Hi I am 39 soon to reach 40. This year I want to be 40 and fab and not 40 and frumpy. I have 4 daughters 3 grandchildren and work full time. I need to loose about 2 stone.

Greetings everyone:) I am a 34 year old single mother of four wonderful children who make me very proud to be a mother!! On the other hand, what I'm not so proud of is how much weight I've gained before I had any children and during/after I had all my children. I have been up and down the weight merry-go-round so much it's ridiculous! Look there's no trying to be polite for me, the truth is: I am fat and can't stand it any longer so now it is time for me to do something about it and make it stick for the rest of my life!!!! Thank you for having me and I look forward to reaching my goals!

Hi my name is Stacie. I am a mother of two wonderful children, Christian who is 8 and Jordan who is 5. I have been heavy my entire life and always hated to exercise. I recently made the choice to change my life and live a healty lifestyle. I just started on mfp. I dont understand how the clicker works?? Is it just by my weigh in or does it do it off of my calorie intake and exercise????

Hello everyone im a new member, im a mother of 4 and after my last child 5yrs ago ive struggled to lose weight. its now time for change and with well power and your help im ready to embark on a new weight loss jorney.

Hello there Busy Moms!

I am a sinlge mother with two boys 7 and 10. I am ready to be healthy and fit again to be able to plan sports with them. We are a baseball and basketball family. I played sports and danced all through high school/college and let myself go to hell after having kids. I need to lose at least 50lbs but that will also depend on the amount of muscle I put on.

I have a desk job and so want to be a trainer and help other women! We have it so hard and never take time for ourselves because we feel guilty when it comes to our kids. We have to give ourselves time!

I am a 33 year old mother of 2! 4 year old girl (about to be 5 in April) and a 3 year old boy (birthday in September).
I have never been extremely fit but was 125-127 lbs and did a lot of walking when I got pregnant with my daughter. During the pregnancy, I maintained healthy eating and was only 10 lbs overweight about 6 weeks after giving birth. At 137 lbs, I was breastfeeding while working full time and then became pregnant with my second child when my daughter was 8 months old, so I never really got a start on losing that 10 lbs before getting pregnant again.
My pregnancy with my son was not so healthy!! I gained a lot, and then had to have him by Csection because of his breech position! After that, it took me a long time to recover, and I was about 160 lbs. During the next year, I gained to a little over 170 lbs. When we were going to go on vacation in 2010, I lost to 160 and was about 158 when we got back from that one week vacation! After that, the exercise and healthy eating took a back seat again to working and taking care of my family and household! Things just seemed so crazy!!
March of last year, I became a stay at home mom, but still could not get a handle on exercising and eating right even with a few trys. Finally in January, I realized I was coming up to a year of being home and still looked as if I didn't care about or take care of myself, so I decided it had to change. My twin sister had introduced me to MFP a long time ago, but I had never used it. I decided it was time to put it into use! Now I have lost a few lbs and love that MFP makes me come to terms with my eating patterns. I learn what is good and what is bad! I love the forums because the success stories are extremely motivational, and it is good to know others have the same questions/concerns that I have.
I want to lose the weight for my own self image, to be a good role model for my children, to have more energy and be able to do more with my family, and for health reasons as we have a lot of diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer that run in our family.
Right now I am doing the Firm Body Sculpt System, but hope to move on to Jillian Michaels DVD's once I get down to about 150 lbs.

