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!

Hello to XAEL1234 and welcome! Feel free to add me as a friend, if you'd like. I'm on here every day! Best of luck to you on your weight loss journey. Same as you, I have a daughter and two grand babies. They're my main motivation to get healthy. You're lucky that you're starting this journey in your early 40's. I started too late and some of the damage I've done to my body is irreversible. So keep it up -- the time is now!

Hi there! My name is Anne and I too have a LOT of weight to lose. I'm 53 years old, married, and have a 25-yr-old daughter. I'm also a two-time breast cancer survivor.

I've been overweight since the day I came into this world at 10 lbs., 4 oz. My love for food (especially carbs) plus being an emotional eater has brought me to this place. I stepped on the scale at my dr's appt. last week and was thoroughly disgusted. I've reached the point where I can't deny my addiction anymore.

I just began using myfitnesspal.com this past week, so I'm a newbie, but I've gained and lost 100's of pounds in the past, so I'm not new to the concept of living healthier and weighing less.

I don't want to focus on the overwhelming amount of weight I have to lose, but rather on feeling healthier and being able to do the things I've never been able to do. I'm also focusing on doing the best that I can do one day at a time. Seems like a better approach to the whole idea than stressing over an overwhelming number of pounds all at once.

I figure I certainly didn't put all of this weight on overnight, so I can't expect to lose it overnight. Taking this into consideration, I think aiming for 10 or 20-pound goals is more realistic than thinking about 200 or lbs. Don't know if you'll agree, but this is the way I'm doing it and so far, so good.

My name is Paula. I am 42 years old, married with two kids. I have stuggled with my weight all my life. I have lost 100 or more pounds twice before, but my 42 year old metabolism is apparently much slower. I am really struggling this time, so I am hoping to find some friends on here so we can offer each other support. Feel free to add me as a friend if you like.

Hi :-)

My name is Taryn and I live in Olympia, WA.
I am so tired of being the chubby gal. I have decided that enough is enough and I am ready to make the change. I know I have lots of weight to lose and this 25 lb lost is just a drop in the bucket. Day by day is my motto - but I can use all the support out there! I have a really supportive boyfriend but he is from an active family (they all love being out on the boat etc..) Yesterday was a NSV for me - not only did I reach 25 lbs but I was able to enjoy the boat pain free. I was able to climb onto the boat from the dock with ease (that has not happened for a long time)

Thanks to all the support I have found in MFP I am chipping away at my weightloss goal :-)

-Taryn

services dogs help with PTSD too
My husband is a disabled veteran with a service dog and it has made a world of difference in his life he is able to be in crowds and stay places longer and do more by himself

Hello everyone. My name is Aedam, and I am 24, a mother of two, and a Navy wife. It was actually this year that made me want to get serious about weight loss. After years of childhood abuse, I finally got diagnosed with complex post traumatic stress disorder. I had used food as comfort my whole life, because it was the only thing I had to look forward to. I am currently in exposure therapy...bad timing since my husband is deployed. I decided to use the time during his deployment to take better care of myself while I am in treatment. I want to improve emotionally, psychologically and physically. It has been very difficult though, with my husband being away. He was my biggest support, and now we are lucky to email maybe once a week.

SW: 400
CW: 387
GW: 170

Really hoping to build a support system here, or anywhere. Thank you for reading.