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Hello,
Name: Sheena
Age: 29
Height: 5'3"
Your current weight: 138 lbs
Your goal weight: 125-130 lbs
Reasons why you want to lose weight: I want to be healthy. I don't want to focus on being thin or the ideal. I want to focus on finally, for once in my life, looking in the mirror and being happy and comfortable with who I am.
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: I may not be fat, but I don't eat healthy and don't treat myself healthy.
I have been using MyFitnessPal for years but have never had friends doing it or any form of accountability. I feel I need that. Here is some of my history. MI suffered from eating disorders beginning in 2004, the summer after my first year of college. In high school I played on two competitive softball teams and exercised 20-30 hours a week, easily. In college, I didn't play sports, gained the freshman 30! and freaked out. Since then I have battled anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating.
I live in Houston and joined a two-month intense out-patient program for borderline personality disorder patients (I don't quick have BPD, but it is the closest of the diagnosis). With 15 hours of therapy a week, I have nearly overcome my problems but I still relapse occasionally and have many relapsing thoughts. With crappy health insurance currently, I am not able to do my weekly or monthly check ins with these professionals to keep me accountable.
WORKOUT: Today, I have finally found a form of working out that I enjoy and I have a beautiful boyfriend who knows that I need to workout -- for my mental health and anxiety -- who helps pay for the classes while I am only part time working. I do Krave Maga 4 times a week -- usually the martial arts class 4 times a week and twice a week I also engage in the 30-35 minute META class which is conditioning and strength training. Two days a week I walk on the treadmill, uphill at 3.6-3.9 mph for 45 minutes (and occasionally I will job a little). I have a really bad back -- one back surgery and it has been suggested I have a second so I can't run much. Sunday I give myself one day off.
EATING PLAN: My goal is to net 1400-1500 calories a day, Here are my two problems -- I eat WAY too much sugar. For instance, I love Clif bars for heavy workout days, but they have 23 grams of sugar. I just bought two new boxes though. SO I was going to eat only 3 a week instead of 5 a week. On days I eat Clif bars I will have an egg for breakfast, and days I don't have Clif bars I will have a Special K bar for breakfast -- until I get rid of these. I also usually eat a little candy at home, less tan a serving through the day, and my nightly dessert is more than a serving. So I want to cut back by at least half on these random sweets and keep my dessert to just a serving or cookies or ice cream or whatever. I rather not live than go without sugar completely, so this is my plan to get started at least. I plan to start this on Ash Wednesday (March 5).
WEIGHT OBSESSION: To try to not be depressed about weight, I don't count calories on special occasions -- my mom's birthday bash, valentine's day, Christmas, a day of a wedding perhaps. Recently though, I have had one of these days or one day with a binge per week. Last weekend I had a Casino night at my mom's church, which we went to for her birthday, and I didn't track food. Then I did pretty good all week. And last night (I did start my period) but I have been craving Menchie's fro yo for a week so we went for it. My boyfriend knows when I have been obsessed about something for this long, it is better to fulfill the craving -- but I still go overboard. So I need to reduce these binge a free-be days.
I need some accountability. Somebody to help look at my food and give me advice and suggestions. I will do the same for you. I want to meet some new people and I look forward to supporting each other.0 -
Dixie
24
5'6"
183lbs? 178.5lbs?
160lbs
I have many reasons for wanting to lose weight.. primarily to be stronger like I was 7 months ago before I became inactive. I lost a lot of weight last year on MFP going from a size 13 to size 6 US pants size and would love to fit into nice clothes again. Last year I wore a bikini for the first time in my young 24 years and I know that 20lbs was all it took to look and feel my best.
I don't want rolls anymore.. I want to see my butt! I regret becoming inactive because now I remember how hard I had to work to get the body I want.0 -
Dee
28
5'6"
148.5lbs
130lbs
All of the cliche reasons but most importantly, I want to be fit and consistently so. I'm tired of the fluctuations --times when I can run 2 miles and be fine and then climbing a few flights of stairs and I'm out of breath--and since I've joined MFA, I've been more accountable as what I do or don't do is right in my face. I feel that this group is just the last push I need to really stick with my changes.0 -
Name: Corey
Age: 27
Height: 5"4
Your current weight: 159lbs
Your goal weight: 135lbs
Reasons why you want to lose weight: I want to feel good in my clothes!
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: I still feel my love handles overhang over my jeans. My goal I think is simple - to be able to wear jeans and a tight tank top - without any spillage lol. I started at 174 so am on my way!0 -
Name: Sarah
Age: 25
Height: 5'3
Your current weight: 76kg (166lb)
Your goal weight 65kg (145lb)
Reasons why you want to lose weight
I want to lose weight because I live in asia and thus I am a giant "oh! big size" monster here. I also love fashion but it is very hard to shop when everything is size small and a us medium is now a size xl. I also care about the future and I want to be as healthy as I can. I have recently gotten into running and found that I actually love it (when I do it instead of napping) I want to be better and go farther and look good in all the crop tops I bought.
