Hi all,
I'm Teri or Tess (answer to both). Food has been my only 'friend' & 'comfort' since I was 14. I'm 42 now & because of personal loss am back up to my highest weight of 318.4lbs.
I'm 5'6 & suffer with depression, social phobia, & type 2 diabetes. So my only support is online. Makes doing this a bit harder to say the least. I found this site & then this group & thought this might just give me a way to get to where I want to go health wise safely.
I'm looking to lose about 100lbs if possible. My ideal weight is suppose to be about 160 but I've never been that so I'm trying to be more realistic. I figure 220 would be good since I haven't been that low since I smoked in my twenties.
Anyway, hope to make some friends & lose a little weight in the process. lol

Talk again soon.
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I'm Molly. 44. No kids. Current weight is 245. I have 1 very supportive boyfriend and 1 very supportive mother. I mostly live with my boyfriend who is a type 2 diabetic. But I do own a home where I stash my mother

I was early to "mature." I had a very curvy body and weighed 140 by the time I was in the 8th grade. Not exactly what this 8th grader was looking for. By graduation from high school I was 180. By graduation from college I was 240. I got down to 192 (I do remember the exact weight) in my early 20s but no where near that since. 267 was my high briefly in January when I sort of gave up and ate whatever whenever.

I LOVE food. I love extremely good food and I love crappy food - everything from foie gras to fritos.

I don't hate exercise. I generally like it. But, my hours are erratic and are usually 50-60 a week. I work a typical desk/management job but I also frequently have night meetings. So, morning workouts are usually OK but sometimes when I get home at 9:30pm I can't get my butt out of bed at 5:30 (especially if I have multiple night meetings in a row). And it's tough to workout after a 12 hour day. Add to the problem that having carried around all this weight ( having been a runner - yes at this size - in my late 20s and early 30s) is I've killed my joints. I LOVE to swim and do it when I can (a couple times a month). Excuses I know but when a girl is tired and hurting, it's hard to find motivation.

I'm restricting calories to 1450 right now (knowing I'll have to lower it). I'm also taking an Rx, Belviq (appetite suppression).

Hi im Tiffany! im engagedto phillip, together we have 4 children, 3 of which came out of my own body. i am currently 5 ft 2 inches tallweighing in at 261. at my heaviest i was 290. my goal weight is 160. i never wanted to be thin just healthy! im type 2 diabetes, and i need a hernia operation. the dr will not operate untilim under 200 lbs, ive considered surgery but i really wanna do this on my own!

Hi Everyone! I'm a 30 year old living in Pennsylvania. I'm tired of being overweight and am ready to make a change. I've had the myfitness pal app for awhile but haven't really been using it. Looking for support and friends to help me keep on track!

Hi. I have decided it is time to improve my health and life. I found this website and now this group. I hope to provide and find support from others that are trying to loose a substantial amount of weight. At 260, I was larger than I have ever been - even during all 3 of my pregnancies. Over the past few month I have made some major breakthroughs and now my focus is on moving forward with a more positive, healthy and active life. I have been making changes in my eating and joined a gym about 3 weeks ago. Last week I purchased a Fitbit to see if that would help. So far in the past 3 weeks I have lost about 14 pounds. I still have a long way to go, but it's a start.

Looking forward to meeting some accountability friends on here. Send me a friend invite and/or www.fitbit.com/user/2QH28L

Hello,

I have joined a medical weightloss center in my city to help me drop the weight. I wanted to use MFP as a way to help keep me honest with my tracking. I am on a 1400 calorie plan by the doctor at the weight loss center. It is my last ditch effort I guess before seriouslly considering surgery. I do not want to go that route (I hate hospitals).

I have a long way to go and was hoping by being active in the online communties on MFP I will be more likely to stick through this.

If anyone wants to add me as a buddy please message me. Thnx.

Hello everyone. I'm Billie, a 41 year old chef and sometimes doula, mom of three amazing children ages 23, 18 and 16 and wife to a very supportive and loving man. I have struggled with being overweight for most of my adult life and have been on MFP for a few years with mixed dedication (and therefore, mixed results). I usually go a couple of months and do just fine before getting derailed, giving up on tracking and gaining all the weight back. This time, even though I have been far from perfect, my attitude has changed and I am able to see a setback as something to prompt me to take a step back and re-evaluate and move forward rather than allow it to drag me down and make me lose momentum. Because of this new outlook, I'm proud to say that despite a few weeks of being less than conscientious about my choices, I have tracked all of my food for all but two of the last 158 days!

I started out at almost 300 pounds, and my first big goal is to simply get below 200 pounds, which means 68 pounds to lose to reach that goal. I'm going for a slow but steady because I'm aiming to do more than just lower my dress size, I am overhauling my life! I'm sick of feeling tired and want to take back my life and be the active and healthy person I know I can be. I look forward to shopping for that new wardrobe, too!

I'd love to make some MFpals to share stories, struggles, encouragement and support as well as helping each other stay accountable and motivated. Feel free to send a friend request, I am a very active and supportive pal here on MFP! I LOVE cheering my pals on and need some friends who will do the same!

Hi my name is Jen. I am 35 years old from southern California. Been on here for about 3 months and down 60 pounds so far. Looking for some encouragement and friends!

Hi My name is Diana, and I live in South Jersey. I've been overweight most of my life, and I'm motivated more than ever to get this weight off. I'm down 18 pounds, but I'm looking to lose over 160 pounds.

Hello all. I am Maggie. My highest weight (March 2013) was 339. I am now somewhere in the vicinity of 270. (this is the first time I have publicly shared those numbers) I have either been on a diet, or was aware that I should be on a diet, since grade school and I am 49 years old. My goal is to be healthy, not skinny or sexy or anything else. I have a good life and I want to be around to live it for a very long time.

I started this weight loss journey due to significant health concerns, then promptly began to lose motivation once I felt better. It seems I have gained and lost the same 10-15 lbs too many times to count in the past year or so. I joined MFP a couple of weeks ago to try to get myself back on track. I had stopped tracking my food and exercise, and thus fell back into bad habits.

Just when I thought I had my diet under control w/MFP, a friend came to visit for a week. We "celebrated" with food the entire time. (we both struggle with our weight). My friend left yesterday, so now I am facing the music. My wife turned to me last night as I was eating a giant bowl of ice cream and said only, "You are going to be so mad at yourself before long." Boy, was she ever right. .

Today, I am struggling with negative thoughts. I know I should be proud of myself for saying, "this stops today", and getting back on track. Instead, I am focused on the "failures" of last week. I'm hoping to sweat out some of the negativity in my yard today (I live to garden), but the rain may force me to turn to my exercise bike instead.

How do the rest of you handle this situation? We all know that beating ourselves up does not really help with weight loss, but I'm fairly sure we all do it. The physical aspect of weight loss is the easy part for me. It's the mental aspect that defeats me every time. suggestions?