trying. Then as I was getting close, I just let it slip further away. I'm tired of feeling like this. Yup, beer and food are awesome, but nothing tastes as good as feeling good about myself. Was it worth it? Maybe...because I will take this as a learning experience, and move forward. Time to kick this pig. Next?

Hey I'm Nikki

June 2011 a girlfriend and I started a blog to help motivate us to lose weight. It worked. We both lost around 25/30 lbs and kept it off since then. I worked my butt off Jan-April and lost another 10lbs for my wedding, but had also planned on keeping that weight off as well. I switched jobs (just for a year) in June and since then those 10lbs have crept back on. I am really struggling as I feel as sluggish/gross as I did when I was at my heaviest. I know I am far from that but I am scared that I will put those 30lbs+ some back on before the end of this 1 year contract. I ran 2 half marathons last year and right now i can hardly run a 5km without stopping for a break. This for me, means I'm back at square one.
I am also an emotional/boredom eater and seem to always be thinking about food. I want to get back to where I was just a few months ago where I could say no to cookies, chips, beer and count all my calories!

Hey, I'm Pinky (not my real name but don't want to be searchable by my real name online).

I've been on MFP since April, 2012 and I haven't quite got the hang of sticking on the right path. I lost 15lbs my first try, and then gained it back when I fell off track.

I don't really have any one in my real life to keep me motivated or accountable. It's easy to just bugger off, eat whatever and sit on my *kitten* for days on end.

I want to change that.

I want to break under 300lbs and get down to 200lbs to start with. I know I can do it...I need a constant kick in the *kitten* every day

Well met and good luck everyone

Hi,

I'm Jules and have a very similar story to you all. I have been a yo-yo dieter all my life - struggling hard to lose the weight/get fit, only to slide back into the bad habits and regain the weight I'd lost PLUS extra. Two years ago I was at my best - healthy, confident and looking good - you would've thought that would have been enough to keep me focussed - but no!!

So Monday was my 'Day 1' and I actually went to bed feeling 'comfortable' not bloated for the first time in ages!

I have a 10k run planned for next year with my son - it will be our first time of running together and his first competetive race. I not only want to keep up with him, but I want to try to beat him!! Not an easy task, but I'm determined to give it a go and at least, not embarrass myself or him!

Ultimately, I want to be that healthy, happy and slimmer person that I was two years ago - she's in there somewhere!!

Good luck everyone :flowerforyou:

HI All,

I am a yo-yo dieter and I have problems with my moods (mild bi-polar) so if life is crap I go to tesco and pick up many lemon meringue krispie creams!

In 2011 I started Uni (as a mature student) and this motivated me to loose some weight, so I started the cambridge diet. I lost 2 stone on that (dropping to 12st) before becoming bored and extremely hungry so I joined weightwatchers instead. Initially I put on half a stone but then managed to get it off and maintain for a few months. This was fab, I felt brilliant and motivated to keep going.

However in June 2012 my husbands cancer came back for the third time and I fed my feelings, anxieties and f*** it attitude with sugary loving food.

A year down the line and life resembles some form of normality and I am now depressed because I am 15 stone (although lost 1lb today) and cant fit into any of my clothes

So I am using this and following the 5:2 way of life. so far I am maintaining my weight but I have lost an inch from different areas (although this is after 3 months). Onwards and upwards - or hopefully downwards in the dress size department!

Hey there,
My name is Brittany and I started using MFP September 2012, after an ex told me that if I don't lose weight I will die. I just kind of looked in the mirror one day and literally felt disgusted with myself. I had put on 50 lbs since high school, mainly due to my relationship and feeling comfortable, yet when it came time to be back into the single game, I knew I needed to change my body and my opinions of myself. I had been doing awesome until about May of this year, which I was down 45 lbs. People actually started to tell me how confident I was, which is the last word I would ever describe myself as, but took a summer break, put on 15 lbs, and am now ready to go at it again. I am looking at losing another 50lbs, on top of the 30 I already have gone. I just started the last year of my 2nd degree so trying to fit eating healthy and exercise into my busy school schedule is harder than I thought. I really need more supportive MFP friends. When I did this last year, it was their concern and support that really kept me motivated and would love that again! So we can support each other Looking forward to achieving our goals together!

