Hey I'm Tissy, 17 years old and am hoping to loose a lot of weight over the next year or two. I'm currently 250lbs/nearly 18 stone so really need to loose the weight. I've tried diets and healthy eating before but always loose motivation. I've decided to start a new diet tomorrow. I have new found motivation inside me, and I know that eventually it will go away so I decided to have a look on the god send google and found this website.

I would love to meet some new people who are in the somewhat same position that want to loose weight and hopefully we can support each other.

*hugs*

-Tissy.

xXx

Welcome to the forum. I am in England too.

I have lost a lot of weight with a lot of help from this forum (down to 9stone now from 21stone).

The only practical way of doing it is with exercise and healthy eating. There are lots of sticky threads that can help you with that.

You can count your calories and check up on your other nutrition using a free account from FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal

If you start a diary and visit other people's diaries you will build up a network of friends that can help with ideas and keep you motivated.

Some people find that joining a challenge can help with the motivation and building a support network too. I am running a challenge called Summer Shake Up and you would be more than welcome to join in there.

Either way - good luck with your project.