Just joined MFP tonight for me and my daughters

I teared up a little reading this. I am so happy for you and for your kids that you've made that little jump in your mind that it takes to make the change. Just make small changes to diet, exercise...like you said you know what to do. Don't let it overwhelm you and just make a little progress, get it fixed as normal life for you, then add something new. You are changing your family tree and that is wonderful.

Feel free to add me if you would like my support.

Hi!! you can add me if you want!!!! we can support each other!!

I remember an episode of The Revolution where they talked about obese nurses. How the job is hard, very taxing on the body and the spirit, and people reward you with treats. Grats to you for deciding that you're going to turn your life around.
The exercise part is hard at first, but then you realize that after all of that wheezing and sweating that you actually feel better.

you can do this! Welcome to the site use it and love it and you will lose weight!

To the OP: you should change your username because if you follow this site I'm pretty sure you won't be obese for life.

I always have room for new friends! Add me if you like.. Anybody else for that matter!
Glad you found this site!

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! Joining mfp on Valentines day was the best decision I've ever made! You are in the right place, with nothing but love, support and knowledge. Don't over think this...just do it :flowerforyou:

this site has helped me so much, I could not have lost 50 pounds without it. good luck, I hope you are successful. this is the first step there.

To the OP: you should change your username because if you follow this site I'm pretty sure you won't be obese for life.

I agree, it's not really motivating either... what about a combo of your girls names? Something that EVERY time you log in, you remember WHY you're working so hard! I got goosebumps that you would look at your life, and lifes of your children, and decide to change it for the better! Some parents are very selfish, it is so refreshing to see someone willing to work at creating a new lifestyle for their family! Congratulations, and good luck!!!

P.S. I could really use more friends on here if anyone is interested

Aren't we (nurses) the worst at everything? :laugh: Congratulations on joining. I'm sure you'll do wonderfully thinking of your kids.

I'm so proud of you for joining! My sisters and I grew up obese because of my mom's food choices for our family (which also caused my dad to have multiple heart attacks and die too young). If I can give you any points, they would be this:

Use measuring cups to serve food (what I used to "eyeball" as 1 cup turned out to be 2 or 3 cups of food)

Double check some of the calorie counts in MFP (a lot of people have entered food items in this database that incorrectly underestimates the actual calories in something - so if it looks too good to be true, then it is).

Make space in your house to exercise every day with your daughters. I recommend videos like Yoga for Kids and Pilates for Kids, because you can all do them together, it's not too hard, & neither yoga nor pilates will make the house shake. You can probably find a bunch of good videos cheap on Ebay or Half.com, & they also sell these videos at Target (along with the yoga mats).

Then for cardio exercises, can you buy 3 cheap ($99) exercise bikes & line them up in front of the TV where your couch used to be? (shove the couch somewhere else in the house - where you won't see it during the day! Like a bedroom? or garage?)
Kids love to ride bikes & most cheap bikes have seats that can be adjusted so low that they even fit kids. I bought a $99 bike from Sears 23 years ago & it's still working fine - although my kids are constantly wanting the seat lowered for them - so I really wish I had a bike for each member of the family, not only so that I wouldn't say "oh, I would ride my bike now if only I didn't have to raise the seat for myself" but also because when anyone hops on the bike, then everyone wants to hop on a bike, but only at the same time - when people have to wait for their turn, they end up not riding. None of you will ever outgrow your bikes. Your kids will grow up & take their bikes to their apartments someday. And cheap exercise bikes are small & don't have computers that break, so the bike will work forever (it may need oiling at some point, or screws tightened, or maybe a new plastic foot pedal - like from Kmart - at some point.)

Welcome to MFP and your new lease on life!

Baby steps makes for big changes, you can do it and I'm glad to hear your all in it together.

You CAN do this!! My advice is to get friends on here, even if you will never "meet" them in "real" life. I only have about 6 friends on here but they keep me motivated sooo so much. And the success stories on the message boards are great too!
My mother was over weight for my entire life and I was tall and super slim. I always felt a little bad like guilty, that I was thin and she wasn't. Now she has lost about 50 pounds on her own and just this month she is getting help from her doctor to lose another 70-100 pounds. She actually said that I was a motivator for her. (I'm trying to lose my baby weight from three kids) I tell you this so you know you can do it. There are sooo many people that have. It will be hard but it will also be fun. Some days you will want to eat everything in sight, but I can tell you this... It IS worth it!
Good luck and God Bless

P.S. you can add me as a friend if you want!