Hi all. I've been back to MFP for perhaps 2 months, after taking a break while journeying with my spouse through her experience with pancreatic cancer. Today she's cancer free, and down 115 pounds due to the cancer. She wants to keep the weight off if she can, so our nourishment goals are compatible.

I'm 60. Most of my fat life I lived fit, active, energetic, but fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, celiac disease, and Lymphedema, as well as lingering effects of several whiplashes, being hit by a fast car while walking across a street, and a few other body hits and hurts have radically altered my health and ability to mobilize. I walk with 2 canes, slowly and deliberatively.

I've recently started exercising in my new recliner, because I spend a lot of time here and want to make some of it count for more than comfort. I can do strength training, yoga & chi gong, and even cardio exercises in my chair.

I'm much more solitary than a joiner, but I hope to connect with some of you for mutual support and cheerleading.

Please friend me! I've set my diary to private in order to be radically honest with myself about what I consume, when, and how much. Typically I am a healthy foods eater, but during the stress of this last year I've made junk food and stress-eating the norm and am not ready to out my eating until I've worked up a bit more self-mastery.

Hi there

I'm so glad I found this group!

I'm from the UK and I've got around 200lb to lose to get down to an 'ideal' weight... and damn is it scary! I'm looking at my best friend and thinking ;I have to lose nearly TWO of you?'

I can empathise with so many who've posted here - I feel like I'm not living some days, just existing. Wearing clothes until they're literally in threads because it's SO hard to find anything flattering. Desperately searching for images of the seating in theatres when invited out to see a show, because the embarrassment of not fitting in the last ones will haunt me forever. Hearing about friend's amazing foreign holidays and knowing that even if I could afford the flights, I'd never fit in the seats. Watching my two little girls grow up and realising that the time I have to climb trees, play football, mess about on climbing frames and zipwires and go camping with them is just rushing away from me... so I've had it! I'm taking my life back

I've been eating at a deficit for 3 weeks, two on MFP, and I'm down 8lb. Onwards and downwards!

Please PLEASE add me if you want to, I do much better as part of a team

ahh I posted that before I had finished! lol

I am very embarrassed but I thought I would share my list of reasons to lose weight.

1. General Health Reasons.
2. Back Pain.
3. Knee Pain
4. Lack of energy
5. To wear normal clothes
6. To go on holiday
7. To ride a horse again.
8. To improve career prospects
9. To 're-balance' my hormones so I can get rid of my excess facial hair
10. To find love
11. to be able to go swimming in public without fear of being laughed at.
12. To never have to judge furniture's ability to hold me
13. To be allow photos of me to be taken

Hi Lori!! Welcome

I feel the same, and it is really daunting thinking about how far we have to go but My Fitness Pal has been amazing. I would add lots of users to your friends if you haven't already - I find seeing everyone's updates really motivating and everyone has been super supportive.

I wish this group was more active though... not much seems to happen in here x

Hello to Lori and Erica -- welcome to the group that none of us really wants to be a part of! With hard work hopefully we'll all be out of here next year to join the "100 lbs. to lose" group! Feel free to add me if you'd like, but my diary isn't much help because I'm not a good eater. Take care, Valerie

Hi my name is Charles but my friends all call me TJ.

Well I don't want to go into to much detail ( may go more into myself later). I currently weigh 721 lbs but I was 748 at my heaviest. I have chosen to embark on this journey with out the help of weight loss surgery. I have struggled my whole life with my weight and have had a very difficult life. Part of my journey is to take some responsibility and stop making excuses for why I am allowing myself to die a slow and horrible death. I have made the decision to loose the weight and I know I have around 475 more lbs to loose and it will be the hardest struggle in my life however it will also be my greatest victory!!

Look forward to meeting all of you and sharing my tips, tricks setbacks and successes with you all!

Hello

I am new to this group. I am 45 years old and I need to loose at LEAST 200 lbs. I am feeling rather hopeless. I lost 32 lbs and then gained 30 back. I am hoping I can figure out how the group works. Any of you ladies that wants to friend me please please do I can use some support from other ladies that understand.
thanks
Tamijoy

My name is Lene and I'm 29. I swore id never get to 300lb but 300 came and went and I was 350 at my heaviest. My biggest issue is not finding clothes. I want to look nice in things I like not settle for oddly shaped or overpriced plus size clothes. Lately that motivated me the most... kinda shallow. I was super thin till puberty then got pcod and ballooned to over 200 by 20 and up and down for a long time. Tried a lot of diets and cleanses and pills. Never worked. So glad I joined this site all I do is stay in my calories and TRY to be active as much as possible. So far just cutting calories I've lost 6lb in a little over a week. Im glad im not alone in wanting to drop 200lb. Good luck to you all and please add me if you want

Hiya Lene4Life..

Sorry, only recently got a new phone. It's really annoying how you cannot access the groups on the mobile app, because i'm rubbish at logging in on here :-D

Thanks for the tips, yea I've started logging everything even if I go over. I'm trying the 5:2 diet (started this week) because a friend of mine has had success with it and said that it helps with willpower issues because on the 'fasting' days you can just tell yourself - "it's ok i'll eat such and such tomorrow and removes the impulsive eating.

I really need to get motivated again with exercising. We have a very large padding pool thing in our garden at the moment which you can swim about in so been doing that every day lately - god doesn't it feel nice to weigh so little floating about in the water? ha ha ha

Howdy!

I'm 26 years old and at my highest weight I was 424 pounds. I feel that I've been living my life up to this point by half measures, and I don't want to live like this anymore. My weight has held me back for so long, and I'm tired of it. I joined this site 2 years ago and I lost 47 pounds. Everything was great until I got depressed (I'm an emotional eater), fell off the wagon, and gained back 35 of those pounds I lost. Now I'm finally ready to try again.

To all my other Heavy Weights: I believe in all of you! If you ever need support, I'm here. We're all going through this together. Remember, we didn't gain this weight overnight, so just take it one day and time and do what you can. Let's go for broke!