Hi Everyone.

This site appears to be exactly what I was looking for. Losing weight for me is relatively straightforward. As long as I keep my eating habits in check, and get a little bit of exercise, pounds come off.

That works great until I stop taking care of business and fall back into bad habits. So a site like this, where I can build up a network of people to be accountable to, sounds great.

I've been at 300+ for the whole of my thirties (I'm 38), and spent my late twenties surging towards 300. But now I've got two young kids (3 and 5)who are the picture of fitness, and who we make sure eat healthy. My wife is also trying to lose weight, and we try to keep each other motivated...but frankly, we've spent a lot of time over the past 8 years being bad for each other as far as food and exercise are concerned, so it may be helpful for me to look outside my marriage for motivation. I love her dearly, but it's too easy for her to look the other way while my waistline expands.

So, I'm trying to create a lifestyle change for myself so I can live a long and healthy life with my family.

Good luck Jeff. You can do it. I was also a flabby Dad looking to change his eating/exercising habits. Just make the commitment, set yourself a goal and work towards it. Your kids will thank you for it (probably not soon, but someday!) and you're going to feel like a million bucks. Crack back into the 200's and you're on your way!

yay!! I think you'll find traineo is an awesome site when you log in daily- you start to feel more accountable to yourself. and who knows, maybe your wife will become inspired by the progress you're going to have made in a few weeks & you can teach her all the great tricks that you've picked up

Hello... Someone started up that Time Machine again.

I was there back in August '06. I weighed 300+ lbs and now I weigh 208.

I got serious! It wasn't easy but I got it done!

You can do this. Let me know how I can help.

Thanks to all of you for the encouragement. Logging daily is going to be my goal for the time being. I've already been using a site called FitDay to track my food intake and exercise, and Traineo will be just one more step...and a very worthwhile step, I think.

Brian- It's great to hear from another dad that wants to keep fit for the kids. Even if I never lost the weight for myself, I would do just about anything for my little ones. It's all about the proper motivation. I haven't smoked in eight years because my new girlfriend eight years ago wouldn't kiss me if she smelled smoke...so WHAM, no cigarettes. The ban continues to this day, and has kept me smokeless.

Megan- My wife and I have very similar problems with food and exercise, so hopefully a change in my behavior will spark a change in hers, and we can go back and forth with that positive reinforcement until we're both 150 years old.

K- Hello from 2006 Your "before" profile looks *very* familiar. I hope to have as much success as you.

I highly recommend FitDay.com to anyone reading this, by the way. Especially in conjuction with a site called DietFacts. DietFacts has a huge database of foods that can be added to FitDay with the click of a button.

Thanks again, and I hope you see more from me and less *of* me in the coming months.