Introductions
Saiosyn
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Tell us why you're here. And anything else you would like.
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My name is Rhonda and I have been overweight most of my adult life. As most, my weight has been like a roller coaster ride with the ups and downs. I am 57 years old and have made a decision that I am so tired of being so tired all of the time and need to lose this weight so I feel better and can be more active with my husband, children and grandchildren. So my most recent journey began four weeks ago when we started a Biggest Loser competition at my workplace. I have lost 20 pounds so far and continue to lose around 2 pounds a week. I am so determined that I will succeed at this, this time!12
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My name is Amanda and I have been overweight my entire life. Up until recently, I really had no other health issues. Now it's starting to affect my health and I owe it to my family and my kids to be a better mom and role model. I have tried before in the past, joining biggest loser competitions and other workout/weightloss programs and I find that I put too much stress on myself and then end up giving up because it gets too overwhelming. This time is different for me because I started this one on my own without anyone harping on me and I am making changes that I can continue as a lifestyle change. I know eventually I will have to tweak my method, but for now I can't complain. So far I'm down 15lbs in 15 days and I don't feel deprived or stressed. I'm so excited to finally feel like I have control!
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Oops, I started a thread instead of posting here.
After a visit to the doctor where my bloodwork raised a few questions, I finally got serious about my weight with the new year.
My stretch goal is to drop 100lbs in 2017. So far, I am on track by losing 2lbs a week. Religiously tracking everything I eat has made all the difference for me. I've cut out almost all fast food and junk food. One day I treated myself to a big bag of dorito's from the gas station, I told myself I would make it last several days but devoured it the afternoon I bought the bag. Logging 1400 calories under Snacks put me over for the day but killed my urge to buy even a small bag ever since.
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Hello all! New member. Finally digging in with concerted effort to combat this weight. 38, single, professional who travels often for work. I just completed the Whole 30 to kick off this journey and feel great! Focused on healthy whole foods and tracking calories. Beginning workout plan too, starting with walking. Long way to go, but really excited to achieve this success.7
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I've been overweight since I hit puberty. I went from being a stick and underweight to being overweight pretty quickly. Since then it's been a slow gain. I'm currently 24 years old and tired of bein fat. The issue I have is I barely eat and when I did, it was carby, starchy, or high calorie. Every time I tried to reverse it before, I ended up giving up because it wasn't money smart to buy my grocery list and whoever else I was living with. And I'd convince myself I was just supposed to be fat. That's who I was. But, I'm pretty fed up with that way of thinking and what I see in the mirror. Plus I need to keep up with my little one soon.7
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Hey everyone, I'm Maggie. I'm 34 and 399 lbs. I recently ignored my doctor's requests to eat healthier and loss weight and not I'm on a regime of six pills a day and insulin to regulate my diabetes. Kind of in a low place, looking for friends and people to talk too, so please add me.
I work full time, take care of my ailing mother and raise chickens I also have two dogs and two cats. 12 -
Hello all! I have at least 100lbs to lose (I'm going to evaluate after that) and it's been a super slow journey so far. I have PCOS and I've been getting heavier since grade school. I've been trying to manage it but sure enough, here we are.
SW: 263
CW: 245
GW: 150 (ish)
I have an office job so I've been trying to slowly introduce sustainable life changes - walk more, drink more water, hit the gym, cut the carbs, etc. So far so good (this time!). I try and do weights 3-4x a week, cardio 4-5x a week, and I have a personal trainer once a week.
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Hi everyone my name is Priscilla and I am in need of a group like this. I weighed myself January 3rd and was totally disgusted with myself I was at an all time high of 247.8. I panicked and said there was no way I was going to reach the 250 mark. I then started to watch what I was eating but there was no guideline to follow or any tracking. I managed to lose 10.8 lbs. A friend then told me about this site and I was THRILLED! I LOVE IT! LOVE THE TRACKING! LOVE EVERYTHING....LOL......I do believe this is a lifestyle change, not a DIET.
SW 247.8
CW 237 (weigh in tomorrow)
GW 145-150 (not sure of)
My first goal is to get into the 100's club. I AM doing this!........I will take things one day at a time with the attitude of the little engine that could! I KNOW I CAN, I KNOW I CAN.....Really looking forward to following our journeys together with a positive happy attitude!11 -
Hi my name is Millie and I am 360 pounds, I need a group like this because the people in group is helping, support and accountability. We are currently raising our grandson and can not enjoy many things because of the weight that weighing me down. My goal is to get out of the 300s then challenge myself to lose additional weight. I am in my right frame of mind and honestly if I don't lose this weight I will lose my life leaving my grandson and husband. Yes I am scared and trying to keep strong. I believe with support from this group and my family I can do it. Thank you all9
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Hi all. I am a 42 year old woman. I'm married to my best friend. We've been together for 23 years, married 22 years. We have an adult son who is 20. I've struggled with weight since I was 8 years old. I purposefully put the weight on then to get my adoptive parent to stop raping me. It's been nothing but food and diet obsession since. In high school I was thin by using anorexia. The majority of my adult life I've been obese. My husband has loved me through it all. His patience knows no bounds. He is a precious gift to me as well as our son. They are both anchors of support as I break the chains and free myself of the prison of this obesity.
