Hi, so glad you started this group again. I started my journey on 5/22 weighing 224. I am 46 and 4"11'. My current weight is now 182.5. My goal is to get down to about 140.

Hello again. I started my journey in July of this year. I made small changes to my diet by adding fruits and veggies instead of restricting myself from the things I enjoyed. In the past I had always succumbed to my desire for poor food choices when I knew I was trying to limit them, so I attempted a different approach by focusing on what I needed to add. This works well for me. I switched fully over to 80/20 clean eating about three weeks ago and I'm loving it. Had lost about 17lbs total, but then I got a new scale...which had a 6lbs difference...heavier of course. *sigh* so here I am now, 3lbs from my original 17lbs loss. I've begun a strength training program this week along with approximately 3 days of cardio exercise. I'm loving it, so far, and I'm not ever hungry.

Hello and good luck everyone!

Hi I am Krishna. 5' 7 1/2". I started logging again on November 1. Starting weight 218. Right now I am 210-211. I hope to reach 160 at least by the end of next year. I have pcos diabetes and insulin resistance. I need to make myself healthy.

Hi everyone. I'm starting my journey now, before Thanksgiving tomorrow. I've been through this a few times and just posted that I was looking for an accountability partner but I think this group will be great. I am 5'2" with a starting weight of 180 and would like to lose 50 lbs. Not even sure if that is realistic to do in a year.

Hi, I'm Jill, I'm 51 Married with 3 children and 3 grandchildren (My Bumbles). I live in the NE of Scotland. I'm 200lbs and would like to lose around 50 as my son is getting married in 2 years and I would like to look nice. I would really like a 'buddy' to encourage me and be encouraged. My first goal is to start some form of exercise.

I started on October 15th at 184.6. My goal is to loose 60 pounds to put me at 125. So far I've lost 16 pounds. I aiming to loose 1% per week so that will be sometime around June for me to be at my goal weight. I've been walking Monday-Friday and doing some simple exercises at home. I don't usually exercise on the weekends, I probably should but just haven't yet.

Hi all,

I am a 22yrs who is almost 5"11.
Began my journey at 230 pounds and now am down to 184. Still have 10 pounds to go before I reach my goal weight 174.

Glad to have found this group !

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I have battled with my weight my entire adult life. I am 32 and weigh 230. I have done weight watchers and was successful before I had kids. My kids are 5, 3, and 4 months and I gained weight with each pregnancy and never lost it. I just joined this week. I am hoping to stay motivated! I joined the gym and exercise 3-4 times a week.

Your kids are about the same distance apart as mine. They are now 17, 15 and 13 tomorrow! Hang in there. It's hard to find the time, but make sure you do take some time for yourself. Keep going to that gym!

Hi everyone, My name is Kristin. I just joined MFP this week in the hopes of finding people who were walking the same path ... or at least a similar one. In the past month, I turned 40 *and* hit my highest lifetime weight-- kind of a double whammy. It was a wake-up call and no more excuses for me. As of today, I've got about 60'ish lbs. to lose, though, I'm focusing on small increments.

Hi,

I'm Carl. Been a yo-yo dieter for years. Lost some weight some years ago, but since stopping various sports/exercise (due to injury, operation and rehabilitation), I put weight on.

I started my most recent (and last!) weightloss journey around a month ago. I'd not stepped on any scales for over 2 years. I used a set of scales at the gym (having recently got back into powerlifting) and saw that I was off the scale - which went to 20st. So, I weighed on a friend's scales and they showed 20st 10lbs. Even that didn't spur me into action. Around a week later, I went to a local fairground with my girlfriend and our son. She took a photo of me, on a ride with him (he's 14 months old and amazing). The photo was horrible. I look like some kind of honey monster and I wasn't happy with how I've allowed myself to convince myself that, because I can move heavy weights in the gym, I am allowed to carry a significant amount of bodyfat. My girlfriend says she doesn't see me like that, which is nice of her. But, I don't want to be so overweight that I can't do things with my son.

So, taking 20st 10lb as my starting weight, I decided that I want to lose a good chunk of, er, chunk. I'm taking it bit by bit and focusing on smaller goals - initially, for my weight to start with a 'teen'. Then to aim for half stone losses and to celebrate being in a new 'stone' bracket, as well as celebrating losing entire stones.

So far, so good. As I said, start weight: 20st 10lb (290lb), current weight (at my most recent weigh in - last Friday) 19st 8lb (274lb), so a loss of 16lb (or, 1st 2lb).

I've made a significant change to my eating habits. I've stopped eating fast-food breakfasts (and fast-food in general), I've stopped snacking, I've stopped snacking on rubbish food - biscuits were a particular downfall, I've stopped drinking calorific drinks - sachets of latte/hot chocolate at ~100kcal per drink.

My usual diet during the day (at work) is...

Breakfast - 2 eggs on a thin bagel, Vitamin supplement
Lunch - soup (home made, if possible), satsuma, apple
PM snack - protein supplement (MyProtein Impact Diet Whey, 1 scoop, with water)
Drinks - 2 or 3 black coffees - no sugar, water

Then for dinner, I'm having whatever the family have - but, I make sure that I measure and account for everything and that I'm within my calorie allowance and also that I'm there or thereabouts with my macro split.

I also batch make some small portions of sugar-free jelly (orange, with mandarin segments is a favourite).

My long-term aim is to get to around 14st - so quite a lot to lose, from 290 to 196lbs. But, I'll be happier once I get to around 16st - 224lbs.

Hi everyone
My name is Helen & I'm from Wales, UK.
I've had a MFP account for ages but not used it much until now!
My weight loss ultimate target is to lose 80lbs, at the moment I'm 238lbs which is the heaviest I've ever been!
Over the last year I've gained 28lb through lack of exercise as I have arthritis which has worsened, reducing my mobility. Thankfully my joints are now stable & I'm back to the gym & slowly finding my weight loss mojo again!
Looking forward to getting to know you all & sharing the weight loss journey x

My name is Beth, and I am a mother of 2 in Canberra, Australia. I am having a second go at losing the weight, the first time was derailed by family issues. I have a huge amount to lose, but I get discouraged by that so have split it down to 10kg mini goals. I hope to hit my first goal sometime in the next fortnight.

SW 135.6kg (298lb)
CW 125.8kg (277lb)
GW 55kg (121lb)

Hi, I'm Cheryl. I started my weight loss journey most recently on 10/6/15. I've gotten off to a good start but still have 58lbs to get to my ideal weight. I know I can do it but also know it will be a challenge. Looking forward sharing my challenges and ways to overcome them, hope to hear some of yours as well.

Hi, My name is Bernadette. I'm half way to my goal weight. Down 58, 57 to go. The first twenty pounds took 2 years to accomplish, I didn't get serious about changing my eating habits until April. Since then I've lost 38 lbs. It's taking a while, but I'm hoping to adopt eating habits that will last for the rest of my life and not just while I'm losing weight. I'm tired of losing and gaining over and over again.