I don't really have success yet. But I will tell you my stats and goals.

I'm 19, female, 5'6, 250 lbs.

My goal weight is 150-130.

I'm hoping to achieve this the natural way without any supplements or anything. But I'd like to get into the 100's before next June when I plan to be married. :)

Thanks for commenting. Congratulations on your wedding plans!

By "next June" do you mean "June 2013?" or June just a few months away? (Sorry I don't understand things well--I may be autistic/aspergers.)

Good luck on your goals! Any weight you manage to take off by June should be great! I hear 1 to 2 lbs a week is a reasonable amount.

I realize now that I didn't actually say what my ultimate weight goal is: 145-155 lbs. Now I am 203 lbs. with my shoes on.

June 2013. :) We definitely don't have enough money for this June. lol Thank you :)))))))) No need to be sorry I should have made it more clear. I definitely couldn't have lost at leat 50 lbs in the next 3 months. That'd be unrealistic. I actually joined this group because I was looking through all of the posts and I noticed that you had a lot of good, up building comments and I wanted to be a part of that. lol So thank you for being a good person! :) Though I weigh more than you right now we're nearly on the same boat.

I wish you good luck on your goals as well! :)

Thank you so much! I love connecting with people.

Thanks for clarifying the June thing. :) Yeah, you should be able to lose 50 lbs in a year. I understand it is even easier to lose weight when you have more to lose... And when you are younger.... But, yes, I identify with you, too, because our height is the same.

My main goal right now is to be more consistent with timing my meals, following the diet plan, and keeping the amounts of foods nearly the same from meal to meal and snack to snack.

I may lose weight or I might not, but the only times I have lost more than 5 lbs have been when I have followed the Lean and Free diet.

I read that diet on one of the posts you put. It sounds like a good diet. I eat the right things I just don't get up and move. I need to get off my butt and do some exercises but I find that hard because I have bad knees and a horrible back. :( I didn't even think about being consistant with my meals. When I was in high school all the meals and the after school snack times were consistant. But now that I'm in college I don't go to school every day at the same time. It's not very good for dieting. I have class at 12 one day then the next I'm out of class at 12 and going home. So It's not very easy because you don't want to be in the class having a meal while your professor is talking. lol Sometimes I get reallllly hungry which causes me to eat more. So I'm going to work on drinking more water instead of eating more. My mom eats a rice cake and drinks a whole bottle of water when she gets hungry in between meals.

I believe that you can lose weight! :))))))

The first time I tried this diet, the main difference was that I had to drink more water, eat more frequently and eat more fruits and vegetables. I lost about 12-15 lbs in about 3 months. Then I had a colonoscopy; it was hard to get my diet back into a routine and I regained the lost pounds. I was also diagnosed with Graves' disease, and the meds I take for that can cause weight gain. I gained about 10 pounds more than my previous high weight and was at 209 when I tried Total Health and Fitness, which I am still tryiing. I lost 12 pounds before October, then regained when my husband had Congestive Heart Failure.

The THF plan is to eat every 2-3 hours but allows for a lot of flexibility and even number of "meals" (including snacks,) depending on what times you get up and go to bed, for example. My coach says I should really try to eat approximately the same amount for Lunch and Supper. With THF the emphasis is more on having a good balance of carbs and protein at every "meal", and their are certain protein bars he recommends for a quick snack when I have little time for a real meal. Water intake is still highly recommended.

I am supposed to get about 30 minutes of walking on most days, and I have a weight lifting routine from THF also. The reason I chose to go to them is because of their attitude about body composition. They measure me with a caliper type device every visit. They are expensive, though, and a local company so they are not very widespread

Hello my names miranda and well I am 180, I have come down 10 lbs as my heavest ever in my life at 190 lbs. I had a hysterctomy when I was 25 and told that i will never have anymore kids (what brought of my old friend depression and brought on my weight gain) I do have 3 beautiful kids tho. My goal weight is 135-145. So 45 pounds to go but it seems I get to 170 and I just lose my goal to go on ... but this time I really want to be down there and keep on going. I pretty much want next years christmas to be awesome cause I feel good about myself.

Thanks for sharing, Miranda. It sounds like you are making progress. There is a lot you can give yourself credit for. Weight is only one aspect of our lives. Depression is a difficult thing to battle, but you can do it! One reason I am so determined to lose weight the right way this time is because losing it the wrong way--through starvation (and dehydration), just backfires and seems to cause more eventual weight gain than loss.