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now
I want to change because I don't physically see myself as the size I am. I see myself as smaller so I want my body to match my self image.0 -
Name: Tilly
Age: 25
Height: 5'3
Your current weight: 143lbs
Your goal weight 119lbs
Reasons for losing weight:
I have always been slim until about a year ago when i changed jobs and this weight doesnt feel right on me.
I have recently starting running again and am clocking up around 5 miles 3 times a week now and am aiming for my first half marathon next months (!!) i know i have a long way to go!0 -
Hello!
Name: Tristan
Age: 25 (as of yesterday!)
Height: 5'5.5" (My driver's license says I am 5'7", but I have always known that was wrong. I figured I was 5'6", but apparently I am smaller lol.
Your current weight: 140 lbs
Your goal weight: 125 lbs
Reasons why you want to lose weight: To feel confident in a bikini and clothes that show my arms, legs, tummy etc. I am currently applying for vet school and the school I am very interested in is on a tropical island! I want to not have to worry about how I think I look while there (I will get in!) and focus on having fun and doing well in school instead.
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: In university I gained around 30 lbs. I have since gone from 156 lbs to 131 lbs, but gained some back over the holidays etc. I worked really hard to lose that weight and was disappointed. I know I can do it again! I was unaware of how much bigger I had gotten in university until I saw a picture of me in my belly dancing costume...I never want to see that again. My profile picture shows the picture I mean, and when I was around 131 lbs.0 -
Emma
31
Currently 146 lbs
Goal Weight 125
Wanting to lose weight because I am tired all the time and can't stand how I look and feel in all of my clothes.
Used to be so much lighter and had more energy and was so much more confident.0 -
Umm so that was supposed to say MFP not MFA ha! I do love the Museum of Fine Arts but I'm not sure becoming a member will do anything for my weight lol0
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Hi my name is Laura
Age: 22
Height: 5'-4"
cw: 69kg (152lb)
gw: 59kg (130lb)
Why I want to lose?
I want to feel confident in all my clothes, and be able to wear some of my old favourite jeans. But even more than that I want to also feel strong physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Why don't I want to keep same weight?
I gained all this weight when I was in university, and that was my excuse. and everyone knows I used that excuse. But now I dont have an excuse but I am still in same place as when I graduated....and I dont want to stay there. I want to improve myself, and this is one way I want to do so.0 -
Name: Naomi
Age: 18
Height: 5' 5
Current weight : 154 lbs
Goal weight: 130 lbs
Why I want to lose weight:
I want to look good for summer, and I want to feel better about myself.
Why I don't want to stay the weight I am:
I wand to be able to wear some of my older clothes and feel confident.0 -
Name: Amanda
Age: 25 (I will be 26 in June)
Height: 5'6" ish
Your current weight: 134.4
Your goal weight: 115, but only if I can be tones at that weight... I don't mind a higher number if my BF% goes down
Reasons why you want to lose weight: for my wedding! August 9, 2014
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: my wedding dress didn't zip last time I tried it on =( haven't had it on since I weight over 140, though, so we will see!0 -
Name: Amanda
Age: 27
Height: 5'4''
Your current weight: 162 lbs
Your goal weight: 135 lbs
Reasons why you want to lose weight: To feel comfortable/confident in my own skin again and to be healthy and fit. Also, I have a closet full of cute, too small for me dresses that I would LOVE to wear!
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: Since I've been done school and working full-time (at desk jobs), my weight has been increasing. 174 lbs is the highest that I know of. I want to get my weight under control now before it gets worse. Looking at pictures from Homecoming last fall made me so embarrassed of the weight I've gained - I want this year to be different!0 -
Name: Lindsay
Age: 25
Height: 5'6"
Your current weight: 134
Your goal weight: 120-125
Reasons why you want to lose weight: lower % body fat to climb harder
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: I want to look and feel good in my clothes0 -
Name: Sadie
Age: 24
Height: 5'3.5''
Current weight: 142
Goal weight: 125-130
Reasons why you want to lose weight: I am shorter and pear shaped. I really want to lose weight to fit into the shorts I have for the summer and feel confident in a bathing suit
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: I hate the way I feel in my clothes. I am uncomfortable in the jeans and shirts that I used to be able to wear.0 -
Name: Joanne
Age: 35
Height: 5'4"
Your current weight: 158lbs
Your goal weight: 140lbs
Reasons why you want to lose weight: to lose the flab (especially around my middle), to have more energy, to improve my confidence.