SW: 300 June 2016
CW: 261.6
GW: 150
Current plan is to eat healthy nutritious foods as much as possible and is within my control and I'll be tracking and counting macros/calories.
In addition to that I'll be exercising to the best of my ability. Currently I'm following this lovely lady:
8 Minutes Morning Workout
I hope to lean on all of your for support and I want to be a support to all of you.9 -
Hello all. My name is Tammy and after reading all your post, I can say I know how you all feel.....especially the roller coaster comment. I have been up and down with my weight most of my life. I am 38, turning 39 in a few weeks, and need to stop this cycle. I want to feel good about myself, have more energy and be healthy.8
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Hi everyone. My name is Anna. I've struggled with my weight for most of my life. I reached my highest weight ever back in September of 2016 and decided it was now or never. I am a keto/lchf believer and have been so happy and fulfilled like never before. I am 1lb away from my 60lbs lost milestone, my stretch goal is 150lbs lost. This will be a long journey but for once I finally feel like this is the path I'm meant to be on. I'm learning so much along the way and I am really happy to find a supportive community.
I am here because I feel like its time to break out of my "shell". I've been using MFP as simply a tracking tool and meal planner and I realized that maybe theres more to this experience than just that. I am super shy and quiet in person, so I feel like this is a nice step for me to take. I'm challenging myself to create change, so why not challenge myself socially as well...right?14 -
Hi There, My name is Rebecca I have been over weight since I was very young, I am an emotional eater weather it is happy or sad or stressed thats what I do. I am starting to break the habit. A year ago I hit my all time high and I was so unhappy with myself inside but at the same time because of a lot of crap that I was dealing with I just said who cares. I am happy to say that I am no longer in that situation and free. With my wonderful man to support me I am ready to lose the weight.
SW 296.6
CW 284.2
GW 150 (We will see from there)
I got a fitbit at a discounted rate through my work, and that has been a great help in keeping me motivated to hit my daily goals. I have been doing HIIT workouts and walking around the dog park with my 7 month old puppy.
And I have been recording all of my meals.
So lets do this thing everyone!!
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Hi, my name is Barb, I'd like to lose about 130 lbs. I need accountability in my weight loss adventure and MFP does that. I started my weight loss Jan. 16 with a 10 week weight loss challenge at work. Starting at 277 lbs, I am happy to say I am leading the challenge in lbs and % loss and down to 260. I am afraid after our 10 week challenge is over I will lose that accountability - Oh did I mention there is also $150 at stake. So I am looking for a group that will help to keep me on track.7
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My name is Staci. I am the heaviest I have ever been. I need to lose 120+ pounds. I have lost 9 since I started tracking almost 2 weeks ago. I am an emotional eater and would mindlessly eat...and eat...and eat. I like how keeping track helps me stay aware of my unhealthy habits. I am here to offer support and ask for support as well. : )6
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Hi everyone. I'm Liz. I have been obese or struggling with my weight all my life. At my current weight, (the highest I have ever been), I will have about 190lbs to lose to get to my goal of mid-BMI weight. I'm just beginning the journey, but I want to share it with as many like minded people as I can find. My goals include, eating more fruits and vegetables, cutting out Coca Cola slowly but surely, going swimming, and blogging about it all. Please add me as a friend, message me for support, or tips! Whatever! Tracking for 4 days now has made me feel in control again. I'm feeling great and can't wait to get to know you guys and hope you'll all feel great soon too! We can do this! Keep losing, keep smiling, and see you next time! -lose it like Lauren (a you tube inspiration of mine. Check her out as she lost 146lbs naturally)7
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Just wanted to say hello and welcome to everyone here. Feel free to add me as a friend, I'm always on MFP. Hope you're all having a great weekend so far!3
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I guess I should have did this first but I posted in the chat section. I am here because I have lost over 100 lbs. I am pretty close to my goal I think, but I really do not have a goal. Even though I have been losing weight for 2 years, I still struggle with the same issues as everyone else. If I can help anyone in any way, I am more than willing.6
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Hi! I'm Dee, I've been overweight pretty much my entire life (I think there was a moment there when I was about 2 when I wasn't!) and have waaay over 100lbs to lose. I've tried sooo many times to lose weight. I once even lost nearly 80lbs but wasn't able to maintain it and soon put it all back on plus some more for good luck. Last August a friend I decided to quit sugar together, when I stepped on the scales this month I discovered that in just quitting sugar I had dropped 27lbs. I'm really amazed to be honest and am keen to keep going with my weight loss. So here I am, I've decided if I can do that by just cutting out sugar, imagine what I can do with healthy eating and exercise!
