I am 46 and live in West(ish) Wales and work as a lecturer in business management. Usually work two evenings a week and at least one 13 hour day, but have n ice long summer holidays - 7 weeks this year. I am married with 2 children (if you can call a 20 year old and 17 year old children).

I lost a stone 2 years ago and then stuck until I joined MFP, I have now lost almost 17lbs but need to lose another 28lbs to hit my goal.

I love my exercise bike and walking but also use the Wii Fit, Just Dance 1,2, or 3 and aerobic DVD's to mix up my exercise. This last week I have been trying to eat my main meal at mid-day and so far I have had surprisingly positive results, I honestly didn't think it would make such a difference, but it has. Didn't really get on with Wii Zumba and don't really think I'll ever get to the gym but you never know stranger things have happened:)

Hi

I'm Jan and live in West Wales. I work in local government and live with my husband and 2 children (aged 18 and 20) and have another son who is 21 in the army.

I registered with this site months ago but only started using it fully a couple of months ago.

I was using Tesco diets but cannot justify paying the fees when I can't keep to the diet plan.

Looking for inspiration and motivation.

Hi I am Ant, a northerner!

I go under my pen name on this site. I've had a major life change to be honest 40+kg loss, excercise & positivity all things I have never done/has before!!

I'm always up for sharing and gaining new knowledge on how to be healthy and getting to know some honest folk

Hi, I am Karen, I am 34 and I live in South West Wales. I live with my partner, no children yet, but hopefully soon! I am a nurse and work an erratic shift pattern.
I have been Yo-Yo dieting for most of my life and I feel like this is my last chance of shedding the lb's.

Hi, I live in North Wales and am absolutely fed up to the back teeth of not being able to lose weight. i have tried everything (short of surgery) WW, SW, R.Con......everything. I used to be really active and did circuit training, aerobics, jogging, etc etc but since having the children and changing jobs - and getting older !! things have slowed down a little ! I have started exercising a lot more and now follow the R.Con diet but it just is not working. I hate how I look in the mirror......and just want to feel good about myself. I have lost inches but not weight. It is affecting my confidence......I feel that everyone sees a fat person. Ive put my goals in and it says i should have 1200 calories a day - how am I going to achieve that - I can do 1400-1500 but whats the easiest way to do 1200 - what can I eat that wont leave me feeling deprived - whats the best way of stretching the calories?

BTW - its great to see a group on here for us in Wales - makes me feel that I am not in this alone

Hi All
26 office worker living in and from Cardiff , from 2010-2011 i dropped 4.5 stone and kept it off but now slipped back up over half stone and want to lose the half stone but drop more and try to gain muscle tone at same time, have a gym membership but going slipped from 4 times a week to once in a month but trying to get back to 3 gym sessions a week plus boxercise

Hi people I am stacey living in South Wales could do with some friends on here for some incouragment, add me staceyhughes021289

Im in the North in Llandudno, I want to lose about another 50lb and am always in need of mor motivation =p i love running which isnt always easy with our lovely weather and love the kinect and dvd workouts x

Hi, I'm Shell from Flintshire in the North, though I'm originally from Cumbria.
This is my first day on MFP and I was truly horrified to see my allowance of just 1250 cals as I have a navvy's appetite and could manage that for breakfast. After 30 years of yoyoing up and down stones at a time I am determined to make this site work. It's nice to find some local people on here and I hope we can encourage each other. I go to the gym 3 times a week, but can't say I really like exercising, but I love to walk our little dog every day. I'm half excited and half frightened at the prospect of the days to come.

Hi I'm another one from llanelli. I'm a stay at home mum to my 3 lil munchkins (6, 5 & 4) aswell as a registered carer for my 6 year old. I'm aiming to finally lose the 4 stone that I put on after having the kids and havent been able to shift yet! Hopefully I'll be in a lot better shape this time next year cause I dont wanna look like a whale when on hols in mexico!

Hello there and I'm from Swansea. I'm a college student and I'm moderately active, whenever i find myself free i'd go horseback riding, play some rugby, table tennis or sometimes go to the leisure centre to see what's available to play and socialise with other people. Take this tip, if you're willing to go to the gym or find yourself a hobby, drag a friend or two along to help encourage eachother. Otherwise you'll get bored alone and you'll find yourself giving up pretty easily. Add me 'Faisalshamallakh' and we can exchange tips and encourage one and other

Hi, Im from Mid Wales (Newtown/Welshpool sort of area)

Just found this group after returning to MFP after a somewhat extended break :S

Feel free to send me a friend request

I am carys, i live near Cardiff and i'm a student, I add everyone who adds me and i'd love to see your progress.
My best tip is getting a fitspo tumblr, if you dont know what it is its like making your own motivation page and sharing your health ideas with other people. If anyone has any tips for me, i'd love to hear them>.<
Trying my hardest but failed today:')

Hi,
I'm Joanna from Newport, South Wales.
Is anyone still looking for some diet / fitness buddies?

Hello All,

Not new in here (joined, did quite well, fell off the rails, sound familiar?). I'm 43 yrs old (male) from Cardiff and drive a desk for a living. A combination of an unbalanced diet and lack of exercise saw me balloon to 105kg last year which on the BMI scale is morbidly obese!

in January this year I hit 43 and came up with a plan to lose 43lbs in 43 weeks (project 43-4-43) or a roughly a fifth of my starting weight of 100kg!

Anyway so far i've lost 12kg by calorie counting and doing a little bit of exercise on my oldest son's multi-gym but have been stuck at 88kg for a few weeks now. I've decided to up my exercise and bought a spinning bike which is fab for burning the calories so i hope this will kick me on.

My biggest trouble seems to be lack of motivation some days and its hard to diet and exercise on your own so would appreciate some new friends willing to share recipes, tips and just have a chat on here once in a while.

Join me if you would like to and let's succeed together,

Thanks for reading, :happy:

Shane