Hello. This is Allan. I'm 47, live with my girl friend, and have a 20 year old in college. I have a desk job and travel (domestic and international) a lot.

I joined MFP about 18 months ago and lost 30lbs (had about 20 more to go) and then got off track. I'm back to where I started. Restarting now. Summer time, fall tailgating and of course the holidays are when I tend to pack on the pounds. I'm hoping that starting later will keep me going through the full year instead of the yoyo I've been doing.

Current fitness goals:
1) Lose 5lbs per month through the rest of the year (target 190lbs by my 48th birthday in February).
2) Run both the Warrior Dash (April 20th) and Tough Mudder (in the fall) with my daughter this year.
3) Earn the NASM CPT by the end of the year.

Thanks for having a group like this! Hope to be a regular contributor (and maybe the Offensive Line Coach).

Welcome Allan, pull up a stool, we always have room for people who can protect our blindside.

Hey Gents,

Mark, 32 (middle-aged?) working professional for 13 years, happily married for 6 1/2, two kiddos aged 2 & 4 and since February I've lost 52 pounds. One dark and stormy night (actually, it was morning and probably had snow on the ground) I got on the scale for the first time since high school and tipped the scale at 350lbs. Devastated, to say the least. I started using MFP in January but didn't purchase the scale until February out of fear. I sit behind a desk for 50+ hours/week and before learning how to lose weight, I probably consumed nearly 4,000 calories per day without a minute of exercise, wondering, "why am I so fat?!" I have a great support system at home and at work. My co-worker Marty is in his mid-40's and he's lost over 30lbs... we've been each other motivators. We'll place bets on what time we think our sales girl is going to come in or whether or not she'll call off. There's never any money involved, we usually wager with calories. "I'll bet a 2,000 calorie lunch, she calls off Friday...." Of course we never actually follow through, but it's just fun to get the other guy to squirm a little bit. Anyway, Railr0adertom invited me on Friday and I just now got the chance to see the craziness that has been going on here. Thanks for the invite and I'll be sticking around!!

Hey guys, Kevin here. 47yrs old and pregnant...at least that's what I look like. It hit me when my fat jeans were starting to become tight. I used to be athletic and healthy and somehow transformed into a sloth. Putting my weight back in order, kicking and screaming. Lost 15 lbs so far and dropped a jean size already. 30 lbs more to go, and I need a guys hang out on here. Looks like I found a great one.

Welcome Kevin. pull up a stool and grab a cold one.

wow 180 lbs ...way to go

If that is for me, thanks but 180 is my goal, still got a ways to get there. Welcome to the madhouse BTW

Jaytree here, I love the Group Title!

Over the 50 year mark last year and trying to get into a good workout program while working swing shifts.

Thank you Tony, I feel welcomed.

It's definitely no picnic working swing shifts. Problem with me is I don't feel like doing anything even on my OFF days. I'm ready for some life change.

Welcome. It ain't much but we like it.

Well I just typed my intro and was apparently under the delusion that the settings option above this box would expand and allow me to add my ticker..... but alas it simply erased everything I wrote.

In any event, I am 37 yrs old, 250 lbs and looking to shed 50 lbs. I hovered in the mid 230s for a few years but added an additional 15 lbs this winter.... I also play softball and the extra girth is quite noticeable on my knees and my endurance when I play.

I am a technology guy so I have downloaded this app and paired it with RunKeeper (an app I use to track walks and runs). I feel that increased activity is the true equalizer when it comes to your body's desire to pack on pounds so I am going to do my best to run as much as possible.



I see some great progress on the other tickers in this post and I look forward to using your stories as inspiration.

Dan

Welcome Dan

I'm 34, currently morbidly obese (according to my doc) but I think I'm just fat.

I am all messed up, medically, with a brain tumor pushing against my pituitary gland. That regulates hormones like testosterone, blood pressure etc.

I also have epilepsy. My doc thinks the tumor is related but I digress...

Regardless of the reasoning, If I look at anything awesome like pizza or nachos or chicken fried steak my blood pressure rises and I gain weight. Not that those are healthy anyway but I have less calorie burn than the next guy. Too bad, so sad right?

I am sexy regardless of my weight (you should see my moobs glistening in the summer sunlight as I emerge from the pool) but I hate (HUGE exclamation point insertion after "hate") any kinda pills or medications.

I cannot help the epilipsy meds but I can influence my blood pressure. I want to keep dropping weight and exercising until the pills are unnecessary.

My goals are modest for now (30 lbs) but, in a perfect world, I would like to have abs (I'm guessing that will be around a 70 lb weight loss.)

I am glad I found this group. I don't want to see a bunch of starving teenie boppers or personal trainer wanna-bees. All I want to see are like goals and determinations.

Welcome in new guys Jeff, Dan, Brando and others I may have missed.

Not super active group, but ask for suggestions and many will see and hopefully respond. Besides seeing some folks to friend who might have similar interests or goals or activity.

Brando - sorry to hear about the difficulty ya gotta get over to hopefully have this be a tad easier. Those catch-22 situations always suck.

I would add that if you have Nutrition questions. Heybales is as good as you will find to ask. Science of this all is his thing.

Name's David, 52, from PA, married with two kids. I need to lose around 160 lbs. Nice place you have here, and anyone needing a friend to lend an ear or vice versa, I am here. Just started last Thursday, 6/19 and already making progress.

Hello group...I'm 50+ and focused on maintaining/improving muscle/fitness as I get even older...

Hello! My name is Carl amd I am 53 years old. I am about 75 lbs overweight amd have several,weight related medical issies(high blood pressure amd sleep apmea) amd aches and pains. Imwon a one year membership/ 5 training sessions at aloca, gym. Imstarted going about 4 weeks ago and keeping track of my workouts and calories on MFP. I have lost 3.6 lbs so far. Iam addicted to the gym!

I would be interested in frie ds who are in a similar position!

Welcome Carl and thanks for the FR

Hey Dennis, welcome