I am new to the forum but I am already reading a lot of wonderful positive things on here that have me inspired.

I am a tall girl, and will always be "bigger" than most girls. I can accept that. I want to go from 337 to at least 230. I'd like to be a size 18 and just walk into a place and not feel like a huge fat girl mistaken for a man.

I build muscle easily, so I've always been called "sir" ever since I was a teenager. It gets old and makes you feel like you aren't a real woman

I've got to do this. I decided to go with Medifast to take the "thinking" out of it and just eat what I buy and hopefully drop weight.

I'm with you. I'd be a happy sized 16 or 18 right now! I was that a 13/14 in high school, and MAN, what I wouldn't give to go back and know I was pretty fit at that time, and not wish to be thinner my whole life.

But, I do care about who I am, and I care about why I want to lose weight. I will be 37 this year, and my knees ache and my back hurts, and I see what decades of obesity did to my mother and her joints... and as much as I love her, don't want to be her in 25 years. I want to feel good. Or decent. And I want to be more active and not so loathesomely couch-bound. I can get up and move when I want to... when I WANT to.

SO I'm trying to motivate myself! I've been calorie counting and tracking again this week. I'm not going to stop doing that. I need to do it for me, and lose this weight. Doesn't matter the method, as long as we do it healthfully.

Keep your head up. You're a woman. Women are beautiful beings. Embrace it and watch your body change as you lose the pounds. Enjoy who you are, at any size. Then you can feel good about yourself when you get that body you want!

These forums are awesome. I've been back and forth into them for years, but mostly as a lurker, and I delurk to ask questions. I'm trying to change that and delve into the support system available here.

Hello ladies,

Just a quick note to say welcome and I feel your pain!!

I love this forum and couldn't have made the progress that I have without ladies like you who understand how I feel. Both of your posts I could have written, that's how much they touched my heart.

I squeezed (yes squeezed) myself into a size 20 jeans this week and you would have thought I hit the lottery I was so excited. I know I'll never be a size 8 or 10 (and maybe not even a 12 or a 14 for that matter) but I will be healthier and more fit, thanks to this forum.

We can do this! Girl Power!!