We're just a different group of posters who set up a thread on the board for a different reason to the Lardy Ladies. A couple of us knew each other from the other Talk boards, realised we had similar issues around food, and decided that it would be nice to set up a support thread for people with a lot of weight to lose - and this is the result.
The MoFos is short for ... well, we were originally going to be the Big Mothers, but as one of us is a dad he wasn't too keen on that and suggested MoFos (which is short for a more sweary word so I won't go into details on that ).
The MoFos was set up originally as somewhere that people who have an awful lot of weight to lose could come for support. We know that dieting is hard, whatever your weight, but when you have a lot of weight (and most of us have over 5 stone) it's difficult to feel comfortable on a thread full of women who think they're enormous at half a stone overweight, and who beat themselves up if they eat so much as an apple when they shouldn't.
We have a weekly weigh-in on the MoFos threads, but it's pretty free and easy, and several people who post here for support don't do the weigh-in. Some of the posters aren't actually actively losing weight, just getting some support while they get into the right frame of mind for starting a weight-loss plan. We aren't doing a set diet, just doing our own thing - the only rule, really, is that we don't beat ourselves up if we fall off the wagon; we talk about it, get it out of our systems, then on with the diet. No recriminations, no beating ourselves up, just draw a line under it and start again. We don't do negative comments either.
Most of us have a very long way to go in terms of losing weight, and we started the thread because of that, although it's more about attitude to weight and food than about being very large. We just wanted a place where people understood how large people feel, and where we could feel supported in a way that those ladies who think they're bloaters when they hit 8 stone couldn't manage to support us.
There are lots of other threads on the Big/Slim/Whatever weight-loss board - there are support threads for those doing Weight Watchers, Slimming World, Rosemary Conley - I think someone started a Paul McKenna one as well. They're just started by ordinary MN members who feel that they need somewhere to share their diet journey, or who want to find a like-minded bunch of people to form a support network. There's a thread here for everyone, no matter what size you are or what diet you're doing. Have a look around, see which of the groups suits your needs best.