hi I'm new and mother of many children. I'm ready to work on my goals now and really find out what it is that I need to do to lose weight and feel better. Welcome all new members!

Hi all! I am a 26 year old single mother of one beautiful baby boy! I am currently fluxuating between 160 and 165 and my goal is to be at a solid, toned 135! Please feel free to add me to your support circle

Hi! 41 year old Mom of five great kids, ages 15, 13, 11, 7, and terrible two! I gained about ten pounds after each of my pregnancies, so those 50 are my goal. Mostly, I want to be under 164 by the end of the summer and have a healthy BMI. I would say I am a stay at home mom, but I have five kids and am never home (piano lessons, boy scouts, church activities....)

Always up to additional friends, support!

Hi All, my name is Sonya and I am a Mom on a Mission. I am a single mom of 2 beautiful daughters ages 17 and 9. I am 5' 4 1/2" tall. I currently weigh 155.8 lbs and my goal weight according the medical industry should be at around 125lbs to 130lbs. I have my goal set at 130lbs as of now. I started using the app myfitnesspal on my iPhone about 2 weeks ago. I absolutely love this app.

I look forward to working toward our common goal with you all.

Thank you!

Hi. I am a hard working mom of a three year old and four month old. Been using mfp for a month now. Also started eating clean three weeks ago. Feeling better than ever. I am currently down 16 pounds from my prepregnancy weight. Have about 40 more to lose. Looking for people that will encourage along the way!

So glad you are taking time out for your self!

My name is Taryn. I have started my weight loss journey on Feb 1 2012. I have been using the food calculator on my ipad app. I have not been involved in discussion boards do to time. I want to continue my journey but some days are hare. I am in a Total Makeover challenge in my home town. That is helping me but at times can be stressful and do not want to lose the reason for my weight loss. You can check out the website and see my journey www.takethechallenge.ca. I am a bit stressed and feel like eating but I have not and turn to the gym. There are 20 Contestant and next week only 10 left. Thank you for your time and hope we can all inspire and motivate each other to being healthier which mean we are happier.

Hello everyone I'm also new to MFP . I am a wife and a mother of 6 wonderful kids . I just lost 12 pounds on herbal life program and using my tony little gazelle . Just trying to find myself again always been a little on the thick side started gaining at 15 yrs old . now Im 33 and ready to make a change for myself . im 202 pds. and I refuse to stay this weight. so move over fat here comes the new Donnett.........

hi!
Im a 28 year old busy mom of one, always on the go, and very happy on the whole.
Let me start out by saying, i am proud of myself. i have lost 38lbs on my own so far. But now i have hit a plateau and im only 25lbs away from my initial goal!! urgh!
i have only dropped 4lbs since January 1st.
Ive got every excuse in the book, ive been sick, ive cheated a few too many times, i had to eat all that cake cause it was my birthday, i was too busy to get to the gym today, etc etc.
And they are just excuses. But im still putting in a good amount of valiant effort, and not seeing a single benefit which is part of my feeling of defeat. I started toning at home (squats,planks,burbpees,bally ball crunches, kettlebells,etc) and cut my cardio down to 2-3 days a week. ( i originally started out with minimal toning and all cardio 6 days a week)

So heres my question... how should i go about breaking this plateau!?
what will really boost my results?

Ive started a smoothie cleanse... but because of the workouts ive been putting a lot of protein and good fats in the smoothies,im wondering how much is too much of those fats and proteins? Usually im putting ,banana,ground flax seed,spinach,almond milk, coconut milk and a tsp of almond tofu.... Is this too much fats?

HELP!!
im so close to my goal,and ive done so much for myself already,i do not want to be defeated by this!

Hello Ladies!

I had my baby boy 6 1/2 months ago and am on my way to losing the baby weight! I gained around 80 lbs. when I was pregnant and the aftermath wasn't pretty..but I have lost most of the weight from working my butt off exercising and eating right.

