Hi. I'm Michelle. I'm down from 337 lbs. to 321. ONLY about 190 lbs. to my high school graduation weight which I felt happy at! I'm 5'6" and need to be below 180 lbs. to be out of the obese category. I'm happiest at 120 - 140 Lbs. I used to weigh 110 lbs,, but that's not a healthy weight for me. I'm struggling at work because it's hard for me to be on my feet. The extra weights got to go in the next 2 years before my oldest graduates from high school. Portion control is hard for me.

Hi everyone! I'm Shannon and need to lose about 70 lbs. I currently weigh 215 and was happiest at 140. So that's where I wanna go and where I'm headed. I want to reach this goal sooner than later however I realize I need to learn to be 140 lbs. That will take time. My max weight was 242 but I've lost down to 215 since last June when I turned 30. I am currently on a good routine right now, continuing to tweek my habits. It's a process...baby steps. BUT daily babysteps. I once heard if you to be 1% better each day, then in 100 days you'll be 100% better. So that's what I'm going for. I look forward to your success and encouraging each other to reach these goals!!!

I'm Bev and I just joined today and need to lose over a 100 pds

With determination...you will reach your goal. You will see your children grow up. I just joined this group. I'm starting my "change of lifestyle" and I WILL make it stick. I just weighed and didn't even realize I've gained 10 lbs since i last weighed. So i am officially the biggest I've ever been...so i have more weight than ever i need to lose. Support from this group will help...I think. Sharing struggles and success stories...here we go !! 220lbs....50 lbs to go.

Hi I'm Karen. This is my third time here. The last time I lost 58lbs but I've put most of that back on. Hopefully this will be my last time here.

hi Im Sarah Im from England about 7 years ago I lost 70 pounds but have not lost any since im looking to lose about 68 pounds and get to a healthy weight

I'm Jo and I have about 60 pounds to go. I think I've lost the same 50 pounds about 20 times.....and I want THIS to be the last time!

Hi all, my name is Kuchu and I want to lose 55-62 lbs. I used to weight 196 lbs but went down to 140 and back up again. I hope to get motivated by you all. I love fried food and cheese. It is my biggest weakness and I need to learn to stay away from them. I give in too easily and then feel guilty later. I have very low self esteem because of the way I look.

Hi I'm Christine and im down from 459. I'm at 378 and am trying to keep motivated with my food choice. I'm a sweet aholic, especially chocolate. I do really well and I need to track callories instead of weight watcher points because loosing is getting a bit harder
I need to see success to keep moving!!! Just getting discouraged with the scale readings.

Hi everyone, its a pleasure to read all of your goals and success stories. My name is Jackie. A couple years back I lost 80 lbs on the Weight Watcher system but then unfortunatley gained it all back during my pregnancy. My son is now 1 year old and im ready and determined to lose the weight again and live a healthy lifestyle. Im finding very difficult this time around to stay dedicated and motivated i hope we can help each other on this journey. Last time i did alone basically this time i need support. We got this!

My name is Karen -- I'm 53 --- I've been trying to lose 100 pounds for 8 years. I've actually lost 100 pounds in the form of repeatedly losing the same 20 pounds over and over again so that probably doesn't count ... I remarried in 2002 and my husband and I decided to have two children - which is great! What's not great was I was in my mid-40s when I did it. I gained and lost all the weight with both of them, but it seemed to rearrange and solidify the 100 pounds overweight that I already was. Anyway I'm looking forward to participating in the group and doing it together I've joined a couple of other groups and I hope I get to know a lot of nice weight loss buddies. HUGS! Karen

Good morning all. My name is Cindy Lou and this is my first group on MFP. I'm learning how to use this group, etc. I'm 52 and all this technology is not my strong suit. I'm 239 pounds and I'm feed up! About 5 years ago I lost 65 pounds. And like most of you I have gained most of it back. I'm miserable. I suffer from low self esteem, and I no longer feel sexy. I know underneath there I can be sexy. But sexy is not what it's about...it's self esteem. Confidence. Health. I'm at that age where it might be easy to say this is the way I'm going out, this is just me. I'm exactly like my grandmother at her age. It's genetics. It's in the cards. This is the hand I have been dealt.

BUT NO!!! I work in the nursing home industry and I see people from various ages in POOR conditions and hardly NO quality of life. I've decided I do not want to be a bariatric patient that takes 2-3 ppl to move me cause I can't move myself. I think to myself, I'm able to walk when so many others are not able to move at my age. There is still time for me to make a ONCE AND FOR ALL change. If not now, it will only get worse. I feel this extra weight is making me miss out on much of life that is still out there to live!!!!

I WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF QUALITY. I don't want to miss out on the Harley ride cause I'm too big, or not get on the roller coaster because my butt wont fit.

This is it, ONCE AND FOR ALL. I'm happy to meet you and I look forward to our journey together.