BTW, I am 350 lbs., 36 years old, mom of two amazing boys, and ready to shred lots of me!

Hello,

I have just started a journey to lose this extra weight. I currently weigh in at around 340lbs and am looking forward to slowly dropping around 2 lbs a week by decreasing my calories and increasing my activity. Hopefully it will be as easy as it sounds!

I am soo glad I found this group! I am a mom to a very active 4yr old boy. Last summer was my highest weight (that I knew of, I hadnt weighed myself in 2 yrs beforehand) which was 321. I joined a weight loss challenge and was down to 299, I was soo excited! I became pregnant and kept eating healthy, only to lose our child in a miscarraige. After that, I didnt really care.I was drinking 2liters of mt. dew a day. Some people like the booze...I like the sugar and caffeine! Ha ha! My friend started talking about losing weight, and I realized that I needed to be healthy if we want another child. So 2 weeks ago I weighed myself...218.....ugh. 2 weeks and 6lbs down, so thats pretty exciting. I do have my bad days.....umm...like going to a buffet, I am getting better though. I am looking forward to being active in this group~feel free to add me, my diary is open.

Hi. When I started this journey I was 312 pounds. I am 5'4" and 32 years old. I have always been big, but this is the biggest I've been. I've been a part of MFP for a while now, but for first months/years it was when I was getting really off track and I used it to get back on track, well to quit gaining. I have been logging consistently for over 40 days now, and don't see myself stopping anytime soon. So far I'm down 6 pounds. Hopefully soon I will see the 200's again.

Hey everyone...my name is christy and i am 5ft, 2in and i weigh over 430 pounds...i am only 34 to young to die...i am desperate to loose weight without surgery...i found this site a week ago...and i started dieting then...my goal is to stay under 1800 calories...i am doing quite well..and doing yourself fitness on the playstation 2..at low impact weight loss aerobics for 14 minutes and over...i take lots of breaks..but getting better everyday..i am trying to exercise with this tape every day. i don't do much else involved in walking or anything. i clean the house a little sitting down..by doing dishes...but i am not able to do a lot...i know i have a long ways to go..i have been fighting depression..my mom passed away in march..and i was extremely close to her. i still live at home with my dad...we miss her so much...but life is getting easier everyday..and loosing weight is making me feel better to...if anyone needs any encouragement i will be glad to give it..i am not shy...i am looking for loosing weight buddies right now...i am sure glad i found this group..i was beginning to wonder that there was no one out there as big i was..most people on here only have to loose 100 pounds or so..before they meet there goal..i would feel awesome if i only had to loose that much weight...well i will talk to ya later christy...

Hi everyone! I'm John. Currently at 413. I've been at this for just over a month and am always looking for inspriation and great ideas! If you want to add me as a fried feel free. I promise to be supportive. I'm a father of 2 children under 3. My wife and I are both doing MFP. we're both really excited about it so far.

Hi all. My name is Kelli.

I'm 5'9, started at 367 and I'm currently at 315, hoping to be somewhere in the 160-140 range. I lost majority of my weight while doing WW and changing how I ate. Now, I've added exercise with the C25K program, which I'm almost done with. Looking to add strength training soon.

I started this about a month ago at the heaviest I've ever been, 350. I'm 49 years old and know it doesn't get any easier losing weight. I've been on multiple programs, have lost much weight, but burned out or gained it all back, plus more, when I went to the maintenance phase. So now I'm trying to lose weight on the maintenance phase. It should take me about 3 years.

Hi, Im Andrea. Im 24 and have been hovering above 300 for about two years now. I currently weigh 350 which is a nightmare to me. Ive gained 20 pounds in the past two months. Ive used other fitness sites before, but a lot of people have good things to say about this site and I believe I like it better too. Im a mom to a wonderful little boy, and married. Feel free to add me! Id love to get to know some people who are going through the same things as I am.

Christy, congratulations on taking the first step! But please reconsider your daily calorie intake. At your weight, your BMR is most likely much higher than that and losing weight too quickly can cause heart problems. Look up your BMR (there is a tool on the site) and subtract about 500 calories from that. That would be a much better intake for safety reasons.

Ok, I'm gonna do the perfunctory plateau whine. I know 2 weeks does not a plateau make, but the scale LITERALLY has bounced within .2 lbs of the same weight for 2 weeks straight. Nothing I can point to to blame: plenty of sleep, not TOM, no changes to diet or exercise, daily calories range between 1400 and 1700 so no starvation mode, water weight could be to blame, but low-carb + lisinipril with HCTZ usually doesn't allow it to linger... I know it will break soon and I just have to be patient, but meanwhile I want to whine. Thanks for indulging

Meanwhile, today I worked out with my crest whitestrips on. at 5:45 am there is something fairly empowering about multitasking the improvement of one's self.

Hi...I'm Kayla! Just started my weight loss journey two days ago! I've always put off thinking about my weight but decided I needed to get serious about it and get healthy! Will be weighing into today to see my exact weight, but it's 300+...I'm thinking around 315. So glad to find others with similar weight loss goals! My first hurdle I want to reach is 215 then I'll go from there! I'm looking for support because I am SO unmotivated! I need some friends to help me stay on track.

Hi there, I'm Stacey and am currently at 314. My highest weight was 320. I want to lose weight for a lot of reasons but the primary reason is so I can start a family. I would love to have more MFP friends, so feel free to add me!

Hey Everyone! New to this group! I am 30 years old and have weighed over 300 lbs for years now. (Maybe 8 or so?) My weight krept up on me after my father's sudden passing and I never noticed it. (Or didn't want to?)

Anyway - I literally had a baby 4 months ago! :-) And my heaviest was 375 at delivery. C-sec, pre eclampsia, heart and kidneys issues now - the WORKS!

I am being told I need to lose a CONSIDERABLE amount of weight to prevent kidney failure and heart issues. Oh yeah - on BP meds now cause that's horrible too.

As of friday I was just under 302 lbs.

I need to lose another 50 by August.

I have not been working out and weight has stopped from falling off naturally - so now I have to work hard on my body.

Feel free to add me as a friend! I need all the support and inspiration I can get!

Brooke :-)



I am so happy to find this group! Nice to know we are all in this together!

HI everyone. I'm Allyson, and I'm a WW dropout. I've been tracking on MFP since about January, and I'm hoping to reach out and find some friends to keep me going.

I'm currently at 321, and want to get down to 170. My mini goal is to lose 30 pounds by Aug 11, starting today. One day at a time...