Gooood Afternoon Ladies! I am 33 year old single mom of a 6 year old boy. I am currently 250lbs(was 260), Type II diabetic(since 2010 and had gestational diabetes) and have been told that I have PCOS. I have been a member of MFP since last year, but recently got back into the groove of exercising and logging my food intake. I not only want to be healthier for myself,but also for my son and to do GODS work. I am currently working on self control when it comes to eating. I am tired of being unhealthy, huffing and puffing going up stairs and even more worried about if I will be around to see my baby boy grow up. So I am done talking about it, all thats left is to take action! God has a plan for me and it does not have anything to do with being obese, out of breath, unhealthy, sad or depressed because I let myself get this way. So in order to fulfill HIS plan I have to take action, stay motivated, make this thing a habit and keep moving forward in this new way of living. So here is a toast to US--- COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS JOURNEY OF HEALTHIER LIVING AND TO HAVE FUN WHILE DOING SO! CCCCHHHHEEEERRRRRSSS!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Hi Im Joyce 32 years old. Joined the group to connect with other mommies who are also losing weight and getting in shape. I have 2 daughters 14 and 3. I have thyroid issues, have for a while but suddenly it seems the weight just piled on. this happend one other time about 2 years ago whre I gained 20 lbs in a 3 month period or so. I managed to lose it but in the last 6 months have gained another 20-25. My goal is to be about 160 although most sites say 170-177 is good for me. I dont want to sit at the edge of my 25 max BMI which 177 would put me at. Im 5'10 and weight about 190 currently. I got back on MFP about 6 weeks ago but i didnt start adding friends/posting til about 4 days ago so excited to meet and chat with everyone. I want to lose this weight to feel healthy again and also to feel comfortable in my own skin like I used to.

Hi everyone! New to this forum. I am 41 and the mother of 3 kids (11, 7 and 7) and 3 grown stepdaughters and a ton of step-grandkids (12 of them). I work full time out of the home so it is challenging to be able to do everything I need to do and still work out. I started MFP last year but didn't stick with it and gained my weight back. I have to stick with it this time. I have lost 26 lb so far since January so I am excited by the progress. I have a trainer at the gym that I meet with every couple of weeks to keep me on target and to give me fresh ideas. I had about 100 lb to lose so I am 25% to my goal.

I am a 26 year old mother to a 3 year old girl. I gained over 100 pounds while pregnant and some more since then. Due to my weight gain i developed depression, social issues and health issues. I want to lose the weight to become the happy loving and fun person I used to be. Im hoping with losing this weight I can also get my health issues under control to be alive and watch my daughter grow.
Anyone willing to motivate me and keep me going, please add me.

Hi It is time to do this and lose the baby weight for good! I have two wonderful children (5,7) and the body to show for it. lol. I want to be healthy and a good role model to my family. Since I am a stay at home mom I have a hard time controlling my eating, I want to eat chocolate all day long. Are there any other SAHM out there that want to up buddy? I am 5'1 and my starting weight was 171, I am down to 167 today.

I'm a mom of two girls. Two years old, and three months old. When I went into the hospital to give birth to my youngest I weighed 195, and now I am down to 157. My first goal is 138, which is what I weighed when I got pregnant with my first child. If I make it that far, my dream weight would be 130. At the rate I am going now, I hope to make my first goal in 2-3 months. It would be so awesome to be at my dream weight by the New Year! I go hiking 5 days a week and watch what I eat, and MFP really is helping me with this.

Betty has lost over 120 pounds and now she is really gorgeous. What has happened to her? The secret is she has followed the fat loss recipes
http://metaboliccookingreviewer.blogspot.com/

I am working mom of 2 boys with a hubby who travels all the time who lives in Phoenix. I want to lose weight to set a good example of self control for my boys as well as being able to look great in clothes! I have about 30 to 40 lbs to lose by year end. Hoping to get some moral support while I juggle my busy schedule. :-)

Hi there! My name is Pier and I'm a proud mommy of 6 year old twin boys! Being obese, I do not have the energy to keep up with my boys or to participate in the activities that they love to do (i.e., climbing, jumping, running, sports, etc.). My mom has Type 2 diabetes and my dad is pre-diabetic. I just learned that I was pre-diabetic...so I need to take control of my health and lose the weight and make healthy changes in my life for good!

I joined Medifast in January and have lost 20 pounds so far! I've got a long way to go to meet my goal weight, but I'm motivated to make better lifestyle changes for myself and to be a good role model for my boys! I'm currently healing from ankle surgery in December, so I'm not moving as fast as I'd like...but everyday is a new day and my ankle is getting stronger with physical therapy.

I'm enjoying my experience with My Fitness Pal. It's wonderful meeting others on the same journey of health as me! I'd love to meet other positive, strong, women on this path of discovery and health! Here's to a healthy 2014!

Pier