Hello. Im 34, 5'6 248. Ive been trying to lose for almost 6 years. Hopefully this works. I dont know what else to do.

hi everyone! I'm 42 year old single mom of an 11 year old boy. I have PCOS and i'm insulin resistant. I've been fat all my life, having been an emotional eater since very young. Slowly but surely, my life spun out of control as my self consciousness about my weight affected my life to the point where I didn't want to leave the house. I want to regain control of my life and be happy, healthy and active. No more excuses, no more hiding behind the mountain of crappy junk food, it's time for me to shine. It's long over due!

My inspiration came from my ex boyfriend. He kind of cornered me and forced me to take a good, hard, honest look at myself. Although we're not together anymore, I appreciate the fact that he loved me enough to say... "you're beautiful, but you're sabotaging your health" So, here I am... I log in EVERYDAY without fail and I've been here for 35 days so far. 11 pounds in a month isn't too shabby, right?

my stats:

5' 3 3/4" (that 3/4th of an inch counts, damn it!)

SW: 297
CW: 286
GW: 145 (we'll see when i get close to it)

I'm always open to new friends! Feel free to add me.

Hi, I'm 32 y/o with 3 wonderfull kids and a great wife. I've been strugling loosing weight for quiet some time now. I started my lifestyle change back in the begining of April before rejoining MFP.

Starting weight was : 280
Current weight is : 261.2
Goal weight : 185

I know i have a lot to go still. I'm new to this posting and sharing so give me some time to open up.

thanks for this group, i know it will help a lot.

i am 48 y/o mom of a 15 y/o boy & a 12 y/o girl. I have been overweight all my life. Twice I lost 25lbs using WW but platueaed and got tired of trying so I quit. Of course I gained most of the weight back. For the last year I have been yoyoing between 195 and 191, then suddenly went up to 200, I refuse to go back to 204, so I am doing working to lose between 55 and 65 lbs.

I lost 7 lbs the first week, then 0.2 the next, gained 0.8 the next and 0.2 this week. So I was feeling discouraged, but I decided to stop beating myself up and start eating right again.

On Saturday I leave for Italy for 1 week, so I am a little concerned about what I will do, I would love any advice if you have some...

Hi Everyone,
My name is Dawn. I am a newly turned 43 year old mom of two who is extremely busy. Then again who isn't these days? lol
I have always been overweight, even as a child. I got to hear form my mom that I was the reason she was fat. She used to be a model then became pregnant with me and we all know what happens from there...
Married to the love of my life, we've been together since we were 18.
I am a weight watchers drop out. I just didn't feel like I was getting the support I needed. I did well on program and lost over 50lbs. Decided to do it by myself and well, eventually the weight crept back on. It did take a few years, but it's back.
Something happened when I turned 40. Not sure what it is, but I used to be a shy, nose in book, stay in at home type of person. Now, I go out with friends, put myself out there and ran for the board of education in my City (currently serving my second term), went to Real Estate school and found an agency I love! I am now surrounded by people all day, every day! lol

I was on MFP before but only allowed myRL friends to friend me on here. Eventually they all gave up or had surgeries... which means I stopped visiting here too.

Last year I had my annual physical (only a couple of years behind schedule). Scale said obese (well I knew that) Blood pressure registered me as dead lol... eventually they realized they had to do it manually and the BP was a bit high, not high enough to require meds though. They did a complete blood panel. Cholesterol was off, but not off enough to require meds. Blood sugar was within range. Doc decided I needed to have my kidneys and liver checked, so I went for an ultrasound. Yeah, that turned into a full body ultrasound! Ugh I was so annoyed! They checked arteries, heart, liver, kidneys, gallbladder, lungs and anything in between! I demanded the reults right then and there.. except for the gallstones I have had for 12 years, I was in good health. My doc insisted that at my weight there was no way I could be healthy and she wanted to run more tests.
Yep, you guessed it, I told the doc off and never went back.

Now something clicked after my 43rd birthday. Only I can control my life. I can allow outside influences to determine what my life is like or I CAN determine what my life is going to be! So I AM BACK and with a NEW ATTITUDE! Only a coupl eof my RL friends are on MFP. Everynoe else are people I have met through MFP. People that are on the same journey and together we can encourage and support each other to reach that goal line!

I hate exercising - yet I have been out every day this week walking for a minimum of 30 minutes.
I hate water - yet I have been getting in the minimuim of 8oz and will up it to half my body weight in ozs. (I forgot how much I have to pee when this happens!!)
I hate healthy food - well not really hate...but definitely not my first choice - working on making the better choices

My highest weight ever was 366
SW this time was 355
CW 344
GW about 165

So I am a warrior!
Feel free to add me!

(lol...I just realized how long this post is! Sorry!)

Hi I'm Sharon, 54 years old, married, 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren. My first experience with low carb was a diet (hoax) called Kimkins. I did the diet for about 3 -4 months and lost 50 pounds. I felt fabulous. It's true once the carbs are out of the system the cravings go too. Obviously I fell off that wagon and regained all the weight back. My highest weight ever is 325lbs. I'm only 5'4" but really feel good when I am around 200. I know that doesn't match any charts and would still classify me as obese but at that weight I feel good, can shop in normal stores and as my husband puts it "have a great a**". I have never had any desire to weigh 145 which is what most charts say I should weigh.

CW 295
GW 210

We'll see what happens when I get there. That's about what I weighed when I met my now hubby in 2003. I just want to be there again. BTW with Kimkins I learned low carb is definitely for me and my husband is type II diabetic so it's best in our home for this to be the way we live.

Any advice and or input would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there! I'm Artemis. I'm twenty-one years old and engaged-- if we can get money stuff sorted out, we'll be married in August 2013. I'm currently attending college, hoping to get accepted to the nursing program at the local community college and eventually get my Masters in Nursing.

This is the heaviest I've ever been, although I've been overweight most of my life. I'm extremely unhappy with the way I am right now, and I'm hoping to turn that around. I like to bike and run (although, as I'm sure some of the ladies here might understand, that's a little difficult with a DD chest!) and I recently acquired an old but sturdy treadmill that I walk on while I watch Netflix (because if I don't have something else to focus on, I quit.) I've added strength training to my cardio and although I haven't weighed myself yet, I already feel better. I was glad to find this site a week ago!

Starting (and current) weight: 246
Short-term goal: 200
Long-term goal: 140