Height: 6' 2"
Age: 44
Start Weight: 18 stone 6
Current Weight: 15 stone 11
Target Weight Range: 13 to 13 and a half

Got a treadmill at the end of January. For about 6 weeks I was on the treadmill about 3 times a week. Didn't really change my eating habits at all. Lost about 4 pounds in 6 weeks. Thought this isn't good enough. Joined MFP, started counting calories and have lost another 33 pounds since !

Now try to run 5 times a week, split between the treadmill and open roads. Within a year of starting this process I'd like to get down to my comfort range of between 13 and 13 and a half stones. From there I will never be returning to where I started. That was 10 years of doing little exercise and marginal over eating. Over the years it added up. Never again.

PaulC.

Hi,
Im 40yrs old, 4ft 11 and weigh 11st 7lbs. Im just about squeezing into a size 18............not good at all and far from where I should be

I'm 5'6.5 and want to be about 10 stone. I have done really well maintaining around 11 stone, but recently have gone back up, and not had the guts to weigh myself! Think I am about 11st 8lb now. Just joined this site and starting again tomorrow, hopefully you people can make me stick to it this time... you and jillian michaels!

Hey

Im 6'3, current weight 20st/280lbs ( my start weight was 22st/308lbs) m 25 and XXL shirt

Such a disgrace but i am working to change

I'm 32 (far to close to 33) and 5"6.

CURRENT WEIGHT is 14st 7 - mostly a size 16 now with a few 18s depending on brand. Some roomier 14s are just starting to fit.

STARTING WEIGHT joining MFP was 16st 12 on 9 April. I would have said I was a size 18/20 earlier in the year but even some of those 20s were starting to get a little tight.

Had lost a bit of weight before then by walking and cycling a bit more and being a bit careful of what I was eating but only started 'dieting' properly and going to the gym in April.

Motivation: spend too much time round uber fit people (pro & serious am athletes) and being the wobbly, fat, unfit one is just too embarrassing. Heading back to uni (yes, I'm one of those mature student types) to complete honours in Sept after deferring a year for health reasons - so not being the wobbly, fat, unfit one there either will be good.

Been setting myself lots of little goals as I go along. Getting under 16st. Done. Getting under 15. Done. Getting to 2st down. Done. And now my immediate goal is to get into ONEderland which should hopefully happen in the next week or so.

INTERIM GOAL is to get to the top of my healthy range - 11st 0. Would love to get there or thereabouts for when I head back to Uni but realise current weight loss rate may not stick with me that long.

Have never been skinny so don't know where about on my healthy range my ultimate goal is yet. A size 14 when I was 16, I crept up to an 18 by my early 20s. I think this is the first time I've been under 15st since my teens. Hypothyroidism went untreated until my mid 20s and by that time I'd given up on diets, etc. as being pointless (sticking to the letter of the law with Weightwatchers my weight went up 4lbs in 2 weeks). By the time I was being treated, I'd developed a lot of bad habits and guess I'd kind of resigned myself to being fat. Has taken far too long to get out of that mindset but I'm already much happier now that I've made a start.

MFP really has made me realise that a food and exercise diary and a bit of motivation is all that you need. It's advice I've nodded to but ignored for too long allowing my excuses to get in my way but losing 33lbs in 10 and a bit weeks has made me eat some humble pie (and I still eat apple pie after Sunday lunch too - just make sure I take the dog out for an hour as well!)

Loving the gym, loving the pool and can't weight to get a bit fitter still so I can feel more comfortable joining in group things like tennis lessons or some of the scarier classes at the gym.

TARGET CLOTHES SIZE: a 12 would be nice. I'm all boobs and hips and never really had much of a belly so not sure if a 10 will suit me, but I may try getting there to see what it's like.

I'm 26, 5'9 and weight 10 stone 6. I'm a size 10/12.

I want to get back down to 9 stone 12 which I managed last summer after spending a lot of time at the gym. Doesn't sound like a lot but I feel uncomfortable.

Some of you lot have done brilliantly, well done

HI
I am 26 years old and am 5 "3 and currently weigh 9 stone 10 (im a size 12). I want to get back to being a size 8/10 and to weigh between 8 stone 7 and 8 stone 10

Hi folks.

I am 23 years old. 5'4", 168lbs and a size 14/16.

Hi all. I'm 37, 5ft 3 and weigh in at 162.5lbs at the moment (11st 8.5). I wear a 14 although they're a little snug round my bum and thighs and a 12/14 top. (I'm a typical pear shape).

My goal is to get back into my size 10 jeans, and in order to do that my goal is set at around 126lbs (9st). I'll be happy if I get anywhere between that and 9st 7 to be honest.

I can't use the excuse that it's my baby weight, as my kids are 10 and 12 now, and 6 years ago I was 8st 4! It's bad diet and lack of exercise that got me here, and now it's time I fixed that permanently!

Good luck to everyone on their journeys. Feel free to add me for support, lord knows I need it myself, whether it's for a shoulder or a cheer. We CAN do this! x

I am a wee one!

5ft 2.5
Currently size 12
11st 4lbs

Goals:
5ft 6 (maybe in my dreams!)
Size 8
8st 8lbs

Over the years have yo-yo'd between 7.5st and 12.5st and it's time to take control!

HI im 32 height 5 4.5" starting weight was 160lbs (11st 6lbs) size 14 just!
weight now 144 (10st 4lbs) size 12/14
Still a 14 on top but decent sized boobs so not sure wether i'll make a 12
Goal weight between 127-133lbs (9st 1lb - 9st 7lb)

Hiya!! I'm 5'6, 154lbs (11st), 27years old and wearing a size 12. Was planning on going down to 10st, but may stop at 10 1/2 instead now and concentrate on toning up and getting fit, loving my body shape at the moment and don't wanna lose my curves!!

Hi I am 39.. 5'3 and at the moment I am 176lb (12 stone 8lb) have lost a few lbs since joining last week.. I am heavier than i was at 9 months pregnant with my daughter who is now 3.... Would love to get back to my pre baby wieght of around 10 1/2 stone x

Hi
My start weight in Feb 2010 was 248.7lbs, I now weigh 186.7lbs as of last week.
My initial goal is 100lbs lost, so I'm working on getting to 148.7lbs and see how I feel when I get there. I've never been slim, so I don't really know what I'm aiming for at the moment, but I'm sure that will become clear as I move closer to my goal.
I started of wearing a size 22, I'm now in a size 16. Been stuck at this size for a good few months now, so it's time to get the scale moving again and into the 14's!

Hi

Im 5'9, 31 yrs old - Started at 20st 13lbs Size 24 - Currently 19st 2lbs Size 18 on top/22 on bottom (all going from the top half first)
My target is 14stone / Size 16 - that mights seem big to some of you, but the last time I wore a size 16 I was 16!

Good luck everyone, whatever your aims! x