Hey everyone, I'm Jenny a working mom of 3. Youngest is 19months. It seems like I hold on an extra 10 pounds after each pregnancy. I'll lose it and then put the weight back on. Trying to get back to the 140's, I run and eat well most of the time. Its hard when the kids want to bake or ask for ice cream! Just looking to have some ladies with similar goals to chat with and see what's working!

Hi, I am very new to MFP. I just started today. I am a mom of 3 and I work full time. I usually sit a read during any spare time I find, but am hoping to get more active a start losing this extra weight.

Hey ladies! I am a stay at home mom with 2 little girls, ages 1 and 3, I need to lose a lot of weight... like close to 190lbs, all of which I have gained since getting pregnant 4 yrs ago! I would love some more friends! Please feel free to add me! I hope to be inspirational to others, but I can also use some inspiration from others!

Hi I'm a mom of 2 girls ones almost 2 and the other is 2 months on Monday. I gained a ton of weight after my first from birth control then gained more during my pregnancy. After having my daughter I thought my weight would slowly go down....i was sooo wrong it has started to slowly go up!!! I had a c-section so I've slowly started working out again and have been doing to much and end up super sore

I have a 14 month old & I'm trying to lose 30-40 lbs. Add me if you'd like

New to group, Mid 30s with an almost 2 year old LO. I am about 50lbs from the weight I would like to be, and I am just trying to find a way to lose, but to figure out health and myself in my newest role...

I'll get back to you on that last one in another 18-20 years... :-)

Hi I am 27 and I am mommy to a 4 year old boy and a set of 2 and a half year old twins. I love my babies but hate the weight I gained from having them. So with alot of hard work, I will lose the extra pounds.

Hi there, if you are looking for friends to help with the motivation - feel free to add me

hello! I am new to MFP and so far I am kinda loving it! I need motivation pals though, so add me if you want! I am a stay at home mother of a 4 year old little man. I am happily married and 30 years old. my start weight (4 days ago) was 191 and I have a goal of 40lbs to get rid of (would like 50).

Hi everyone! I'm 10 weeks postpartum with about 10 lbs. left to lose. Hoping to utilize this forum to motivate me to make good choices in my diet and exercise! It's nice to meet all of you!

Hi!

My name is Rachel and I am 27, mom to a 2.5 year old daughter. I never had to watch my weight before I had my daughter but found that the weight that I gained during pregnancy just seemed to hang around, and I cant really justify it as baby weight or toddler weight anymore lol.. I started trying to eat reasonably healthy about 5 weeks ago and exercising regularly, starting weight was 156 lbs, my last weigh in yesterday was 152 lbs so slowly but surely making progress. I thought joining a site like this would be helpful in keeping motivate, I am so inspired by a lot of the mama stories out there! My pre-pregnancy weight was around 137lbs give or take, ideally I would like to be back down near that weight around 140 lbs so that is my initial goal.
I would say my main challenges are a busy career, I work as a professional engineer, and a long commute. I am looking for ways to make my fitness and health a priority and have made good progress but am open to any suggestions or tips and tricks.
Good luck to you all on your fitness and healthy weight journeys looking forward to making some new connections.
Cheers
Rachel

Hi! I'm Jessica, mama to my baby boy Drew who grew his wings in 2006 and Lexi my 2.5 year old spitfire. I was always curvy and than started to put on weight after my first miscarriage when I was 18. I got pregnant with my son Drew when I was 19 and gained 80 pounds. He passed away 12 hours after he was born and than my emotional relationship with food really began. I lost most of my pregnancy weight pretty quickly and than ate my emotions and gained it back and some. My son's dad left me in 2008 and I somehow lost 50 pounds....not even sure how it happened. Gained it back and than got pregnant with my daughter in 2010. At the end of my pregnancy I weighed in at 289 (eek!!). I got back to my pre pregnancy weight and joined MFP in hopes of losing even more. I lost about 20 pounds and than quit MFP (stupid!!). Now I am at my heaviest unpregnant weight. We moved to Northern California a little over a year ago and it has been HARD. I eat, sleep, work, sit on my butt and am generally unhappy with myself. I don't feel like I am being a good mother or role model to my daughter and it has got to change. I never want her to have this battle with weight so I need to teach her to be healthy NOW. I have been back on MFP for a few days and will take all the encouragement I can get. Please add me

Hi all Moms on a Mission!

I'm a 39 year old working mom of two girls (2.5 yrs and 5 months) looking to get creative about fitting in exercise while spending time with the kiddos. Always looking for quick healthy meal ideas including already prepared foods/snacks. We can do this! This week's goal to get up an hour early to get a walk/run in before the kids/husband wakes up. Who's in?

Hi, my name is Allayna I am 25 and I have a 7 week old boy named Thomas! I was overweight before and I was working very hard on getting healthy. I fell off my routine and eating while pregnant. Now between lack of sleep, breast pumping and working full time, I am trying to balance life long weight problems too! I have started walking again and I am working on eating clean again. Thomas is very energetic already so I need to get healthy now to be the mom I want to be later!

Hi, my name is Heather. I am 27 a first time mom of a crazy 16 month old girl and ready to get back into shape.

I am fortunate to be tall (first time in my life to say that, lol) because I've been able to carry my weight. When I committed to starting Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30, I calculated my BMI and was completely stunned to find I was obese! I have lost 10 lbs in 3 weeks, whoop! Whoop! And have officially made it to just the overweight category. I am restarting RI30 since I've had such great results and am so excited to be losing weight, inches and gaining a lot more energy to keep up with my little one