What brought you here?

Well I grew up being teased about my weight , my own mom would be one of my biggest bullies... Among w/ other problems I'd eat my emotions,always anxious 0 energy... It's pretty difficult for me to write my reasons here( lotta drama) Im glad I came accross this site bc here I met. Really great friends that make everyday struggle bearable :-)

I couldn't walk more than 1/4 mile without severe lower back pain. I was sent to the physical therapist who said the only thing that will help is exercise and getting the weight off. Somehow, I heard it. So I am 9 pounds down and up to half a mile without pain.

I joined back in March because I woke up on March 3rd and decided that I wasn't happy with myself anymore. I wasn't happy of who I had become. I had no energy and I couldn't be the mom and wife I needed to be for my family. I can always use friends.

My story is a little different than everyone elses. I actually didn't have any weight to lose. However, my sister-in-law was concerned about her weight and asked me to help her. I found MFP on my iPhone, and she joined the website.

What changed for me was I thought I was in shape, but I didn't have any idea what I was eating. I would just run it off. I totally changed my diet to eating more nutritious foods, drinking more water, and adding circuit training to my workouts, which has totally changed my core. I'm stronger now than I have ever been. And my running times have gotten faster.

A little later, I found the Community site of MFP and enjoy encouraging others. *And* my sister-in-law has lost 17lbs in just about 4 months! MFP is a great resource and who knows where we would be without it

My feet hurt ALL the time! I am standing or walking a lot at work for a 12 hour shift. Even on my days off my feet hurt. Pain is a motivator. I went on vacation the beginning of March and had two weeks to think about things. Decided it was time to make a change. 2 weeks after getting home it was out with the old and in with the new. And after losing 66 lbs my feet feel great!

I tried it over the summer and was hitting the gym really hard with cycling, elliptical, zumba. Then I'd come home and eat cake, chips, and second helpings of dinner. So I of course saw NO results. Then it hit me.....I'm gonna be celebrating my 10 year anniversary and though I don't loathe how I look.....I don't love it either. I have rather healthy self esteem so I look pretty darn fabulous when I get dressed up, but it also takes tons of shapewear to squeeze into my favorite looks. We are gonna be renewing our vows at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekender and I realized I wanna look and feel fabulous. My father is diabetic, had a stroke over a year ago, my mom has back issues. I know both of them have these issues because of their weight. I don't want to be in those shoes. My husband stays what I call "old school" fit so he doesn't exercise in terms of running or lifting weights, but he has an active job, surfs, swims, does tons of outdoor activities. I want to make sure that although I can keep up with him now that I continue to keep up with him in years to come. So vanity, wellness of being, mind, and body, and preventative measures. All of those reasons brought me here to where I am. I'm now doing c25k, watching what I eat, and loving every minute of it. Yes its hard. I'm still nowhere near my goal weight, but I feel AWESOME. So I hope to continue with a long term lifestyle change.

I am in my mid 50s and got tired of yo yoing up and down.

Outgrowing my pants, a very scary cholesterol test result and realizing that I was way too close to out-weighing my husband.

What actually brought me to this site was my mobile phone apps store. I am so very thankful I found MFP, it has made ALL the difference!

Now those pants I was outgrowing hardly stay up. I tried on a size smaller pants yesterday, and even they were pretty loose!

Hello and welcome add me as a friend, what brought me here is a need to better health, hight blood pressuer and shortness of breath. I use to be active and I'm not sure when or where I stoped ,but life happens and now I am trying to get back to being as fit and healthy as I can, before it is too late!

I wanted to lose weight officially after I had gained almost 60 pounds during college and when I was with my ex-bf (so much stress)...I joined MFP and I was semi-seriously about losing, but after my ex-bf and I split up in July, I got serious and realized I was only emotionally eating. I lost 21ish pounds to date, and I am not turning back once I lose the rest of this weight. I am much happier

I joined to find the support & motivation. I KNOW I want to lose weight....BADLY!! It's great to be a part of something bigger, to join others who are on the same journey. I not only want to lose the weight, I really need to learn to eat a lot better. All of this will hopefully in turn help me become a stronger/faster runner. I hope one day to inspire others as well.

My kindle fire brought me here with this awesome App!! Actually, I have been searching for an easy tool to help me with counting cals, fat, etc. This is so easy to use and helpful because I can see whats what as far as the caloric values of food and what I need, or do not need. I am also a RN. I specialize in wound care and I see on a day to day basis how destructive obesity and the conditions that occur with it can be to the human body. The most common triad I see for people with extensive wounds are diabetes (type 2), kidney failure and hypertension. All of these are a result of obesity (for the most part). At this point in my life I am the heaviest I have ever been. I have always been the chubby one...but this is beyond that. I feel like a hypocrite working with my patients and preaching about weight loss, good diet, etc...when it's quite obvious that I do not practice what I preach. I do not want to be diabetic and go into kidney failure. I do not want to lose limbs from the circulation issues that are caused by diabetes. I do not want to be fifty years old and needing a nursing home. I need to start somewhere...and hopefully this is the tool I have been missing. So I purchased a scale for the first time in my life. I have started an official exercise program and I am making some significant lifestyle changes. I want to lose 100 lbs. I am pleased to say that I have 98 more to go. I am tired of being tired. I am too young to be feeling this old. Ready to take the stress off of my deteriorating ankle joints. Ready to enjoy shopping for clothes again. So glad to have found this community! :happy:

I lost 43 lbs on weight watchers about 4 years ago, but I till still track my food daily. I found the MFP app on my phone, which allows me to track where ever I am. Now I have a lot of MFP friends and love to help them when they ask for it.

What brought me to the point of wanting to lose weight - I gained weight and started feeling fat.

What brought me to MFP - my daughter wanted me to join and be her friend, then she quit after a couple of weeks