Please feel free to add me as a friend!
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Hi guys! I'm Cole. I have 122lbs to lose. I haven't weighed myself since before I began my journey in January. Trying to eat intuitively and pay attention to what my body likes, wants and thrives on. I'm counting calories on the Ketogenic diet. I've been logging consistently since January and it's paying off. Feel free to add me guys!5
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Hi guys! I'm Cole. I have 122lbs to lose. I haven't weighed myself since before I began my journey in January. Trying to eat intuitively and pay attention to what my body likes, wants and thrives on. I'm counting calories on the Ketogenic diet. I've been logging consistently since January and it's paying off. Feel free to add me guys!
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Hi! I'm Bridget. I'm single at 37 and mom to 6 spoiled rotten cats. I have been obese my entire life, struggling with thyroid issues and PCOS and resulting self esteem issues. I've always been rather shy and kept to myself, so never had many friends, and tend to go it alone in many ways, though I've always wanted to connect to others better - so here I am, trying something new!
I love to read and would love to write, though my muse isn't very cooperative on that front, and I spend way too much of my time in a world in my head I mostly stick to Christian fiction and read inspirational westerns and a little Christian fantasy, though I do love a good Louis LaMour western and a good adventure classic such as Kidnapped or Treasure Island. I'm not a tv or movie person, and when I do watch TV or movies, it's usually oldies - I dearly love Bonanza (1st 6 seasons only), Big Valley, Snowy River: the MacGregor Saga and the New World Zorro from the late 80's. Favorite movies are the Lord of the Rings trilogies and the 1st Hobbit movie as well as Return to Snowy River. I don't have TV - no cable, no satellite, and no antenna - but I spend way, way too much time online, researching a rather eclectic survey of topics from linguistics to historical subjects, to science. And I'm a closet LOTRO junkie - I swear that's the only MMO I dabble in, though! Or rather, a not-so-secret LOTR junkie period! lol
I like working outside, planting flowers and such, when the weather isn't too hot, and like puttering around the house, working on various projects, such as making new doors for my shed, replacing the steps going to my basement, etc. I like to sew as well, and dabble in quilting and cross stitch. I'm a horrible procrastinator, though, so I have tons of patterns and materials laying around
I would like to get a scroll saw and try my hand at intarsia one of these days. And I play piano decently and am the pianist for my small church on Sundays - but I'm a country pianist. 5 -
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my name is Tiffany, I'm 19 and like a lot of people in here, I've been overweight for the vast majority of my life. As a kid I was just a little chunky, but I soon found that I cared less about sports and more about video games. I've never really been great at reaching out and talking to people, so I really enjoyed a hobby in which I could just be by myself and forget about everything else. The person above me mentioned playing an MMO haha. I was hooked on WoW for 9 years until a few months into the WoD expansion. (Just over two years ago.) Imagine your tank/party leader being a 10 year old girl.
Anyway, for pretty much my entire life I've depended strongly on canned and frozen microwaveable meals for lunch and often dinner. The ones we had weren't high in calories, but neither did they give any sort of satisfaction. I would binge on snacks to try and fill up, and always had second- and sometimes third helpings to dinner. I've had inspiration to lose the weight before, but I found what I was eating for lunch played an immense factor in the difficulty of losing the weight.
So, I now split my daily caloric intake between two meals and have completely eliminated snacking until further notice, as it makes me want to binge. Having 700 calories worth of chicken/rice/peas for lunch feels like I'm spoiling myself compared to what I've eaten in the past. I get the urge to snack occasionally but so far it's been easy to suppress, and I feel great so far I've also only been drinking water, but I cheat once a class day with those flavored packets at the expense of 10 calories so I don't withdraw back to sweet tea. I haven't touched the microwave in over a week, and I don't think I've ever touched a skillet this much in all of the previous years of my life.
SW: 228.2 pounds
CW: (the scale is trying to tell me everything from 170 to 200 to 0 so I have no clue. I'm only a week and a half in though, so by counting calories I should be around 224-226. It took me a couple of days to center in on ~1000-1400 calories)
GW: long term is 130, short term is under 200 by the end of May. I love food so I want to take it somewhat slow ;-;
I'm fortunate enough that I am finding it very easy to watch my caloric intake simply by using this app to deter myself from binging, and can eat 1200-1400 calories a day without much stress. I never feel full but I'm usually content.
