Looking for new friends

kvan64
kvan64 Posts: 28 Member
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Hi there. Hoping to find some new fiends to motivate and help keep me motivated. I've been up and down in my weight my whole life. I'm currently 100 lbs overweight. I will be 50 this year. The number doesn't bother me, but my weight and fitness level have got to change. I'm concerned about health problems as I age. I had great success on Fitnesspal in 2011. I lost 71 Lbs! it was fun and relatively easy to loose the weight. I'm an emotional eater. My husband was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer at that time (doing well now after a very long recovery process) not that I'm looking for and excuses but it was a very difficult time and I gave up on my commitment to keep the weight off and started using food as comfort. I'm back and ready to make it a commitment. This time with some help from new friends.

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  • dejavuohlala
    dejavuohlala Posts: 1,761 Member
    feel free to add me but please read my profiles on MFP friends first

    good luck with your jorney
  • joycelreed
    joycelreed Posts: 17 Member
    Hello, my name is Joyce. I've been on myfitnesspal for a couple years and it is wonderful when I am faithful. I lost 50 pounds from October to July - I don't think I went over my goal EVER! THEN-we went on vacation to the beach with my daughters family. I thought "what would one weekend hurt? I never went back- after our trip we found one of our son's has a bad heart and will someday need a pacemaker. He is only 31. I have been running to doctor appointments 3-4 times a month as the docs try to figure what to do. When I saw you say you are an emotional eater it sounded like me. :(
    I have been looking for someone with similar keys to eating. If you would like to give and receive encouragement I'd love to be your buddy.
  • jacqueinhutto
    jacqueinhutto Posts: 34 Member
    Hi...today is the first day for me as well and I am looking for friends to help motivate me. I need friends to help motivate me as well seems like I alsways start out strong for 3 weeks and then lose my motivation. Sorry to hear about your husband having cancer I know that can be extremely stressful. When I turned 40 I had been married a year, had a new baby then found out my husband had neck cancer and my 17 yr was pregnant. I got thru it though but my husband divorced me saying I caused him too much stress. My bab is 15 now and I have not remarried. Being older now and gaing weight has done terrible things to my sef confidence. I have 40 lbs to lose. Im only 5 ft tall which makes it feel like a lot more..I am not a spring chicken any more and dieting seems a lot harder than it used to be..stay strong. Jacque
  • sallenandlayla
    sallenandlayla Posts: 2 Member
    Hi, I have decided to try again.. I need to lose 75 pounds. Looking for friends and support as well.
  • Intalent
    Intalent Posts: 11 Member
    You got this Kvan64! I'm also a comfort/emotional eater, but my philosophy is it takes 3 months to build/break a habit. 3 months of solid commitment is all you need and you'll develop better eating habits. I'm starting today. Feel free to join me :)

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