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!

Hello! Names Tiffany, I'm 30, and I have to loose 150+! I've recently been diagnosed with a number of spinal conditions and I can no longer make excuses. I'm vegan.

G'day Friends! My name is Stacey and Im really just here to show you that if you want to loose 100lbs then you totally can! But you have to really want it, like more than anything else. You also have to be prepared and know that the road to success is not straight up, it has twists, backflips and u-turns. You will fall off the wagon, gain back some weight and then feel like crap and go eat more cause you did. Just see it this way, when you do fall off the wagon you have to get back on. Its like going on vacation and taking a wrong turn, do you just turn go home and not go on vacation? No, you get back on track until you reach your destination. If you get a flat tire, do you just puncture the other three tires and stay where you are? No, you fix that one and move on.

I was obese my entire life, and by that I mean through primary school, high school and then as an adult until about 7 years ago ( I was 29), I was fat at 315lbs, with two kids going down the same track I had. So I changed my life, not all at once but very slowly to include healthy habits that I could live with. I stress that I COULD LIVE WITH! Cause my life is not your life! We have our own struggles, our own things we deal with. In no way is my life harder or easier than yours, just different.

I hope that I can be of some help to any or all of you. Add me if you like, I myself have had a set back with a dislocation in my right shoulder so yes, Ive gained back some weight with my feeling sorry for myself and not being able to deadlift and bench and squat with the guys at my gym. But that said, I wont let that stop me from being a badass and doing what each and everyone of you is capable of, picking myself up, pulling on my big girl knickers and getting on with it.

All the best, really! Its hard, and it sucks and if it was easy everyone would be doing it!

Pain is temporary but health can last a lifetime!!!

Hi all!

I'm 27 years old, have been overweight for as long as I can remember, but things really got out of control when I moved away from home 7 years ago. Since then I've been trying to do something about it several times but haven't been able to really go the distance. I just started again this monday after a long hiatus, and I have every intention to make it to the finish line this time. Have about 130lbs to lose, give or take a few. It's not going to be easy, but with hard work, a positive attitude and good support i'm sure it can be done. So let's do this!

Also, feel free to add me if you want