Hi Everyone!

I am a 53 year old woman that needs to lose 100 pounds.

I have three boys, 19, 18 and 14. They have never seen me thin. I have a loving husband of 25 years.

Weight has been a struggle for me for the last 20 years. It runs in my family. When my mom passed away I read some of her journals and it made me so sad to read how tortured she was by her weight. I never wanted that to be a part of my live. To think that my self worth is defined by how I look to myself. Well unfortunately I find myself in the same place as her, I just don't write it down! Every time I have lost weight I end up regaining it plus an additional 5 pounds just for good measure. I've tried them all over the years, weight watchers, jennie craig, atkins, etc...

Now I am just watching what i eat with MFP and I have started to walk on the treadmill and today I "did" a Jillian Michaels workout.

Happy to be in this group!

Kim

Hi, my name is Maryse. I have been using the app MFP for about 5 weeks, things are going great. I have lost 18 lbs and counting calories. I just found the website yesterday. Think it is great to be able to give and receive support.
I am 51, and have quite a bit of weight to lose. About 11 years ago, I had lost 90 lbs but have put it all back on and more. At my age now I find it very hard to do very exerting activities. I also have arthritis which does not help, but weighing less will help with that too. I want to go hiking this summer and hoping to be in much better shape that I am now.
Looking forward to meeting new people, making new friends and working together to reach our goals.
If anyone wants to add me as a friend I am always willing to talk and help.
Hope everyone has a great healthy day!

Hello everyone. I'm new to MFP, just joined a few days ago. I'm 43, 5 ft 6, currently unemployed and trying to stay motivated to lose weight (at least 100 pounds). I recently purchased a Schwinn recumbent bike about 2 weeks ago, wanting something low impact to exercise with due to back & knee issues. I do at least 20 minutes a day 5 days a week on it and have started logging what I eat and trying to eat healthier. Still trying to learn the site & how to use all the tools etc, so anyone who can lend their knowledge is more than welcome to add me as a friend.

Hello everyone! My name is Theresa and I'm 26 weighing in at way too much (359 as of this morning). I've tried almost every diet out there but they never stuck and/or gave me health issues so I gave up. I've been overweight all of my life and I don't think I was ever ready for this journey until now.

I will take any support I can get as I have a long journey ahead of me! I need people who are in the same boat so that we can keep each other moving in the same direction!

Hi everyone!

My name is Jeanette, and I am 28 years old. I'm 5'10'' and currently weigh 331, after a starting weight of around 360.

I had a baby boy in February 2013 and he is my inspiration to become a better version of myself. He makes me so happy and I want to do the same for him. I don't ever want to let him down by being too tired or too sore to play with him. I WILL NOT let that happen. I take him to the library, to the park, on walks, to play outside, and I'm not gonna lie -- sometimes the couch is calling my name. However, I refuse to miss out on my son's childhood and so I have started my long, difficult journey to become about 1/2 of my starting weight.

It is a very daunting task to try and lose the equivalent of a full grown man, but I know I can do it.

Most recently, I've given up soda and started walking 1 mile around my company's building on my lunch breaks. I've found that it is a LOT easier to stick to a diet when I'm at work than when I'm at home, so I have to work on that. My husband just started a new job and we will have more money for groceries, which will allow me to get things that we normally couldn't afford, like fresh vegetables and frozen instead of canned, lean meat, etc.

On a personal note, another motivation of mine is to be taken seriously as a musician and singer. I've had people pass on me for frontman/woman positions in a band because of how I look. It's sad, but that is how the music business is. I'm not a bad singer, but can only get work around town doing weddings/funerals/parties and I have the potential to do so much more. Here's a link to my YouTube Channel if any of you are interested in hearing some of my recordings:

http://www.youtube.com/user/operajeanette

I wish everyone the best of luck and hope to learn a lot from all of you. Have a wonderful day!