Hi All,

I hav ealways been 'chubby' for the most part, and have had months that ive been able to maintain being a normal weight. i guess my love of food wants to show itself on my body. My mom told me about fitness pal and i think it would be a great motivator to help me reach my goal of losing about 25lbs by December? Thats 3 months from today... i guess helping seeing what i put in my body and how my workout helps will help me put things into perspective for me. Best of Luck to y'all

Hello, I'm Tammy

I have struggled with weight issues since I was a teenager. The summer of 2007 I start my weight loss journey and went from 252 pounds to 200. I kept it off four three years, and then I got depressed and changed jobs. I have gained much of it back. I travel alot for work and find it difficult to stay on track. But when I look at myself now I know I need to stop the gain!

Hoping Joining this group will help me get back on track.

Hi I'm Jayne.
I just can't seem to get the weight off. Its very frustrating, but I always end up quiting and then gaining more weight!!! I want to stick with it for once in my life. I am a food addict for sure.

Hi! My name is Dianne. I started trying to lose weight when I stopped smoking a couple years ago because I packed on about 50 lbs. I originally lost around 25/30 lbs but I am slowly putting it back on because I have gone back to my old ways of eating and not exercising. I need to get back in my old routine but it's hard because we moved and my work hours have changed, there is more tempting food where we now live and I just can't seem to get motivated. Today is my new Day1 and I have to stick with it now. I am at 196 and would like to be no more then 145/150. That was my pre 4 babies weight. Part of the problem is I really don't have the money to go out and by all the healthy foods so I am just trying to lower my calorie count the best I can. I am hoping this group will help motivate me to lose the weight I really want/need to lose!

HI everyone, my name is Joy and I began to gain serious weight when I returned to college about 8 years ago. Worst case scenario really: started back at college at age 28, gained about 40 lbs in 1 1/2 years, and have had a hell of a time losing it, especially since I have turned 30 and now am looking at my 36th B-day this January. My current weight right now has remained around 191, but I am hoping that will change with next week's weigh-in. In the last 30 days I have gone to a more whole foods diet and have returned to yoga, doign it at least 3 times a week. I have lost (what I gained back over the summer months) about 9 lbs in the last 30 days. I have no doubt that much of that was only the initial water weight related to too salty of foods and alcohol. Oh ya, that is also something that I have gotten in check, not drinking as much. In fact, over the weekend I had some alcohol but that was the first time in over 2 weeks, and I can say for a fact that the 3 lbs I lost over those 2 weeks was directly tied to that, maybe not completely, but definitely related.

My biggest issue right now, I hate exercising, especially when it is hot and humid out. I don't mind walking but not when I can't breath b/c the air is too thick. It reminds me of the days when I was a smoker and had a hard time breathing in that crap. I also suffer from chronic pain in my back and sciatica. So very intensive exercise tends to be very painful, however, I do like the challenge, too so it is a love-hate relationship. I made it to day 36 out of 64 of the Insanity workout just before summer but had to quit when I severely turned my ankle. I will admit, that deflated my desire to exercise and I am still struggling to get back into that mode.

So glad Amanda started this group! I hope we can inspire each other:) MY goal weight is 135, but I will need to reevaluate that as I lose b/c my goal is not just being skinny but being healthy overall.

Hi Everyone!

Thanks so much for starting this group! I'm in the same boat as many of you!

I'm a pretty positive person, but am feeling a bit defeated at this point. I'm a foodie and an emotional (angry, happy, bored) eater. I've always been/felt overweight. I lost about 50 pounds, getting to within pounds of goal, in 2002. It crept back up, and with two back-to-back pregnancies, I topped out at 278 pounds at full term. I've lost much of the weight, but had some health issues last year that at first caused some very unhealthy rapid weight loss, followed by steady, depressing weight gain. My husband is very supportive and accepting of me at any size, which is good and bad, since he doesn't stop me from digging into the ice cream. . . Right now I have about 80 pounds to lose.

Every week, I feel motivated to get back on track, and make this happen! After a few days of behaving, the scale is moving in the right direction, and I allow myself to derail. I just can't seem to make the decision on a daily, hourly basis to be successful in weight loss. With three kids (6,5 and 18mo), I want to be healthy enough to keep up with them, and don't want to pass on a warped food relationship to them!!

I enjoy encouraging others and am pretty faithful to logging, so feel free to add me as a friend!