Sorry for my long post haha. I could write a book in facebook messages while my friends are ark5 -
Hi, Jarchii! Now the question is: did your raid team KNOW you were a 10 year old girl? I'm not usually a video gamer myself, and LOTRO is the only MMO that I've never been interested in, but it has definitely sucked me in all the same!
Good luck and best wishes! I'm finding that its all in finding a system that works for you and that you can do - there are tons of diet plans out there, and some work for some people but not for others. My brother says he couldn't stand calorie counting, but does well with a high carb/low carb plan that switches back and forth and in working out. Me? I couldn't take the swings like that and prefer calorie counting. But what he's doing is working for him, and what I'm doing is working for me, so we're both doing good! 0 -
Haha it took me a few years later to start raiding due to the weekly schedules most guilds had. Most guild raided past my bed time ;v; I did lead heroics though, but I never dared to get on ventrillo (ye olde discord/teamspeak) until I was 14. I wasn't comfortable announcing my real age on the internet until 15. Hell I was 16 for like four years and then 15 and then 16 again lol.Good times.
And yeah I'm taking it easy. Like right now I just ate 9.5 ounces of chicken instead of 8 along with the usual rice and peas because I didn't want to throw the extras out. But I'm not stressing because it just means eat a little less at dinner. Really loving having a large lunch over snacking on trash throughout the day I enjoy counting calories when it's simple. This app and two meals keeps it super simple so 1 -
I've never gotten into raiding - I'm shy and the raiders are very hard core! I prefer to meander around the virtual world solo so I can go at my own pace, and if I mess up, I don't affect anyone else!
I've been there, too, with the extras thing Since my roommate moved out, and since I've never managed to land a boyfriend let alone a husband, I'm shopping for one. But there's a benefit in that can only get what I know I need and can eat - no junk! - and I plan all my meals out the week before so I narrow my shopping down. For meats, I've found that it might cost me a little extra, but by getting my cuts at the meat counter, I can get my meat and fish in much closer portion sizes already wrapped for me and ready to go - instead of having to try to eyeball it myself! 2 -
Welcome to all the new people! Love reading your introductions. And nice to see there are a couple fellow gamers too lol. I played WoW until after WotLK, then GW2, FFXIV, and BnS. Sadly I haven't had much time for gaming in a long while. Anyway, I wanted to say hello and hope you all have a great day!2
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Hey everyone! I'm Jay. I'm 34 and have a total of 120 pounds to lose. I started on Feb 2 2017, and have lost about 15 pounds so far! I'm alternating between proud of myself and feeling great, and feeling skeptical and wondering how long it will last.
I love to eat and cook, and I have fun every day thinking about what I'm gonna make for dinner that evening. My main challenge is PORTION CONTROL. If there's food in front of me, I'm gonna eat it, so I'm working on cooking appropriate amounts of food. Logging everything carefully in MFP is really helping on that front. I had no idea how many calories and how much sodium I was eating!
After I eat dinner, I've started making my breakfast, lunch, and snacks for work the next day. It's working great, and with this method I've been able to cut fast food out of my life! I attribute most of my weight loss thus far to this change in habit.
I've also started taking walks! I'm walking between 2-4 miles almost every day, and to this I attribute my increase in energy!9 -
Hi everyone! My name is Brandi. I've been overweight for a LONG time. I'm 36 years old and have three kiddos all under age 8. (8, 4, and 1). I've kinda let myself go since having them. I'm a short 5'3" and weighed in at 247 when I started this (again) two weeks ago. So far I've lost just over 7lbs. I hope to lose 100 lbs and then re-evaluate and possibly lose more. I would love to get down to my college years weight of 125. I'm determined, but need accountability as well as see others' progress. Please feel free to add me!12
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Hello, Everyone!! My name is Christine. I've been reading all your introductions and it's made me feel better about my situation. I AM NOT ALONE!! Thank you everyone for being brave enough to share your stories because now I'm not ashamed to share mine.
I am 41 years old, 5'2ish", and currently weight 250.8 lbs as of this morning. My goal is to start off slow and just set small goals, although ultimately I'm looking to lose 125 lbs. My first goal is to lost 10% of my current weight by the end of the summer, so by August 31, 2017. My plan to accomplish this is by making small changes to my life. The first two changes are to drink more water (at least 64 oz a day) and write down everything I eat and/or drink. Based on my past experiences, I know that being on an uber strict diet doesn't work for me as well as making changes over time.
Anyway, that's me. Thank you for listening to me rant. I can't wait to see where this journey takes us all.9
