Hi,

My name is Nichole and im still quite new to this mfp thing but slowly getting the hang of it. I'm 18 years old. I'm just here to lose some weight i suddenly gained due to a medicine's side effect and my metabolism finally catching up with me. I never have been able to feel full my whole life, but i was always able to keep myself in check. Until this past year, I gave up completely and gained weight i didnt want. I hope to rid of it and be as healthy as i can be!!!

Hello! My name is Lisa and I've been on this site for a little over two months. Why am I deciding to lose weight now? Well, I guess, why not now? I'm tired of these 100 plus pounds holding me back from the life I want to live. My husband and I moved to the beautiful Pacific Northwest a little over five years ago, and since arriving in this wonderland we've discovered so many fun, active things to do - hiking, camping, kayaking, snow shoeing, skiing, etc. An active lifestyle, what could be better, right? Well, it's hard to do those things when you're 100 plus pounds overweight. I've grown sick of huffing and puffing alongside my fit husband while we trek up a mountain, and refusing to kayak because I'm scared I won't fit in the boat.

I've always been a fairly active person - softball and swimming up through high school, kicked along to Tae Bo DVDs sparadically for the last ten years... But my two obstacles are these: inconsistency and stress eating. Ugh.

However, within the last few months, I've come a long way regarding those issues. I bought a Vitamix and now enjoy buying colorful fruits and veggies at the store and mixing them up for a snack/light dinner. I've discovered that a red bell pepper tastes better than a bag of greasy potato chips. And I'm getting better at the exercising sparadically thing... I'm shooting for at least forty-five minutes of exercise a day for at least five out of seven days a week.

I'm getting better. I'm getting stronger. This is a lifestyle change, and I plan on making the most of it...

Hello everyone.I'm Becca,I'm 34 from Ohio.I'm a wife and mother of 4.I've been a big girl for a long time and I want to change that but I've never been very good at losing weight.I have made a lil progress but lately I've fallen off track.I've been here on MFP since this feb.Hoping to get back on track starting tomorrow.Feel free to add me if you like,I could use all the help I can get! : )

Hey folks!

I am 29 and got serious about MFP in April 2012. I am 5ft 9in and started at 247. I am now 224 and my goal weight is 160 although that may change depending on how I feel when I hit it. I recently quit smoking on June 29th and I try to exercise at least 5 days a week. I usually do a fitness boot camp, body pump, racquetball and right now I am on week 3 of C25K. This week as a personal challenge to myself I am trying to get in 10 hours of exercise. So far so good

hi my name is Monica, I'm 21 & my sophomore year of college is where all the weight gain and unhealthy eating habits came from. I'm currently trying to lose weight and so far my efforts have proven good : ) & I'm pretty much just trying to live a healthier lifestyle & become a more healthier me : ) & good luck on everyone's weight loss efforts ...

Hi I am Melanie fron Yorkshire UK. Like many of us on here I have been overweight most of my life. I was the chubby kid at school, the jolly happy one that pretended everything was happy and wonderful.
When I was 18 to 20 I hovered between a size 16-18 (UK SIZE). At 22 I became pregnant and was happy, a few days after our wedding when I was 20 weeks, my daughter decided to enter the world. I got to spend a precious few moments with my baby but she will always be in my heart. My husband and I had moved to a different city so I had no friends or family around to help me get through this difficult time. My GP (doctor) was useless and offered no help whatsoever, I did end up putting in a complaint to the Medical Board about them. My husband threw himself into his work and when he was around didnt understand why I just couldnt move on. Food became my friend. I ate anything and everything. The only time I left the house was to buy more food. After about a year and a dress size of 24 we moved back to my home city. We tried for another baby, but it just wasnt happening. After seeking help I was told to lose weight and they would help. I got myself down to a size 18, then after second month of treatment fell pregnant and now have a very beautiful 10 year. (I am 37).
Last year was a really crap year. My husband emailed me to say our marriage was over and he was with the "love of his life" his first girlfriend from school.....I must thank Facebook. My mum had 2 seperate cancer scares, then my gran had a stroke and died a few months later. While all this was going on I had to move house as my husband refused to pay the mortgage.
There is a happy ending if you have gotten this far. My daughter and I now live in a beautiful house, in a fantastic area. We are happy with each other and getting on the best we can.
The kick up the backside I gave myself, was deciding I want to be in Perth Oz for my 40th. There will be 8 of us going I have fantastic friends, and I dont want to be sat on the beech in a tent of a dress when everyone else is in bikinis.
I found the app for the site 2 weeks ago and havent looked back. This isnt a diet, its a lifestyle for me now. So far I have lost 11lbs, and gained several blisters thanks to all the walking I am doing. I am going to start the 30 day Shred looks hard but the results I have seen on here are amazing. My start weight was actually higher than what I put in when I signed up as I was guessing. My goal is 140lbs or dress size 14 (never been a 14).
Sorry if I bored you, I promise I wont do it again.

Sorry, just realized that I should have done this here, lol

Hi everyone!!!
I am a newly married again, mother of 4 girls. My true struggle with my wieght came after I lost my youngest daughter, Dafni, due to a babysitters mistake. I ended up hitting rock bottom, I lost everything, custody of my other 3 daughters, my home, some friends too. I don't blame the friends, some just don't know how to deal when a person loses so much in a day. Ended up losing my job as well.
I turned to food and cigerates, bad choices, but I also didn't know how to deal with my situation. I slowly came to the point where I was living for my girls, and taking care of them. About a year and 2 months ago, after trying to work things out with my then husband, who had always been abusive, it turning physical and me finally realizing that not only did I deserve to be treated better by others, I deserved to love myself again. That was a loooong road. That road is what ended 1 yr and 2 months ago. That is when I finally decided that I was truely a good person, and if I had the strength to leave him and lose my home and car and job again, and start all over. That I could love myself compleatly again and do what is right for me.

I went to a friends wedding, caught the bouquet, broke up with a lazy guy who expected me to take care of him, and 2 weeks later went on a date, that lasted 15 hours, with my now husband. The first man ever in my life to treat me like I mattered, and truely love me for me, no matter what shape or bad habits. Thanks to his encouragement, I started going to the gym again...I had forgoten how awesome it felt to work out, I also started to eat better again too. In November, we moved into our home, and thankfully he loves my cooking and I started using my fitness pal again.
I am slowly losing wieght, go to the gym when I can, play just dance with my girls when I can't, finally have a life again.
I am truely blessed.


Oh, and I am in the process of kicking the butts too!

Hiya I'm Natalie I'm 18 my starting weight was 200lbs I am now 168.5lbs and I want to be around 130/140lbs I am 5 foot 6 and I come on here every day so feel free to add me:)