Hi everyone, Just joined and hoping the chat and support will help me. I'm feeling alot overwhelmed by the task ahead of me(and to be honest the sheer choice on this forum) I've been coming to terms with the fact that being overweight is now affecting my health. And I can't put it on the back burner anymore. I've 100lbs to lose and would love to have support from those who understand the issues. Thanks:?

Hello Donna and welcome. I too am new and have a weight loss goal of 100 pounds. The people here are very nice and supportive. The best of luck to you my dear! Let's complete our goals together.

Exactly the same here girls and I'm new too. I have 100lbs to lose (at least!) Because it is such a monumental journey I have in front of me I'm taking it 10lbs at a time and I am already 5 down! Shall we band together? After all ther's safety in numbers isn't there? We can offer support, sympathy and all celebrate little victories. I'm in the UK too Donna.

Hi and welcome to 3FC.

Good luck with your goals.

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Michelle

Hi! Welcome to 3FC
Everyone on here is lovely and you'll find all the support (and more) that you need to reach your Goal.
If you're feeling overwhelmed by how much you have to lose, why nto try splitting you overall Goal into small Mini-Goals? Like 20 pounds to start with or something and work from there
Good luck anyway, I look forward to reading about your progress!

Thanks sounds great, I haven't figured out this forum thing very well yet. But I will, forgive me if I do something silly. I usually try to do this on my own, and finally figured out if it ain't working I better try something else.

Thanks Banding togeather sounds great, I really do think this time around I need the help and I'll try to be as much support as well.

Thanks, I'm 237 right now, and I think your right, I'd really like to be under the 200 mark but 20 pound goals makes sence. Every 20 off should make the knees ache just a little less.

Welcome. I suggest you look for a Support Group or Challenge to join; a small group of friends to help keep you motivated, find one that inspires you or fits your needs, and just post to join.

Good luck with your efforts!

It can definitely seem like a huge task, both of what you mentioned. But it is a lot more do able when you look at it like mini forums and just find one that suits you. Best of luck, it can be done and I'm sure you've checked out some of the successes around here, they inspire me all the time.

Thanks to you all, Your very welcoming and it's very much appreciated. Been feeling a bit bad these days, and beating my self up a bit. Was watching an episode of Oprah. Jerry Seinfeld was on, his advise to Oprah was "It's yours to design" So simple but sooo eye opening for me. So it's time for me to stop reacting to situations and take responsibily to design my life the way i want not what others expect. Wow quite a mouthful... THANKS AGAIN GUYS. I'm going to spend some time now reading on 3FC and hopfully figure it out.

Welcome Donna, sinfuldays and jojo! Glad to have you guys here. I have been yo-yo dieting and hitting bumps and hurdles just like everyone else since 2007. I'm 24, 5'2" and when I graduated college in May 08 I weighed 267. Since being on track and really putting forth effort, I'm now down to 197, and still looking for support to get me to goal of 130 or lower.

I noticed we are around the same height and starting weights, so just know that you can do it!! Stick around, post a lot, join the daily weigh ins over on the 100lb page, and just be proactive in your journey! Congrats on the first step!

Hi there, I am new today too and understand what you are facing. I know it's going to be a long road but I am hoping this forum will help give me the push I need. Good Luck!

What really inspires me is seeing before and after pictures of other members and their weight loss tracker. Browse around and see what amazing things can come out of reaching your goal. It's quite motivating.