I have 16 more pounds to get to my goal weight and 24 pounds to get to my ULTIMATE goal weight.

Feel free to add me as a friend!

Hey y'all (yes I'm from Texas and can even spell grammatically correct ). I'm not only new to this group, but I'm new to MFP as well. I've been a mom for awhile now, but several of those years have been spent in school becoming a Medical Laboratory Technician and well ever heard of the Freshman 15? *sighs* more like the Freshman 30-40 over here. I've got 2 great kids and a wonderful husband that deals with most of their issues, but I'm still the mom in the house. Know the saying "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"? Sadly that's becoming more often around our house due to my feelings about my weight. I'm gonna change that. *points to username* see that? holding myself accountable from the beginning. Anyways, just wanted to jump in and say hi, so HI *waves* hope to have fun and learn from y'all and maybe get outta this rut I've dug.

Hi, I am Erica. I am not new to MFP but am back to start my post baby weight loss. I had gotten to within 15 pounds of my goal a few years ago and then we moved, I got a desk job, we started trying to get pregnant and BAM! Gained 30 pounds like nothing! So, I want to get the whole family on a healthier path and just break this dieting cycle for myself. I have a 7 week old now and I am trying to balance sleep, breastfeeding and exercising so that I can start to shed some of these pounds! Feel free to add me!

Hi, I'm Kim. I'm new to MFP. I am trying to shed the weight that I don't need. I am 5'3 and i am weighting at 221.1. I have a 1 year old son. If I can lose some of this weight my back will even feel better. I love to drink Mt. Dew to and that dont help at all. I am a person that if i am busy I don't take a break to eat like i should. If anybody has anything that can help me get on track and help lose the weight it will be grateful. Anytime I have tried to lose weight. I ended up gaining instead of losing.

Hi - I'm Cari
I have been on MFP for a long time, but only using it only to track food and exercise.
However, it appears that it is just not enough to motivate me to lose! I really thought I could do it myself, but apparently not.
I really think that I need a support system and some accountability, this looked like a great group for that!
I work full time (desk job) and the mother to 10yr old twins girls ..... I am ready for self improvement!

:flowerforyou: Hey Mamas!

My name is Amanda (or Mandy :smile), and I'm a mom of 3 little ones. Harley is a 4 year old girlie girl who's getting quite a bit of diva in her. She's ending her first year of Pre-K (missed the Kindergarten registration age limit by 5 weeks and a day), she loves playing with her friends and absolutely loves painting! Carma (sort for Carmella) is a 2 year old devil, who enjoys writing in my books, ripping up paper, and beating on her siblings. She's not all bad! She likes to cuddle, sometimes, plays well with Harley, and eats like a champ! Logan is almost 7 months old and just starting to crawl. If you'd call it that. He likes to get on his hands and feet, rather than hands and knees, walks his feet forward and then slides forward on his belly.

I've been with Jay, their father, for just over 5 years now, and he's supportive of my weight loss journey, even if he has a hard time coming to terms with me portioning food (he thinks I'm depriving/starving myself; I had to explain to him that what I eat are normal portions and not everyone can eat as much as they want and not gain weight like him :laugh). He wants to start weight lifting, and I can't wait to do it right along side him and show him lifting isn't just for the big boys

My starting weight was 190 pounds. I lost 15 pounds before I got pregnant with little Logan. I somehow maintained my weight during the pregnancy and would up dropping to 168 pounds within days of him being born :noway: Since September 2012, I've lost another 10 ish pounds. Very slow, and even a few set backs, which bums me out like not tomorrow, but I'm back on track! I lost 4 pounds last week, bringing me back to my lowest weight on MFP of 155 or so pounds.

I joined this group hoping to become friends with more moms who understand the ups and downs of balancing kids, loves, friends, and life, as well as a weight loss journey. And accountability buddies are always fun!

I can't wait to make friends with you guys!! :happy: :smooched: