Started at 376...now at 230 and need motivation and support

frecklesandblues
frecklesandblues Posts: 6 Member
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Hello everyone! I have been on an extreme weight loss journey on my own since May 2016. The past 4-5 months have been personally hard and I've gone through extreme changes in my life. Mother of 2 kids, 12 yo boy and 3 yo girl, work full time and just looking for others out there like me. To give encouragement, feed back, positive reinforcement...I've never done MFP except to quickly glance at it in years past. I'm extremely new to any of this. I used my past knowledge and experience for what I knew did and didn't work for me. Because honestly, how many of us out there HAVEN'T tried every diet, food, ideas to only fall constantly short. And I've also lost a ton of weight quickly in the beginning but it slowed to a good pace. Then have recently watched the numbers go up and down and up and up. Just looking for others who need the same motivation or friends. I currently have none haha. I've done this entirely on my own up to now and do not want to do it alone anymore. Here's some pictures throughout the last year and a half and the drastic changes I've gone through and continue to go through.

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  • cardio_enthusiast
    cardio_enthusiast Posts: 639 Member
    Welcome to MFP You look great! Excellent progress. Feel free to add me.
  • frecklesandblues
    frecklesandblues Posts: 6 Member
    cardio_enthusiast wrote: »
    Welcome to MFP You look great! Excellent progress. Feel free to add me.
    Added! Thank you!
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  • frecklesandblues
    frecklesandblues Posts: 6 Member
    susanayt97 wrote: »
    That's an amazing loss!! Diets suck, it's really best to eat how you plan on eating for the rest of your life (healthy of course!), but at a deficit.
    I'm still eating mostly want I want to eat. Just watching portion size of the crap food and how often. And the forcing of myself to hit my calorie intake goal everyday so I don't get these days of starvation and eating everything and anything in sight. And thank you!
  • angiecomer
    angiecomer Posts: 8 Member
    I would love for you to support you on your weight loss journey. Feel free to add me and also connect on Facebook
  • yurdreamcomtru
    yurdreamcomtru Posts: 2 Member
    I would love to join this group I'm at 298 and trying to get to 215
  • jennylea70
    jennylea70 Posts: 57 Member
    Feel free to add me! I have an 11 and 8 year old, have lost about 25 lbs since the beginning of the year, but have totally stalled in the summer months! 202 now, trying to get to 150!
  • artbyrachelh
    artbyrachelh Posts: 338 Member
    You're so beautiful! Congratulations on your journey!
  • evilpoptart63
    evilpoptart63 Posts: 397 Member
    You are doing amazing so far!! Ill send you a friend request now, I would love to support each other :)
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,961 Member
    frecklesandblues wrote: »
    susanayt97 wrote: »
    That's an amazing loss!! Diets suck, it's really best to eat how you plan on eating for the rest of your life (healthy of course!), but at a deficit.
    I'm still eating mostly want I want to eat. Just watching portion size of the crap food and how often. And the forcing of myself to hit my calorie intake goal everyday so I don't get these days of starvation and eating everything and anything in sight. And thank you!
    That's the way to do it. I teach ALL my clients that way and more than 85% have done well to maintain their weight well after leaving me.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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  • uniquelybeth
    uniquelybeth Posts: 2 Member
    You look amazing :)

    I have also been on a weight loss journey for the past year. I started at 300 pounds and now I am 174.4 pounds. I still have just shy of 45 pounds to lose.

    You are welcome to add me as well.

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