Hi everyone. My name is Laura and I am 24 years old. I live in South Dakota and I have struggled with my weight all of my life. I recently joined LA weight loss and am trying very hard to stick with the program but I'm having difficulty staying motivated. I currently have made it my goal to lose 60 pounds. To reach my ideal weight, I will need to lose 80 pounds, but I've made 60 my goal for now. Is anyone else here on the LA weight loss plan? I guess I was just hoping to find some support and encouragement here from other people who are dealing with the same problems/frustrations I am. I look forward to getting to know some of you and hope to be successful in my efforts to lose weight!

Laura

Hi Laura! I'm new here too and i understand what you mean about having difficulty staying motivated. Up until last year I was alway's comfortable being big. Then I decided that I needed to lose weight for my health I have several things wrong with me that can all be cured from weight loss.. anyway I have started a diet around 4 times so far and quit within a week. I would alway's blow it one day and say oh well i'll do better tomorrow and then tomorrow came and i'd put it off til the next day. This time I feel for sure that it's going to work. Tomorrow makes my 3rd week and i'm doing great! I hope to get to know you, I wish you good luck on your weight loss journey!

Christina

Hello Laura!!!
Like kermit says..." it aint easy being green"....nor is it in losing weight!!! Im not on the la weight loss program..and I am not up to date on the program. So where are you lacking motivation?.......You shall receive it on here!!!!
Happy to have you on board!

Hi Laura, I'm 34 years old this year and have struggled with my weight since about 8 years old. If I had a pound for every diet I'd started I would be at goal by now! But this year something 'clicked' in my head and I'm in the right place psychologically to finally do something about my weight. I have joined Weight Watchers and have really made an effort to do exercise every day. If you really want to do it Laura, you will suceed. Good luck!

Hi Laura...I don't THINK anyone is on the LA plan here, but we all have the same goal of loosing weight with support from our friends. With out this site, I couldn't have lost 1 pd!

We look forward to getting to know you better

Thank you everyone for the kind, encouraging words! I am so relieved to finally have found a place where people understand my frustrations and concerns. It is one thing for a skinny doctor to tell you to lose weight but quite another to talk to people who are actually in your shoes, dealing with the ups and downs of weight loss. I have had numerous doctors tell me to lose weight and every time they did, I just resented them because they had no clue how difficult it was...they'd never been there. It is so refreshing to talk to people who know exactly what I'm feeling!

I'll have to start posting in the other categories to keep up to date about my progress but I just wanted to thank you for being so welcoming!

Laura

Welcome laura, good luck with your goals it can be done, make sure you incorporate exercise in whatever you do.