xX_PhoenixRising_Xx wrote: »

Hi everyone, I'm Kristy, I'm 41 and from New Zealand. Married with four kids - 16, 14, 11 (twins), and live right by the beach.

I've had a weight problem since I was a young child. As I got older my weight just got heavier - until 2011 when, at just on 150kg, I was desperate to avoid Weight Loss Surgery (personal preference after my mother had it done) and something just clicked in my brain. I found Weight Watchers, and then in 2013 MFP. By mid 2014 I had lost 73kg / 160lbs and maintained it for two years. I got qualified and started working as a Personal Trainer... but injury, then a chronic pain diagnosis, then severe migraines topped with depression/anxiety (myself and my teenager) and a bunch of other stress, and I went to pieces. I've had to learn not to use food as a coping mechanism, and to break habits of 30+ years. About a year ago I broke my 6 year logging streak on MFP so that I could focus on recovery, and now I've just started logging regularly again and lost a bit since then.

In general I've gained a heap of weight since mid 2016. Currently 123.7kg / 272.7lbs. Still have migraines and pain, some days worse than others, which are the days that are much harder. But still manageable. So here I am.

I don't really have a specific weight goal in mind. Back when I was in the mid 70kg range in 2016 I was an NZ size 8/ US size 4 clothing, and it would be nice to get back around that size. But, health is my first priority and I'm not hung up on a particular number - clothes or scale!

pessxx wrote: »

Hi, I am Monica,I am from Romania, I am 52 old 1.70 cm tall (5.7) and I am having now
128 kilos( 283 lbs)
I want to lose 53 kilos (117 lbs) (almost my age this year ) so I guess there will be a
final process this time
I work In IT , supporting the others for It applications
I am very optimistic with the others and very supportive, I have all the patience in the world
for everybody around, all of my friends know me as the best person to talk to or
being confident to.
But this is not happening always with myself, I have to learn to be more patient, to consider
that everyday should be an accomplishment and to learn to be good with myself, usually I am
very severe and I blame myself for every little error

That's been said I hope I will find all these in this group and succeed and do my metal cleaning
so that I am encouraged to lose in a consistent rythm

I am low-carb person, doing Omad, I also like fish, I also have some yoyo experiences and I also do walkins'
so I guess I am similar to a lot of people here

Glad to be here!

pessxx wrote: »

Thank you
I feel very good with Omad, more energy, less eating which when I am at job I do not have so much time and I need to postphone
Low carb does not mean no carbs, just under 100
If this woe is no welcomed, it is ok, I will resume at reading your posts on the group
thank you

kecward78 wrote: »

Hello Everyone! I'm Keith, 59, 5'10" and started my journey @ 402.8 lbs. back in November of 2019.

I began by doing a little walking and ramped up by watching videos from a man in New Jersey (USA) who challenged himself to walk 1 million steps in the month of December (side note - he made it with 3 days to spare and reached his millionth step on the steps of the Phila. Art Museum steps where Rocky (original movie) ended his run).

Well... being as big as I am put a little too much stress on my knee and I was off my feet for more than a week. I bought a knee brace to help, but haven't walked nearly as much. What I have replaced it with is Intermittent Fasting. I do a 16/8 program and it's working - maybe a bit too fast.

I lost 14.6 lbs. from walking and was down to 388.2 as of Jan. 19th. A little less than 2 lbs. per week. Since that day, I've dropped another 14.8 lbs. to 373.4. I KNOW this is very fast, but I am doing NO physical activity other than short (less than 1/2 mile) walks.

My short term plan is to get down to 360 (I signed up for a six-month DietBet and have to get down to get my money back/get any winnings). At that point I will either come off IF one or 2 days per week or add more calories to my diet each day. I will, at the 360 mark, begin to add low-level aerobic activity and weight lifting to my program.

I use MyFitnessPal and MapMyFitness, FitBit (I have a Versa 2), Weight Gurus (a Bluetooth scale that communicates with MFP and FitBit) and home equipment for working out.

My long term plan is to get back to about 190 lbs. in 2 - 2 1/2 years. Much more important is to do it healthily, with minimal skin sag and a bodyfat % less than 20% (preferably 18%, but I'll be over 61 at this point, so I don't know if it's realistic).

This is a journey and my plan is to stay consistent. Being a creature-of-habit will help since I seldom stray from my core/my program. And so I begin...