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: If I'm OK with being this weight... in a year I'll be OK with being 5lbs heavier... and so on... and I will never be happy with my body. NOW is the time to change. Just think, if I started this 3 months ago, I could have reached my goal by now!0 -
Name: Rosy
Age: 28
Height: 5'6
Current weight: 149 lbs
Goal weight: 133 lbs
Reasons why you want to lose the weight: I want to feel healthy and look good in a bikini! I want to be able to enjoy clothes again and wear what I want not what is slimming. And I'd like to fit back into my old dresses!0 -
Name - Brianna
Age - 21
Height - 5'5
Your current weight -170 Maybe 167 haven't weighted myself yet
Your goal weight - 140
Reasons why you want to lose weight - to look good inside & out
Reasons why you don't want to stay - to have more confidence0 -
name:
age: 18
Height - 5'3
Current Weight: 116 lb
Goal Weight: 95-99 lb
Reasons why you want to lose weight : To become slimmer and lose fat in certain areas.
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: I've put on some unwanted weight, i was successful at going down to 105 lbs during the summer of 2013 but gave up and gained even more weight.0 -
Stacy
39
Cw 150
Gw 135
Tired of looking chubby in my clothes, and to be healthier.0 -
Name: Violet
Age: 28
Height: 5"5
CW: 138
GW: 119
Reasons why you want to lose weight:
Hii!! Number 1. Confidence - re-gain some lost control!! Start something and actually finish it... and feel amazing of course!!
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now:
I'm not comfortable at this weight - I don't feel like me anymore...
I'm STUCK on these last 20lbs - fed up of wearing the same things day in day out because im too flobby for all the clothes in my closet!
Please feel free to add me - I'm on MFP every day but have been pretty privately and diligently working away, but would love to have some support from people with similar goals x0 -
Name: Laura
Age: 23
Height: 5ft 6.5
CW:142
GW: Under 130
Reason why you want to lose weight:
My main reason is so I feel more confident in my bikini on my holiday to Ibiza the end of June. But I also want to look healthier, be more toned and be able to wear more fitted dresses and tops without seeing rolls of fat around my stomach.
Reasons you don't want to stay the same weight you are now:
Although I have lost weight since Christmas and feel happier I am still no where comfortable enough to feel confident walking around in a bikini. I still see a flabby stomach and cellulite which I didn't have last summer, and don't want to go on holiday feeling uncomfortable and wishing I tried harder.0 -
Name : Kristen
Age : 20
Height :5'4''
Your current weight: 211
Your goal weight: 130
I want to feel good about myself again, and be healthy.
I'm miserable, and I have been for years. My weight holds me back in life. I know it sounds silly, but I'm very self conscious about my weight. I want to start living the life I've been dreaming of, I want to get in great shape and feel my best so I can be the best wife and mother I can be.0 -
Name : Liane
Age : 45 (so not really a girl but I'm pretending)
Height : 5'6"
Your current weight :154
Your goal weight : 140 (I started at 165 so that 20 or so pounds)
Reasons why you want to lose weight : I got married and gained weight. I want to go back to when I felt and looked my best (mid-30s)
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now : just not comfy with it. I'm not super heavy and looking better than 11 lbs before, but still need to move in the losing direction)0 -
Name: Cindy
Age: 44
Height: 5'6"
Your current weight: 173
Your goal weight: 153 for this challenge (ultimate goal is 143)
Reasons why you want to lose weight: To be more healthy and more comfortable. To not be discouraged when I catch a glimpse in the mirror. To model healthy eating habits for my kids.
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: The opposite of the above. ;-)0 -
Name: Jennifer
Age: 35
Height: 5'4" ish
Your current weight: 130
Your goal weight: 1200 -
Name: Lori
Age: 35
Height : 5'4"
Your current weight: 162
Your goal weight: ~130 by this fall so 20 lbs by this summer would be great.
Reasons why you want to lose weight: Feel and look better.
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: Still not at goal, but have lost a little over 40 lbs so far.0 -
Name: Jamie
Age: 35
height: 5'4
CW: 146
GW: 125
I want to lose weight to fit back into my clothes, feel better about myself and to be confident enough to take my kids to the lake and pool. I'm tired of making excuses because I don't want to go out0 -
Name: Danica
Age: 21, will be 22 in July
Height: 5'5'' - 164 cm
Your current weight: 143,3 lb - 65,0 kg
Your goal weight: 130/125 lb - 57/58kg
Reasons why you want to lose weight: I am genuinely curious to find out what my body looks like when I take care of it, since I never did. Mostly all the vain reasons - bikinis, lingerie, confidence etc.
Reasons why you don't want to stay the weight you are now: Because I hate seeing myself in pictures (I have already lost a bit, it's better now then it used to be, but I would like to see some more improvement).0 -
Name: Bonfireheart
Age: 17
Height: 5'5
CW: 110
GW: 100
I want to lose weight because I am so much more confident in myself when I like my reflection!
Come a long way so far, but have recently lost motivation so saw this group and thought it was exactly what I need to keep on track!0
