Long road ahead, 50+ lbs to lose!

Hi! I'm in a similar situation except I need to lose 200+ pounds to be in my healthy weight. I'm 39 and have truly lost out on many things I used to love and do. Morbid obesity is no joke and I think it's great you're starting now.

In a way, I am just the opposite. I was horribly skinny as a child. I was 5'8" and 120 lb when I graduated high school (can you say Twiggy in a cinch belt?). In college a maintenance diet was 3000 calories. Believe me when I say this is not an enviable state to be in. I got to point often when just the thought of food was nauseating. Then at 35, my metabolism rolled over and died. I am now over 60 lbs overweight. My maintenance diet now is about half that of college.

Most of my weight seems to be in my abdomen. Bending over is very difficult as this "basketball" pushes into my diaphragm and makes it difficult to breathe. That makes exercise hard to do. How to you get motivated to gasp for breath? I need buddies to keep me going when I don't want to move.

I am the same height and same starting weight (although was even heavier in the past) and it sounds like we are built the same as I have super muscular legs but most of my weight is around my stomach.

A few years ago I lost a bunch of weight but it slowly all came back so I decided at the beginning of this year that I had to do something about it. 4 weeks down and I've already lost 22lbs.

I take it one day at a time and celebrate my accomplishments without punishing myself if I mess up. If I can do it, so can you!

I'm 21 and 5'6 at 187 lbs. I've managed to lose 11 lbs since november, but I've always been overweight and I'm really worried about yoyo-ing. I think it's great that everyone here has decided to make a change, it really gives me hope for myself!

Thanks for posting! I'm 25 and I have pretty much always been overweight as well, was made fun of in school, always passed up by the guys I had a crush on (even sometimes for girls just as big). I guess I just had that "outcast" quality that made people act that way, maybe because I tried too hard to be liked, or at least that's what one of those boys told me through a friend. Anyway, I tried WW in high school and lost 30 lbs, which at the time got me down to 199 and that was the lowest weight I've been and the only time I've been in ONEderland since I was about 13-14. After that I gained it all back and throughout the years of binge/emotional eating I managed to gain another 40 on top of it. I finally found a different way of eating I started Dec 22 that has changed my whole relationship with food and eliminated my cravings and hunger. I seriously don't feel tempted to eat bad anymore and that is an awesome feeling! I have a boyfriend who I've been with for 4 years and he has been very supportive. He has admitted that at times my eating habits have put him off and that has made me feel really guilty, so even though I am doing this for myself and my health, I'm excited to show him that I can overcome my past habits and become the healthy, shapely wife that he can be proud of and we can spend many many more years together, especially since he's quit smoking! Cheers! You can do it!!!

Hey I'm 25 and at 226 pounds. I started exercise and eating better in January but I'm not using it as a New Years cliche I need to stick with it this time. I've been overweight my whole life, have tried many times to lose weight but never succeeded. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety and I realized my food intake and unhealthy living in general had so much to do with it so I need to change! I've lost 8 pounds since January working out 3x/week! Looking for motivators as well so I will add you now

I am older then all of you but wanted to let you know I too can relate it does not know an age. I have legs of a body builder work at a y teach classes and know all the right things to do but I have been the chunky of the family most of my life. I would like to have some friends that understand it does not know an age. I was on a medication that caused my liver to have a high reading but in my heart I know it is the weight. I am learning to eat cleaner. Got a Misfit shine and do a lot of water aerobics I have lost 20 lbs I can not do the diet thing it has an end I have been there too many times and back. I need a change in my way of life. I don't want to feel like I am carting around an extra person. I have so many people in my classes that come to me for health reasons. So here I am wanting myself to help me and anyone else to stay motivated. I work out several times a week now not just my water classes. I do feel better but I want more. I can tell you if workin out is hard for anyone I would recommend the water as a starting point. Low impact and support. As well as resistance. Good luck with each of you as we all have a journey that needs to be reached.