Hey everyone, I'm courtney and a 29 year old SAHM from Houston Texas and I'm glad to meet everyone! I definitely meet the criteria in weight to lose and am happy to see mfp has been helping in aid me on my journey in doing so. I don't really have a specific number in mind that I would like to get down to but I can imagine it is going to be wonderful if/when I ever see under 200 again. Anyhow I login mostly from my phone app and get on the iPad specifically for the boards once a week or so, so feel free to add me.

Hi Everyone, I am Angie. I am 45 years old and live in SE Wisconsin. I gained weight in my 20's after serving in the Air Force and it's been a constant struggle ever since. I have been away from fitness pal for awhile, but I hope to jumpstart my weight loss again. I am at my heaviest I have ever been. And feeling pretty low about it. But I have made a choice to finally really do something about it. I have joined a team for the Dirty Gril Mud Run in August. It's for Breast Cancer and it's not a timed course, it's mainly for fun and to raise money. But if I want to make it throught the 5K obstacle course I need to drop some pounds and get out there and walk. I am really aiming for small goals, one at a time. No really large goal weight, but to get healthy and feel good, my knees hurt a lot. I guess if I can get down to what I was in the Air Force, that's pretty good But to be healthy, feel good and to really enjoy life again, that's what I really want. I need my self esteem back. I am at 313 now, first goal is 265, then 225, then 199 (this is a big one), then 175, final around 145-150 somewhere? Thanks!

I just posted this in the main intro. page before I discovered there are groups! So here's a bit about me:

I'm 27 and had my first baby 18 months ago, I gained 30 lbs which I have not yet lost. I moved overseas to Australia in 2008 and have gained about 15 lbs a year ever since as my life is much more sedentary here than it was in the U.S. Every year I lose about 20 lbs, and every year I hit a mental block at that stage and just start binging and gain it all back.

I don't eat very "clean" at the moment although I have gone as far as eating full vegan in the past, and I think cutting out entire food groups or completely banning any specific food from my diet is just not something I can maintain for the rest of my life. My goal is to be able to eat all the foods I love, in smaller portions. I will never be that person doing low carb, though I am learning to embrace meat a bit more. It doesn't come naturally to me but I have nothing against anyone who loves eating Paleo or having a protein shake for lunch. I'm very live-and-let-live, and believe we all have to just find what works for us and stick with it to succeed at this. I believe cynicism is a poison and have no patience for pity-parties and negativity. We're all allowed a moment to soak every now and again, but I relate best with other positive people so I try to surround myself with them and steer clear of the Debbie Downers and Negative Nancie's

I started this year at 265 and currently weigh 255. I'm 5'9". My ultimate end goal is to be 145 lbs, or a U.S. size 4/ Aussie size 10. It took me 5 years to gain 100 lbs, so I'm letting go of my previous mindsets where I had to lose 1 lb a week or I was failing and I'm going to expect it to take at least 3 years to get back into the 160s. I will probably have another baby at that stage and then after that I will be working towards my ultimate fitness goals so it will no longer be about just losing weight but getting into great shape as well.

I am Lisa, 41 and 5ft 4. I suffer from PCOS and a tailbone issue coccyxdinia. I live in Canada and I have been bigger since my late 20's. I am on the list for a gastric bypass and almost done all testing required. I joined this site in November 2013 but it is only in the last 40 days that I have really used it. 16 pounds so far! Whoo! I had 105lbs to lose to start with so this group is perfect for me

*edited to add that I have come to the conclusion I don't want the gastric bypass. I just want to do this on my own.

Hi my name is charleigh and I live in county Durham uk. Im 24 and currently weight 258lbs....been big since I was about 12 and piled on the pounds after I got married in 2008. My goal weight is btween 158 and 178lbs I will be very happy in the middle of these two numbers.

struggle with motìvatiin, I do great for 3 weeks then something goes wrong n I over eat for like a week. Determind to get down to my goal weight so I can live my life to the full and get some confidence back.
Have family reunion type thing in august and hoping to lose 3 stone by then too.

look forward to getting to know and support people.
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