[MumaSue]

Hi everyone

I have been dieting, scratch that, changing my life style for about a year now and have lost 50lbs. I use sparkpeople.com and love their philosophy that to be healthy you must live healthy.

I have a 7 year old daughter and my husband recently lost his battle against pancreatic cancer. He was 46. I have found it hard to lose weight over the last few months and need some inspiration. I came here after doing a google search on the hair product Wen and got some good advice. Then I noticed the site was a dieting site and thought I would come on in and check it out.

My starting weight [but I believe not my heaviest weight] was 317lbs @ 5' 4" I am now 267lbs.

[NEMom]

I am so sorry for your loss. This must be a very difficult and painful time for you and your family.

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your 50lb loss - amazing! You will get a ton of support on this site. Give yourself a hug high five if you are able to maintain your weightloss through this time of grieving. Celebrate every pound you lose!

Best of luck to you!

[Charin]

Hi and welcome! So sorry for your loss. I also have a 7year old daughter as well as a 10 year old son. They are one of the reasons for losing the weight (giving a good example to them).

[xJox]

First let me say, I am so sorry for your loss. {{{hugs}}}

You have done so well already. I know you will love it here and will find the inspiration to continue.

Have a fantastic day!

[sunshauna]

Hi MumaSue, Welcome to the forum. I am so sorry for the loss of your husband. You are being so strong to stay focused while dealing with your loss. And what a great example to your daughter! I hope you enjoy it here. See you around.

[Buttermilk Sky]

I'm so sorry to hear that your husband lost his battle with cancer. I lost a sister to cancer. This is a great site and I've read a lot of posts on different threads that have motivated me. I've been posting on several today and everyone seems so nice and give great advice. Good luck to you.

[mrslosingit]

sorry about your hubby.i'm also on SPARKPEOPLE.I'm working on losing 50 lbs and compulsive eating.3fc is good for support

[ubskinnyagain75]

Really sorry to hear about your husband's passing - this must be hard for you and your child. You've done well losing 50 pounds, it's not easy to stick with it. Maybe you needed a little break - what were you doing to lose? Did you just calorie count?

[kirsteng]

Welcome to 3fc.

I'm so so sorry for the loss of your husband. What a difficult journey you have been on, let alone your weight loss journey. I am also so amazed and impressed at your success at losing weight during such a difficult time.

You clearly already know what to do to lose weight, you just have to find in yourself the inspiration to continue. Every person's inspiration is different here: for some it's their children, others it's boyfriends/girlfriends, for others it's pretty clothes, and then there are upcoming special occasions. And the most common one: health.

I'm sure that you can be inspired by one or two of those, and until then - just keep putting one foot in front of the other. You're doing great!