My name is Tammy. I live in Carthage Tn. I'm 35, married. Weigh 441 lbs and going down ) Working my butt off YAY Thx Sue for being a pusher.

Had to figure that out lol

I'm Tonya from Kansas. Almost 44, and a pessimist by nature. Tried many times to keep my weight under control but always fail. This time I am approaching it with the never quit attitude. I am also learning as I go, and my attitude about life in general seems to be changing a bit.

I really dislike exercise. LOL. I like walking once I get going but its taking that first step that gets me. I love lifting weights after I get through the first set, but again, it is dragging my butt to do it that sucks.

I have young kids ages 4-10 and school ends this next week, so add in another "challenge " for me to find time to walk/lift.

I have a husband that is a pain in my butt but I love him. My kids are special little delicate flowers that need me every minute of every day which makes it very difficult to find a way to squeeze in ME time.

I can find any excuse not to do something or be straight pissy about it. Yesterday, I had a child home from school and had to cancel on my morning walk with my BFF. The afternoon turned out to warm up enough, that I stuck her lil bum in the stroller and managed to walk 3.75 miles through town and back home. She complained the whole time. Leaned over sideways making the stroller near impossible to push straight, and the whole time I was thinking I should have just stayed home, but she and I struggled through it, and she got a nice ice cream cone out of the deal, and all I got was some sore glutes from walking 1/2 way uphill. I guess you would consider that a win/win. LOL.

Ahh, the summer should be fun. I can't wait to hear the whining and moaning as I make my kids walk with me to town and back. The plus side is the 1/2 way point is the town fountain to play in, and a playground to play on, right next to the river, so the plan is to pack healthy lunches, walk to river, eat, play in the water, and the playground, walk 1/2 way back home, stop for ice cream and then back home. Maybe after a few times doing this, they will look so forward to the daily outing they will keep me motivated too. Wishful thinking. LOL.

Anyways, Hi all. And let's do this, regardless of whatever obstacles we face!

Thanks Sue for this group!! You are such an inspiration to me!

Hi all sorry for the late post, I tend to log into MFP from the app on my IPhone, so I can't get into the group of blogs from there. About me, I'm Lou, I'm 25, originally from London, but currently living in sunny Texas. I'm currently bouncing around in the 290's down from an all time high of 375lbs.

I'm not really into exercise as of yet, I love to swim, but I'm still overcoming an ankle injury ( complete with nerve damage), that being said, I still do a fair bit of walking (the dogs) and I try to include activities around the house. I'm really into walk-a-dobics, weight watchers Punch and strength training.

As for motivation, well I want to go on vacation to the Philippines and well I refuse to have to buy two seats on a plane, I would be mortified to be that person on the plane.... so that's my goal. To be able to fit comfortably on a plane. My next mini goal is 250lbs which I hope to hit sometime this summer.

I'm currently battling a GERD problem, I'm a bit of a hippy chick and refuse to go the medication route, so I'm constantly tweaking my diet to find the right mix of foods that don't irritate my stomach and I'm trying really hard to increase my potassium as it's something I run constantly low on. So if you spot that I'm not eating or drinking my greens, feel free to call me out on it.

looking forward to getting to know ya'll a bit better,

Lou.