I am Tiffany I have two baby girls one 7 years old and one 5 months old. I started exercising and eating right when she turned three months old but I fell off the wagon a month later and gaine half of the twenty pounds da I lost back! But I am starting again and hopefully will stay motivated!

Hi! I'm Cyn. I too am a mom, and my love bug is 6 1/2. She is my absolute world! Like everyone else I'm super busy. Full time job, wife, mother, friend, Girl Scout leader. I am super geeky. I love gaming (board, and rpg, with some video), Dr. Who, Sci Fi, and reading. I am also crafty, and love to quilt, cross-stitch, make scarp books and cards. I have 134 lbs to lose to get to my ultimate goal weight (165), but in general just want to get more fit.

Other than being fat, I am healthy - not diabetic or pre-diabetic, good cholesterol, great blood pressure, etc. but the extra weight isn't good for my joints and such, and I want to avoid further health complications in the future.

I really want to get to a weight where I'm health enough to do treetop adventure courses, go zip lining, and try rock climbing - though my lifelong lack of upper body strength is kind of a hindrance there. I also want to do a fun 5K, though I am by no means a runner, unlike some of the previous ladies.

I'm Samantha, I'm 23, and I am also a mom. I have a 5 year old son and two daughters, 22 months and 5 months. I also am a full time student majoring in Nursing and Spanish, although I may drop to part time this semester because my schedule will have me at school until 5:00 pm on three nights and 7:00 pm on the two others and I don't want to get a babysitter that long since my husband usually works all day and some nights. Also, my son starts kindergarten this fall and I want to be involved in the PTO/PTA and be able to help him with homework every night.

I've been overweight since I was little and was in a size 18 adult jeans in 5th and 6th grade. I dropped some weight to 160 pounds and was in a size 11 jeans after 6th grade and stayed that size all through high school but gained 80 pounds when I was pregnant with my son when I was 18. I think it was a mixture of getting married, settling down, making my own food in our own place, and being pregnant all mixed together but either way, I gained a lot. I joined MFP and lost 20 pounds after that but I was in college full time so I stopped tracking because I didn't have enough time. I stayed around 240 until I had my older daughter where I got to 230-235 and then stayed there until I decided to try losing again in April of this year. Since then, I have lost just under 20 pounds. I am aiming for 140 because 147 is the beginning of the "healthy" BMI for me (5'4). I might change my goal once I get closer but that's what it is currently.

My trick is just waiting to eat as long as possible and not eating until I am actually hungry. For some reason, eating food makes me hungry quicker than if I don't eat. I don't have breakfast because I'm not hungry until the afternoon around 1 or so, but if I eat breakfast I'll be hungry again around 10am. I have lunch and dinner like normal though.

Welcome to the group Heather! I'm Anu and my story is similar to yours. I was not exactly obese or too overweight, but not thin either and then after I got married and especially after the baby I reached my highest weight. Put on 50 lbs. Have lost 12 so far, but some 40+ to go.

I was (and at times still am) a snacker. I also began bringing oatmeal to work. I still have a problem with snacking when I get home from work. I like your idea of eating a snack right before leaving work. I might try that....thanks for a great tip!

Hi! My name is Jamie. I am a mom to a beautiful 7-year-old girl and a handsome 6-year-old boy. :-) I work full time outside of the home.

I have lost a ton of weight before and gained it all back (plus a few pounds). I know I can do this! I currently have 102 lbs. to lose, which seems daunting, but I am taking it 10 lbs. at a time!