Good morning all, from the sunny UK. I am returning to MFP after losing a lot of weight and putting half of it back on again. I turned 56 last Saturday and am conscious that if I don't reduce my weight, I am opening myself up to all sort of medical problems as I age. I need motivation - I joined a gym last November and have been only twice since that time. I live alone, now my children had fled the nest, and I miss having a gang of people supporting me. I know that you will all do that for me, if in return I work my butt off to help you too. :flowerforyou:

Hi, I am jadzia. I am new to MFP. I always struggled with my weight but this time it got worse because I had my final exams at university and weigh more than ever. I took action right after I finished my last exam. I do sports daily and I eat very healthy. I've already lost 4 kgs and I am looking forward to loosing another 36

Hi,

My name is Martijn,
Live in the Netherlands, happily married and have two wonderful boys,relatively new to MFP.
When i was 126kg i thought it was time for a change....did a crash dieet (Atkins) and lost 13kg in a flash....ofcourse i gained again and got a gym membership....now i'm struggling to get past the 110-112 kg hump....i'm stuck here for a couple of months now.
Think this is great, thought at first i would get bored with this, but now i notice the changes and i really think about what or when i eat. (the daily dr.pepper i'm not able to give up though....)
At my job (i work offshore and have a gym available 24hr a day) i try to exercise 4 times in a week. 2 days gym 1 day rest. when i'm at home i will hit the gym 3 time a week.....in the other days the kids are my workout sessions.

Am curious to see how i do in this.......

Hi I am Marie, I am 36 and will be married for 10 years this year I am a stay at home mom of two kids ages 6 and 4. I have been on MFP for the past two years.

I enjoy the daily challenges.

Hello everyone,
my name is Makhonyola, married to a sweet lady, Marie who hopefully will be joining this with me. We have 4 boys and a very full/blessed life. About 4 years ago, I had a real "come to Jesus" meeting with my doctor that has launched me into a lifestyle of fitness and health. By enlarge, I have been able to stay true on the exercise side. I usually I'm able to work out for an hour 5-6 days a week. My struggle has been keeping a consistent and healthy diet. I am looking forward to this challenge as a way of logging in my food everyday. I am 6'2", circa 215 now and desperately want to be 175. Here's to the journey

Hello, I am Jessie. I just joined MFP today and saw the challenge starting today which is great! I let my diet and exercise slip this past winter and gained nearly 20 pounds! I work as a heavy equipment operator and my schedule is very demanding 24 days on 4 days off and I'm often sitting up to 15 hours a day. I have about an hour of free time daily that I can spend exercising and now that it is spring it is warm enough for me to get outside again. I want to get my muscle tone back before summer and shed a few inches all over. Good luck team!

Hiya, I'm Lauren. I've been on & off MFP since May-ish 2010. I've had failure and success in that time, and have lost the two people I loved most in the world (1 left me, 1 died). My highest weight since joining MFP was 446 lb in June 2011. My lowest was 343 at end of August 2012. Then in September 2012 my grandmum died and I fattened back up to 435 by May 2013,and I've been bouncing around since then struggling to recommit but my mind just wasn't in it yet.

Then a salon trip this weekend gave me the last piece of my re-commitment puzzle. I caught a glimpse of my side profile in a mirror whilst sitting down. I started to cry and then repressed it. It was that moment I knew I had to come back here and get going again.

This 40-week thing is perfect because I just made my weight chart yesterday and it has 40 dates, every Friday weigh-in date for the next 40 weeks. I weigh on Friday mornings, and that won't change. I'll just post my weight here on Monday's.

My goal weight for my 16 January 2015 weigh-in is 315 lb. That would mean a 110 lb loss over 40 weeks (-2.75 lb/wk). I know I can do this. I've done it before.

I look forward to getting to know the rest of you and to witnessing your success.

Hey everyone! I'm Brittany. I've been on MFP for awhile but I've been getting my head back in the game since new year's eve. My heaviest weight when I started was 250 pounds. My current weight is 221 pounds and my goal for this 40 week challenge is to get to 150 pounds. I don't think I even remember ever seeing that number. It will be so great to lose 100 pounds. My ultimate goal weight is 130 pounds.

My weigh-in days are own Wednesdays and I don't really want to change that so I'll post my Wednesday weight on Monday.

This will be fun :-)

Hello everyone. I'm Brittany a teacher living in Berkeley, California. I've been on MFP for a few years now and it's helped me in the past but I am almost back to my highest weight. I want to recommit myself to a healthy lifestyle and am looking forward to having the support and motivation from you all. I am looking to lose 50+ pounds, if your goals are similar to mine or if you think we can help each other please fill free to add me! I look forward to getting to know and working out with you all.

Hi everone. My name is Amanda and I have been using MFP on and off for the past couple of years. I lost a bunch of weight about 3-4 years ago and it has crept back on slowly over the past year. I now need to get serious about getting rid of it for good. This looks like a great motivating group that will help me get back into exercise pretty regularly. I want to run another half marathon in the fall and losing the weight will definitely help with running. Good luck to everyone!