Boy you are right, maintenance is hard. I seem to have finally gotten it right, just have to be vigilant. It is harder to lose now. I am 63 also. Welcome sweetd6!

Welcome to everyone! Getup and Sweetd, you both have had enormous challenges of different kinds. I am sure you will both enjoy our group and find great support. How frightening it must have been to have picked up a virus in the heart. I hope that that issue is well in the past and you can focus on the rest. I think if my nephew lived with my mom til high school she would have passed out. As it is, he, his mom and dad lived with my mom from age 2 to 5. He is 12 now but she is still exhausted. We are still very active in his life. I don't have any children but he has been child enough for all of us!

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Welcome to the group! We look forward to getting to know you. Please post a reply and tell us about yourself. Also, feel free to start a new discussion at any time on something you need to know, want to share, or just think might be fun.

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Hello all! My name is Kathy and I was invited by marekdds. I've been with MFP since January and I absolutely love it!! It's what I need to get/stay on track. I've lost over 40 lbs and still have about 90+ to go. I'm 51 yrs old with 3 kids (34,33,29) yes I started young. I have a 4 yr old grand daughter who is the apple of my eye. I've struggled with my weight since my firstborn. Then made it worse by years of heavy drinking. Long story short, after getting very,very sick I made the decision to quit drinking. I've been sober for 2+ yrs and it took until January for me to be healthy enough (mentally more than physically) to start focusing on myself. I'm feeling great!! I've got a Fitbit, I joined Curves and I must say I'm feeling for the first time in a long time good about myself! With the help of my MFP friends I feel like I CAN DO THIS!! The support is phenomenal and I can't wait to hit my goal weight of 140. Feel free to friend me but only if you're as excited about your journey as I am.

Welcome Kathy,
Thanks for sharing your story, you have inspired me xx

Hi my name is Judy and I'm 64. I have been a yo yo dieter my whole life. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

Welcome, everyone! I am so happy to see this group grow!

Hello from Ottawa, Canada. My name is Wayne but my nieces & nephews always call me UncleMac. I am 51 years old, 5'11" and currently 258lbs, down from a peak of 283lbs. I'm a mesomorph so I'm never going to be svelte. Still, I would like to get back down to the 200lb range.

I was married to a woman with a personality disorder (narcissistic comorbid borderline) but after 20 years of trying, I concluded I've successfully proven it is not possible to love someone else healthy. By putting her needs ahead of my own (a very unhealthy habit) I slowly accumulated extra weight. I accept it was my choices that put me where I was and now it's my choices that will bring me to where I wish to be.

When I decided to tackle the issue, I saw a dietician who asked for me to log my food & exercise. He provided a paper diary and suggested if I preferred online, MFP was one of the options available.

Thanks for the invite, Jen.

Hi, I'm Beth, 56 years young (lol) and I live in New England. I have been on MFP since mid-January. So far I am loving the accountability of posting my food intake everyday. My staring weight was 210, my goal weight is 145, and my current weight is 176.2. I have been in a weight loss stall for 3 weeks. I'm not in a panic over this as I will not give up. I have tried many, many times to lose the weight but this time is different. I have a different mind set which I am trying to cement in my mind. I look forward to meeting you all and giving support and encouragement where needed.

Beth

Great to have so many new members.. I love the hanging out with the cool kids. Made me smile

Hi, my name is Lisa and I have struggled most of my life with my weight. This is the fourth and final journey for me. My highest weight on scale was 278. I wore a size 26/28 and they were getting tight. I wondered where people would buy there clothes from after that size. My wake up call was when I was looking through pictures of my daughters 3rd birthday party and I asked my father who that huge person was in the photo, it was a picture from the back, and I looked at my dad with a tear in his eye, and he said, honey that's you.
I cried so much, I was pre-diabetic and my mom died from diabetes and heart failure and I wanted to see my little girl grow up.
At the start of my journey I fell and shatterd my ankle and doctor said because of my weight he was not sure I would walk again. Surgery and later and a hollow plate in my leg, I was walking.
I went from 278 down to 175.
But you guessed it,back it came slowly but surely.
I have lost and gained, lost and gained, and once I saw the scale hit 235. Something clicked, I said. No more.
So since March down 20 pounds and now making it a lifestyle change for me.
I know this journey cannot be done alone so I'm looking for support and also to give it.
My first mini goal is to be under 200 by the time I turn Omg 50, phew I said it, lol in September. Final goal is to be at 160. And stay there. Hoping to make friends on this journey that have one thing in common, a healthier lifestyle.
Thanks for listening and let me share my story.

Lisa, welcome to the group.