My name is Abby. I'm 27 and also engaged, and weigh in at 334 LBs. I started at 350 mid-May but using MFP to track my calorie intake has already proven to be a useful tool and i've lost 16 LBs. I want supportive friends who are either in the same boat losing the weight, or already lost it and can give me some pointers

Haha I feel like there isn't an easy way to introduce myself without sounding like I'm in an AA meeting.

I'm Aaron, I'm trying to fight the good fight and lose weight. I got on the scale about a month ago and it said 350, at that moment I freaked out. I've never been that heavy in my life. I went into college at 220 and now years later I'm 130 pounds heavier (and I wasn't skinny to start with!). Anyway I lost 10 pounds, but then stalled because I had to spend a week out of town. Now I'm trying to get back on track and lose some more weight. My entire Dad's side of the family has diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems, and is morbidly obese. We are a family of fat Italians, so we have a lifestyle of eating. It is hard watching them struggle.

I want to be healthy for a lot of reasons, I've never been skinny or in shape in my life so I WANT to know what that feels like. Also I'll be getting married this year, and I want to be able to start a family and not die off before my future kids get to know me. Really though, I just want to feel healthy, this kind of weight is a constant battle against depression and I never really feel good. I always have heart burn or digestive issues. It's time for that to stop.

Anyway, this is one of my first posts, and looking at it I feel really good being able to get all of this out. I'm definitely looking for any friends, so feel free to add me!

Welcome! Feel free to add me if you like. I work nights too and will holler at you not to eat twinkies at 3 am.

I am a 28 year old wife with no children and I started my weight loss journey (this time lol) on June 12th 2012. I weighed my heaviest ever at 305lbs... Since then I have dropped 15 lbs in the first week and am at my Current Weight of 290lbs..
I have never been thin, EVER, but i want to experience this at least once.
My journey is so that i can have children(i have had two miscarriages and cant seem to get pregnant now), be healthier, and maybe remedy several health issues i have (pancreatitis, infertility, arthritis, depression, etc) and i just want to be able to wear a swimsuit and feel comfortable.
I have always been the nice friend with a great personality, damn it for once i want to be called beautiful...not sweet.
I feel blessed to have found this group and i completely agree that those who have never had to face trying to lose 100+ lbs have no clue what it is like...
Please feel free to friend me if you like, I'm always up for a good chat

Hi all my name is Vicki I'm currently 410 lbs and way way way unhealthy, I need to get this weight off to save my life.

Hi all, my name is Sam, I'm a 52 year old cancer survivor and started MFP at 315lbs a month ago. I've lost 19lbs so far, with a goal of at least 90lbs. I gained about 75lbs. after my bout with cancer and I know that if I don't change my lifestyle I will not survive long enough to enjoy all that life has to offer.

My good friend introduced me to MFP and he has lost 130lbs down from 379! He is an inspiration to me and I would like to pay that forward, so if you need an accountability or encouragement friend, feel free to add me.

Hey yall. My name is Alex im 23. When I started losing weight I was 389 I started using this app at 340. I have battled weight my whole life im a big boy 6'3 and I lived large all of High School And College. Being the funny fat guy and doing eating contests to impress people Example 6lb cheeseburger. Now that im out of school, my goal is to be 280 which is what I weighed at 13-14. I have not been under 300 since I was in Middle School.

I'm a 33 y/o father of one very active 2 year old. I joined here at 380 lbs a month ago mostly because of the food tracking ability - figured it'd be a good way to figure out how balanced I'm eating day to day, and see if I can lose a few pounds in the process.

Instead of just being the "fat guy", I've also been the "strong guy" - I've been picking up heavy things ever since my teens, so I've packed on muscle as well as fat. Every time I tried working out, I just got bigger (because I didn't watch my eating as well). Sort of like a decade long bulking session. Currently I'm about 24% bodyfat - I don't want to go below 12%, so that gives me about 40 lbs in fat to lose.

As for my goal, I'm aiming towards winning my Highland Games competitions, so I've started doing some heavy powerlifting in the gym and seeing how much fat I can trim off before next spring. If I can lose the extraneous weight and get even stronger, then I'll call this a success.

Any other 300+ people who are like me? Into strength games and such? If not, that's fine, I'll chat anyways!

Hi my name is Michelle but you can call me "MEME" I started at 312 and now I am at 301. I am trying my best and doing what I have to do tomorrow is a new day will be getting my work out on in the morning with my sweat suit. I am going to embrace all of summer because I am ready for a new me. My goal is to drop another 30 pounds before the summer is over. Loosing weight is not easy but I will keep on trying . Please add me so I can have work out buddies or motivational buddies

Hi. I'm 49, married, no children. I started MFP at 410 over a year ago now, lost some... easily, then fell off of the routine and gained some back. I'm presently at 378 and losing again.