hello all! :wave: i’m so glad to have found this little mecca! i just wanted to stop in & introduce myself. reading through all the wonderful posts, its comforting to know you’re not alone. even though sometimes you feel like you are, you’re not. its great to have a supportive bunch to help pick you up when you’re about to falter. i think that’s why every single time i’ve tried to lose weight solo, i’ve failed….miserably.
i used to weight 115 in HS. i know…long time ago & before children. but when i think that approximately 3 years ago i was only weighing in at 145…which still isn’t bad for me. something has to be done. i think it was the birth of my last child that sent my thryoid on a permanant vacation. and since that, my back has also decided to go on the lam….i think its looking for the MIA thryoid. so, with both of those things working against me (as well as time & gravity) i added yet another 45 lbs onto my little 5′3″ frame.
which puts me where i am now. 190. i’m not ashamed of it, like i used to be. but it needs to be changed. and soon. for my health, my back & my kids. not to mention fred (my cat 
). my target weight is 130…so i’m now at 60 P2G.
and i think with you all in my corner (and i in your’s of course) i think we may all just pull it (well shed it) off!
thanks for having me & looking forward to talking with you all.
~jen
2:29 pm
Jennifer, I’m glad you found us all too! I think this will be a lot of fun and very helpful too. I hope that you can find some relief from you back and thyroid woes, that’s gotta be miserable.
3:46 pm
I am 5′4 and weigh 187. So we are almost the same. My target loss is 50 pounds. I glad you are here. Together we can do this.
4:09 pm
Good for you for not being ashamed and simply embracing it knowing that you’d like to change it. That’s the first step is us all taking our heads out of the sand and realizing all that we have to gain (while we lose of course!) We’ll all do this together.
4:10 pm
Welcome Jennifer. This is a great place to start. Looking forward to sharing our thoughts and successes.
4:11 pm
Welcome Jennifer! :wave: I hope we can be a support to you as we make this journey together!! :good:
6:25 pm
Welcome, I’m so glad you are here. This is a great group for support
8:48 pm
Welcome, Jen T!. I am Shelli. I am 5′2″ and last weigh-in at WW, I weighed 196.0. I know where you are coming from. I want to lose about 71 pounds. I want to weigh 125. We have a lot in common it seems. Good luck and I am here for you.
5:40 pm
Hey, JenniferT! Trust me, I know where you’re coming from. Somehow extra weight on my 5′2″ frame makes a bigger impact than on someone else who happens to be 5′8″. Anyhow, I’m glad you’re here, and I wish you the best of luck!