I'm 46 mother of 2 and work full time. Taking care of everyone else all these years I have neglected myself. Because of this some health problems have been showing up these past years. I want to feel good again and live a long life.

Well I am 29 and have a 9 month old son. I have always been a big girl I was about 410 at my heaviest ( I quit keeping track but do know I reached 400lbs) I lost about 95lbs got pregnant only gained 20lbs total but now I am heavier than when I was preggo and I refuse to go back to 400lbs so I am starting my weight loss again and now that I kind of have this new baby thing figured out I think it will be easier to lose and not gain.... I look forward to losing weight with you ladies....

Hello Mama!

I need to loose a LOT of weight thats all I know. I started at 242 I am currently (as of last Wednesday) 236 and I want to get to 140-130. I need to set up mini realistic goals so I can stick to them! I am 21 years old with a 3 year old and a 1 year old!

Hi, I'm 36 with a 5 month old son. I have been yo yo dieting for years. Lost a lot of weight (35 lbs) while pregnant due to all day sickness and put it all back again by eating all round me when I had the baby. Am heavier now than I was at 9 months pregnant! I have about 55 pounds to lose and hopefully get rid of sore ankles and joints! Looking forward to joining you all.

Hi ladies! I'm 27 with a 14 month old daughter. My goal is to get back to my pre-preg weight of 175. After that 165 was my wedding weight and 150 is my supposed "ideal" weight for my height (5'10"). So I have a series of goals I'm hoping to acheive.

Hello everyone, I am 37 years old and a full time mommy, I am lucky to be a stay at home mom and love it, even if my two year old can drive me crazy by the end of the day lol!!! I have lost fourteen pounds on this site which I love and so glad I stumbled on to it, plus I lost ten pounds before finding it, My goal is 67 pounds total and have been at it since september slow and sure will win the race, I am one pound away from my first goal, I said I would lose 25 pounds by Christmas, think I will make this goal!!! Good luck to everyone together we can beat the flab, and be healthier for our kids!!!

Hey! I am a 32 year old stay-on-the-go Mom of 2. I have a 9 year old girl and a 15 month old boy. I am married to the love of my life. We met in 1997 and FINALLY married in 2005. :-) I want to lose weight to keep up with my active family and have a healthy pregnancy-to-be. (We want 1 more!)

Can't wait to REALLY start using this tool!

Hi! I'm Kacie. I'm married (2 years), and I have a 3 1/2 year old and a 1 1/2 month old boys. They are my life
I NEED to lose weight so I can keep up with them for the rest of my life.
I want to lose 60 pounds by July, mainly because we're getting out of the military and moving back to Pennsylvania. I want to show everyone there that I CAN lose the weight and keep it off. (kinda like a big eff you to the family, lol).

ok ladies, for anyone interested I updated my pictures. The first pic is the day I had my son. The second pic is what I looked like the month before I found out I was preggo, the third pic is a picture of me when I started showing and the last picture is from the day I went in for my csec. As you can see by the last pic I looked like I was having twins!! But I'm only 5'3 and as you can see by the other pics I wasn't that big to begin with and ended up delivering an almost 11lb baby!!

I'm a 39 yr. old mom to a 2.5 yr old spirited little girl, also turning 40 (in March). I am 6' tall and now weigh 238lbs, and I just joined this site 3 days ago. My weight journey has been a series of highs and lows. I was at ~185 when I met my husband, was 10 weeks pregnant at our wedding, when I weighed 210. At delivery I was ~250. I lost nearly all of it, down to ~215. But then started working full-time and writing my dissertation, which resulted in the 20+lbs weight gain. So, I am defending the dissertation in a week, still working full-time, and hope to get pregnant again.
However, I am slowly learning to make my health and well-being a priority again. I realized that part of what I lost in the process of caring for others was my own sense of self-respect - I stopped respecting my body, my appearance, my identity, and my well-being. So, I am focusing, at least for now, on learning how to respect myself again, by honoring my body and honoring what I eat rather than ignoring it or being in denial about it. Good luck all you other moms out there. I look forward to reading more of your posts.

I am a big girl with a long way to go! lol I have lost 48 pounds since August. I have been hitting the gym and TRYING to learn to eat healthier.

I will be 40 in April. I have 4 kids...20, 18, 3 & 2. I am a SAHM and don't have any excused other than I did it to myself. I haven't had surgery, which I have been asked by several if I have. Nothing wrong with surgery though.

I am married to an amazing man!

Salutations Mamas!

My name is Annie. I'm 39yo, work full time, single mom of 4 kids (17yo-boy(man) & 16yo, 13yo & soon to be 10yo girls) I've been on a mission to be healthy since 2003, when I realized I wasn't in my former dancer's body. My mom also became very ill about the same time, all related to being overweight and overwhelmed with stress (and later died in 2005). I have reached some goals. Stop smoking 5 years ago, Stop the sugar addiction 6 years ago, mostly vegitarian (raw/whole foods) diet 2 years ago. My biggest struggle has been loosing the wieght and adding exercise to my daily activities. In October 2010, I tipped the scale at 198 (i'm only 5 feet tall), today I'm at 174 and mostly do to diet change. So, I joined my fitness pal and this group to get support and inspiration to meet my goal weight of 130 pounds by the Dec 31 2012 and also hopefully inspire others to be healthy & happy!