You have joined the right group. I so get everything you said. I hate going to a restaurant and they set the family at a booth. I quietly pray that the table can move. I love to travel too. I hate getting on an airplane because one I can't buckle the seat belt (I refuse to ask for the extension), so I bring my pillow and hold it. Then it's like you spread out into the seat next to you, so I make my kids sit on the same side as me so I can put the arm rest up. I love to play sports too but hate if I have to do any kind of running because it like all the fat is clapping. I get so embarrassed about my size. I do understand more then you know.

You can friend me if you would like. This is my second time of using MFP. I have been doing better this time with my logging my food. I was doing good posting but the last couple of weeks I have been in a slump mood. But I normally read all my post and love to read about what others are doing (sometimes it helps me with my own struggles.)

Welcome!!! I know what you mean I went to LA this past summer and was so scared I was going to have to get an extender for the seat belt. It closed but barely and it was so uncomfortable, both physically and mentally. I work as a makeup artist/body painter and costume designer so I spend most of my days making the hot women of the world look even better. As I paint their perfect little bodies I catch a glimpse of myself and feel sick. I have started this journey to a fitter me. I have lost 16lbs since the beginning of the year and it partly due to the support of this group and MFP in general. You came to the right place!

Same shoes. I'm 30 and I have 3 kids, I want to keep up with them. It's HARD. My boyfriend is tall and thin and always has been. He's never struggled with weight, but he's trying to be sympathetic and understanding.. but it's embarassing. I don't want a seatbelt extender on the freaking airplane. I don't want to not fit into rollercoaster seats. I don't want to have my belly rest on the table in a restaurant booth. I don't want to need to rest when we go out. I'm tired of my hips hurting. I'm not even going to get into the sex part.. but that could use a change too. Bleh. I'm ready for changes. Both my parents died from diabetic related complications between 2009 and 2011. I don't want that for me and I definitely don't want my kids to see me suffer from something I could have prevented.

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Here's the thing, I'm in mid fifties, 300 pounds and I love to travel. Can you travel at 300 pounds? Maybe some can, I can't. My knees are killing me, going up the stairs (one step at a time with 2 feet) is real torture. Walking in a room and thinking you're taking up all the space, shamed to go through a door when someone is leaning on it as you must make them get out of the way, taking so much space in a movie theatre that you don't want anyone to sit beside you, not wanting a booth in a restaurant and so many other everyday moments are hurting my self esteem... so I want to change all that and I need a buddy or group of buddies to share good and bad everyday struggles, to share an accomplishment only another 300 pound friend would understand....

Hi! I just started Jan 6, at 357. I also have really bad knees, hips, and back. (And a host of medical problems) I am 60 yr. old, and I would love to be your friend! Dinobomp (aka Diane). We can succeed!

Good morning all. I am in the same boat. 40 years old, 300+. This is my second serious try with MFP. I finally feel like I've going to get this in control. I have 3 kids, and I'm tired of being tired! I have Fibromyalgia, so that adds another issue, but getting this weight off will surely help. I'm currently following a low carb plan, and keep my carbs below 50. I have noticed that keeping them low, and eating lots of healthy protein + salads, broccoli, cauliflower, etc, that I am not having the food cravings that I was experiencing. If you want, friend me, and I will be glad to be an accountability partner. Have a blessed day!