Hi and welcome!! You are not alone...Am 387 ...48 years old...struggle since I was a kid. Keep a food journal, to see how much you are eating..either offline, online sites like myfitnesspal. Keep posting, we are here to help in anyway we can. You can do this!!! Start now and never give up hope!! Hoping you stay with us!! :) hugs..

Liliann

Hi. As of today I'm 342lbs. I'm 38yrs. I'm right there with you! I always fooled myself thinking I didn't look that big... but wow pictures don't lie and I saw an awful truth last September and decided it was time to get on the diet wagon *again*. I've lost about 32lbs since Sept. I'm very serious, motivated and dedicated. I weigh every day to keep myself in check but count mondays as my progress days.
Coming here is a great first step. Like Liliann said, come here often and post a lot. Join us in our daily check ins. Its pretty quiet so we could use some more voices.
I hope you stick around!!

Thank you ladies. Glad to know I am not alone. I want to be healthy. Thin is not a big deal to me because I have never been thin, but healthy is important, I want to know I could play with kids, and not get winded after a few minutes. I go to a spirit filled church and I want to be able to dance and praise God for atlas one full song before I peter out. I want to be able walk my dogs until they are tired and not after I am.

A book written by Lysa Terkeurst: Made to Crave helped me as a Christian with my compulsive overeating. Wishing you well Miss Becky on your weight loss journey.

I'm right there with you as well. I'm 52, and when I saw my doctor in December I was at my highest weight ever 292.2 lbs (and I'm only 5'4"). BMI of 50, and after years of playing Russian Roulette I now have Type II Diabetes.

My children already have one parent who is medically disabled, they need me to be healthy and I want to watch my grandchildren grow up.

Let's do this together! I have lost 2.4 lbs--not much but it's a start.

Welcome Becky, we are all in this together. I am at my highest weight ever now. I recently have gained more weight. I can't even tie my shoes without effort and put my pants on without a struggle. Pretty bad for me. I want to lose weight as I just was diagnosed with Diabetes. Glad you are here. Keep posting.

I am only 5'3 and weigh a whopping 258. It seems like just yesterday I was 230. I must do something now. It is killing me. I hope to get alot of support here. I am feeling discouraged right now.

Glad to have all these people with the dame mindset. Yesterday I did do some form of exercise for 30 minutes. I will change my life. Thank you Laraine17 I will definitely take a look at that book.

Woo Hoo, another day another 30 minute work out another night of cramps, but I will survive!!

Exercise is the best way to build up health. So just keep going. I feel the power in you, you can do it. :)

Becky..awesome job with your fitness efforts!!! Keep it up!!! :)

Liliann

Hey, Becky. I know exactly what you're going through. I probably weigh 100 lbs more than you do and have sever mobility issues. I use to be able to do those 30 minute workouts as well but that's just not my reality anymore. I think what's important right now is to just be as mobile as you can, and by that I mean maybe check out some sit down exercises. If you have a stairway in your home try going up and down as many steps as you can, 2-3, whatever you're able to do. It eventually get's easier and before you know it you'll be doing the whole stairway. Diet wise, myself I've never done well on diets. They just never worked for me. I wanted to make some serious "lifestyle" changes still eating the things that I like but in a way that I could sustain for the rest of my life. Of course, portion control and self control is key. One more thing, there's a guy on here (needtoreboot) that has some amazing idea's and how to go about it. If you check out his post's you'll know what I'm talking about and you wont regret it.

Looks like your making progress! Awesome:) I find smaller changes good and working out is awesome in so many ways. I have been yo yo dieting kind of and just started back myself. It was discouraging at first to start with my easiest video and struggle. Now in week 3 it isn't nearly as it was weeks ago. That feel great. Slow progress for me.