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!

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.

Hey everyone!

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.

Feel free to add me!

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 all

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.

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!!

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. : )

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!

Hey 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 ark

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!