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I'm happy to see you're taking the first steps to becoming a healthier person for the sake of yourself and your loved one's. I also had health problems and I am a diabetic. I ate bad, didn't exercise and ballooned to around 335. (when I was diagnosed with diabetes). I am now 227 lb's and still going and since I started…

appx a month ago I started running. I would jog a half mile out stopping a few times and walk home. Today I am running 5K in the morning and either 2 or 3 miles in the afternoon!!

how bout this for an encore!! I just finished my afternoon jog. I knew I ddint wanna stop this time and I also had my son Stephen on his "formula schwinn" pace bike cheering me on..lol I DIDN'T stop and I finished this 5k at 26.5 minutes! Before anyone says I'm over doing it. I was a little tired initially but hand on the…

So I decided I was going to run my first 5k this morning. So last night my daughter and I went out and drove the route to calculate the route I would need to take to complete it. I just finished it a little while ago!! I did stop twice at about 2.25m and the 2.5 m mark but I managed to finish my run at almost 28 minutes on…

I too just started running a month ago. Initially I would jog (stopping a few times) to a point that was half a mile and then walk home. Soon thereafter I pushed myself and made it that distance and back jogging (with a few 10 pace stops to catch my breath.) Once I knew I could jog the mile I recalculated the distance and…

40 years old father of 3 awesome kids. Oldest is a freshman in college, my daughter is a freshman in high school and my youngest is in the 6th grade. Feel free to add me as well as any other 40 something's in this thread. ;)

you look AMAZING!! Very inspiring!

thanks....sounds so cliche but it is getting better every day. :)

how about a Best Made Dill Pickle!? lol Sorry guys inside joke...they seem to be my weakness and I just bought a gallon of those lttle *kitten* the other day but the sodium those guys pack is kicking my *kitten*. Just wish they would quiet down and quit calling me... "Mike.........Mike......you know you want some....."

yes...we can do this sis!!! Let's kick some *kitten*!!

I don't know if I can invite someone to your group but can we invite this user who is my friend (sister-in-law) and has been a great inspiration for me and a sounding board for everything that I've been going through? http://www.myfitnesspal.com/livegreengoducks

thanks but i wasn't entirely by design. I was a basket case and I think I even forgot to eat one day...lol (which isnt funny). It's been a stressful time and the weight coming off maybe wasn't in a very healthy way but it came off and I wanna keep it coming off the right way! :) also anyone that wants to can feel free to…

Thanks for having me! I've lost 20 lb's over the last 2 weeks, mainly to my wife's extramarital affair and having left me and my children. So I'm turning that HUGE negative and using that bad experience into being a catalyst for getting me back into a more healthy lifestyle for me and my children. I've started jogging and…

I'm new too and have no clue! haha But I'd be happy to friend you! :)

welcome Daniellalove2!! I also just signed up today. Good luck with your journey!

Thanks for all the replies guys! It really helps hearing encouragement from other people going through the same struggles that I am and that can identify with me. It's not easy as we all know, if it was we'd all be skinny...lol

Wow that's awesome...good job!! At my heaviest I weighed 335...well I digress, that was my last me!asured weight. I'm sure I topped out at 350. That was not a good time for me. I'm now lighter than I've been in at least 10 years and it feels great!! No way I'm gonna stop now. :)