Sick and tired of being overweight...

Welcome and congratulations on the start of your new life journey!

Logging everything made the entire difference for me, so I hope you will enjoy MFP as much as I do.

Good luck and Happy New Year!

Welcome! Here's a great read to get you started

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

I can help. Friend request sent.

I think many of us know how you feel. I have lost 79lbs and still have about 50 to lose and am 46. I just became a grandmother last year and want to keep up with my kids and now my 1yr old grandson. This is a great site to get information and encouragement from. Feel free to add me if you want.

I know exactly how you feel. When I started I was about 70 pounds overweight. I've been logging every day for 200+ days now, and I'm down 37 pounds. Need to lose another 30-40. Not sure exactly what my end goal is.

Take it slow. I set mine goal on MFP to a 1 pound per week deficit. Eat back your exercise calories. Don't kill yourself, you want this change to be permanent. If you make it too difficult, you'll make it harder to stick to it.

Good luck!

Motivation will wax and wane. Determination is what will see you through! Just take it one day at a time (sometimes one hour at a time!). Don't beat yourself up over mistakes. They happen. Just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on. Weight loss doesn't happen in a day - you didn't gain the weight in one day and you won't lose it that way either. What you do over the long-haul counts far, far more than a single day in time. Develop and focus on good habits and your weight will follow. Don't focus so much on the scale because the scale can be a nasty, dirty B**** no matter what your efforts. The scale is a good tool to show information, but it certainly isn't the be all, end all, so take what it says with a grain of salt and again, focus on the long-term trends.

Be realistic! Don't try to lose more than a pound a week, and even a pound a week can be difficult to achieve! Don't go on a crash diet that's so restrictive you burn yourself out and give up. Focus on small, sustainable changes and eat enough to satisfy yourself. The successful people here who have sustained this for a long time are those that have learned to work in their favorite foods and they haven't given up anything - they just learned to eat those indulgences in moderation.

Exercise for your health, but not to lose weight! Exercise is incredible for you in so many ways, both physically and mentally, but you can never outrun your fork. Weight is lost in the kitchen and you get fit in the gym.

I'm also 42. I have one son and I've been active on MFP since March, 2012. It's been a long, slow process, but I've lost more than 60 pounds so far and I look and feel like a different person. Logging my food is probably the single most important factor in my weight loss. When I am true and accurate in my log, I lose weight. When I fudge my log, it shows in the scale. The second most important tool in my journey has been an accurate food scale. Weigh and measure EVERYTHING. It's amazing how quickly portion creep can happen when you don't weigh and measure.

Feel free to add me if you'd like. I'm always happy to cheer people on!

Welcome mama!! You made an awesome choice by starting early! that means you're that much closer to your goal

Feel free to add me if you'd like to. I've lost 129lbs and about 30 since starting mfp.

great loss, can't wait .

feel free to add me, I was your age and 52 lbs overweight when I started 2 years ago. Just keep logging in everyday and get some friends in your corner who know what you're going through! Its much easier with a support group! We're here for you, so come on! Let's do this!

That was me last year. I couldn't fit into my size 14 dress pants for Christmas. I refused to buy bigger clothes. I had tried mfp earlier that year but didn't hang around for very long, maybe 6 weeks. So I decided to try it again. Since Feb 1st of 2013, I lost 45lbs. I did gain about 5 back over the holiday's and now I want to lose that plus 5 more for an even 50lb loss. The logging and staying accountable helps, as well as a great group of mfp friends. I don't think I could have done it without the support of my mfp friends to keep me going. It wasn't easy and I did stumble and fall a couple of times, but the difference is I got back up and kept going instead of getting frustrated and quitting. Good luck to you.