Hi! I'm Kacie. I'm married (2 years), and I have a 3 1/2 year old and a 1 1/2 month old boys. They are my life
I NEED to lose weight so I can keep up with them for the rest of my life.
I want to lose 60 pounds by July, mainly because we're getting out of the military and moving back to Pennsylvania. I want to show everyone there that I CAN lose the weight and keep it off. (kinda like a big eff you to the family, lol).

ok ladies, for anyone interested I updated my pictures. The first pic is the day I had my son. The second pic is what I looked like the month before I found out I was preggo, the third pic is a picture of me when I started showing and the last picture is from the day I went in for my csec. As you can see by the last pic I looked like I was having twins!! But I'm only 5'3 and as you can see by the other pics I wasn't that big to begin with and ended up delivering an almost 11lb baby!!

I'm a 39 yr. old mom to a 2.5 yr old spirited little girl, also turning 40 (in March). I am 6' tall and now weigh 238lbs, and I just joined this site 3 days ago. My weight journey has been a series of highs and lows. I was at ~185 when I met my husband, was 10 weeks pregnant at our wedding, when I weighed 210. At delivery I was ~250. I lost nearly all of it, down to ~215. But then started working full-time and writing my dissertation, which resulted in the 20+lbs weight gain. So, I am defending the dissertation in a week, still working full-time, and hope to get pregnant again.
However, I am slowly learning to make my health and well-being a priority again. I realized that part of what I lost in the process of caring for others was my own sense of self-respect - I stopped respecting my body, my appearance, my identity, and my well-being. So, I am focusing, at least for now, on learning how to respect myself again, by honoring my body and honoring what I eat rather than ignoring it or being in denial about it. Good luck all you other moms out there. I look forward to reading more of your posts.

I am a big girl with a long way to go! lol I have lost 48 pounds since August. I have been hitting the gym and TRYING to learn to eat healthier.

I will be 40 in April. I have 4 kids...20, 18, 3 & 2. I am a SAHM and don't have any excused other than I did it to myself. I haven't had surgery, which I have been asked by several if I have. Nothing wrong with surgery though.

I am married to an amazing man!

Salutations Mamas!

My name is Annie. I'm 39yo, work full time, single mom of 4 kids (17yo-boy(man) & 16yo, 13yo & soon to be 10yo girls) I've been on a mission to be healthy since 2003, when I realized I wasn't in my former dancer's body. My mom also became very ill about the same time, all related to being overweight and overwhelmed with stress (and later died in 2005). I have reached some goals. Stop smoking 5 years ago, Stop the sugar addiction 6 years ago, mostly vegitarian (raw/whole foods) diet 2 years ago. My biggest struggle has been loosing the wieght and adding exercise to my daily activities. In October 2010, I tipped the scale at 198 (i'm only 5 feet tall), today I'm at 174 and mostly do to diet change. So, I joined my fitness pal and this group to get support and inspiration to meet my goal weight of 130 pounds by the Dec 31 2012 and also hopefully inspire others to be healthy & happy!

Hello!

I am 22, mother to 1. My daughter will be 2 in May. I ganied 43 pounds in pregnancy with her and lost about 30lbs after I had her, but these last 10-15lbs have been flucuating and hanging on. My fitness pal has been the first program that I like and am seeing results that stick!

Great support system!

HI! My name is Heather and I have a beautiful baby girl who is turning 1 tomorrow. I have gained 50+ lbs in the past 6 years and have been sporatically trying to get it off with not much motivation to stick with it. Before I got my current desk job, I was playing Roller Derby and starting to get those lbs off. Since then I got a cubicle job and had a baby so I ended up gaining quite a bit more.

I am tired of feeling terrible on the outside and In and don't feel like myself anymore so it's time to stick to it. I would like to get back into Roller Derby (Time permitting.) My Fiance made the decision to be serious about his health also so I jumped on the opportunity to have a partner in health.

Well, of course I have children...2 of them and they are both the light of my life and the main reason I'm sticking to weight loss this time. Slow and easy wins the race they say. I'm also married to a wonderful man and I work as Medical Laboratory Technician in a decently sized hospital and love every minute of the insanity. I'm also wanting to lose weight for self-esteem issues. I'm a fairly image driven person and when I look at my really bad areas all I can see in my mind is this disgusting health ruining, yellow substance that goes by the awful name of "fat" and I want to replace that with sleak, striated muscle.

24, two boys, 2 and 6 months. I was only 2-3 lbs overweight after my second child but at my six week checkup I had implanon, the birth control, inserted. What a mistake. Strange body odor, extreme hair loss, and I gained almost 20 lbs in three months. It's been out for almost three weeks and i feel wonderful, but I have to shed these extra pounds.

I am basically doing this for me and me alone. We are on holiday in 7 weeks and I would love to wear a nice top here and there and not to cover up. As they say slow & steady wins the race