200 CLUB (CLOSED GROUP) New link for members.

Jade_Butterfly

Okay Gang we are officially all here present and accounted for. . I know we are all going to have a lot of fun in the coming months. . If there are any suggestions you have for other fun days to include. . please feel free to PM me. . .

Love the fun we are having thus far. . I will try to have a new challenge each day to meet. . . Love the recipe day. . yippie. . . . Please start by introducing yourself. . . and tell a little about yourself if you could. . Thanks

evangpattismith

is there room for me? lol

ktc33

Hey!! I'm Katie. I'm almost 30 years old (just a few weeks away). I have two daughters (one is almost 3, and the other is almost 1). I'm a registered nurse and work night shift. I am engaged to be married but we still have not decided on a date. I always say we can get married when I lose weight. I guess that means I better get to it!

blnorman29

Hi, I'm Bonnie, 25 and married with a four year old son. I've been struggling with my weight since college, but it really went out of control when I got pregnant with my son and after he was born. I have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, which makes gaining weight easy and losing it hard, hard, hard. My fifth wedding anniversary is coming up on August 11th and my goal is to get under 200 by then. I'm only a few pounds away so I know I can do it, especially with all the support I've found on here! Thanks all of you.

Txnurse97

I'm Kate, 37, married with a 2 year old daughter. I'm an RN and work 7a-7p 3 days a week...those are the days I don't exercise because a 12 hour shift is enough for me!

I was 160 pounds when I met my husband in May 1998, and my weight has just gone up and up and up since then. (Even though I'm 5'4", I have a large frame, so 160 is a great weight for me.) My high was just over a year ago at 288. I'm definitely an emotional eater. I've done a lot of different diets before but I know that a true lifestyle change is the only thing that will work for me.

Happy to be part of this group!

amber_hanners

Hello everyone im Amber in 24 years old been with my husband going on 9 years in december ( married 2 ) We have 3 kids Kennedy our lil princess is 7, Maliki wild wild boy 5, and Kaegan our sweet boy 2. im currently a stay at home mom? student looking for work. When my husband and i met i weighed 135 and now 8 1/2 years and 3 kids later ive put on 80 pounds. My husband and i got married at the court house because i was to embarrassed with me to have a wedding and now we have decided in April of 2013 we are gonna renew our vows with a small wedding ceremony ( and i plan onmaking his and everyone else in the rooms jaw drop when they see this smokin hot mamma in her dream dress )

KeshiaV

Hi My name is Keshia and I'm 23. After undergrad, I taught for 2 years in rural Louisiana and loved it. Now, I've just relocated to the east coast. I'm starting graduate school for my doctorate in clinical psychology in August and I'm more than thrilled. I've always struggled with my weight because I was diagnosed with PCOS at 13 (an unfortunate hormonal disorder that kind of causes weight gain). I'm determined to healthier and stronger than I've ever been. I love to travel, scrapbook (mostly about my travels), and go to concerts/museums/live performances. I look forward to getting to know you all even better :happy: Cheers!

arizonastatejenn

Hi ladies,
I am Jenn. I am 26 and also a registered nurse working the night shift. Not snacking at night has definitely been a challenge!! I have been over weight since I was in the 4th grade. I always blame it on my thyroid disorder, but I know that I have never truly worked hard at losing weight. I am beyond motivated now. I think this group is great!! Is there anyway I can be notified if people post in this message board?? I feel like I am missing stuff because I don't know when things get posted on here and other peoples status updates. Thanks for the help!! Look forward to going through this journey together.

Jenn

bell33usx2

My name is Janice and I'm a 42 year old mother of 4. My oldest is 22 and my youngest 3. I moved last November here to Southern Cal because of a new job I accepted. I love antiques, reading, gardening, traveling & playing black jack. (lol) I'm tired of not recognizing that person staring back at me from the mirror and want to be in better shape physically and mentally. I want to look nice and sexy and feel comfortable in my clothes. Most important to me, because I have a spirit that won't sit still, I want to be able to actively participate in all the fun and exciting things I've not been able to do that I sooooo want to do. I've lost 27 pounds so far and just recently 14 since joining MFP. I'm headed to a new beginning and look forward to chatting with each and every one of ya!

MadeToCraveHIM

Hello from KY! I will be turning 31 next month and want to be well on my way to a new and healthier version of me. I have a wonderful and supportive husband of 7 1/2 years. We're currently going through foster classes and hope to hear the pitter patter of little feet around the house this Christmas :bigsmile:

There are many reasons that I've packed on the pounds, but I know that I've turned to food for comfort in dealing with infertility and an ectopic pregnancy last July/August that almost took my life. I'm still here though and feel that God has a huge plan for me, so that's why I'm here to get healthy!

Feel free to add me as a friend and we can support eachother along the way! One thing I've learned along the way on here is that support from MFP buddies makes even my worst food days okay and help me get back on the saddle the next day.

I can't wait to get to know each of you and share this journey together!

nrtenagrl

Hi from Arizona! I'm 29 years old and a stay at home mom. I have two kiddos,. Noah is 4 and Noelle Victoria is 3 and married to Braulio, it will be 7 years this September 4th. I am at my highest weight, weighing in at almost 280 something! I joined a gym and have been trying to eating less hoping for some results. I have tried Atkins before and although it worked.. I don't think that is something I can do for the rest of my life. I am really looking for a life long change. Add me as a friend,.. I need all the support I can get!

mjtbb

Bump. I'll be back later. Busy right now but I want to bookmark the thread.

annabubba

Hi, I'm Ann and live in California. I have two children, a boy 14, and a girl 10. My daughter is my motivator. She is making sure we exercise every day and that I drink enough water.

I am tired of being fat! When I went over the 200 lb mark I basically went into hiding. I would see people I knew while out and would make a point of going the opposite direction. It has been very isolating. I want my life back and I think MFP is going to help me do that!

Good luck to all and I look forward to reading about every ones progress.

MakeupDameGetsFit

Hello everyone! My name is Jackie and I'm fairly new to MFP. Just now starting to get the "lingo" down and what not... Thanks to my dear friend Becca for turning me on to this website, I am absolutely convinced this has been my missing link. I just posted my first blog today and it goes into more about me if you're interested. Feel free to friend request me and/or shoot me a message or comment on the blog. Take care!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/JackieMM8099/view/a-new-way-of-life-129474

Jade_Butterfly

200 Club

Jade39 217.5
Plum Pinky 221.4
Charlene77 225
Annabubba 238.5
Crazymama 181
Kiersteniscool 236
OxSweet Aviators
Txnurse97 242
Petchonka 207
Leelynnp 231.8
Bronwenhilary 258
Hirundo 225
Bell33usx2 200
Bloomsday616 212
Xtdotwitch 265
Kskroch 224
Smcandee 241
Arizonastatejenn 203.8
Cthill1 238
Ktc33 233.2
Amber_hanners 215
Mjtbb 206
Madbabysmama 216.6
Girlrural
Upinthecosmos 279.4
Keishav 229.1
Llnorman29 204.5
Sunny613 236
Pinkig35 210
Arielian 211.6
Dollface
Knottyncrotchety 237.5
Futurekilousky
Happy_feet
Leslyta
Nrtenagrl
Jackiemm8099
Diemondbride
Gary6030
evangpattismith


Here are all the people that made it to our happy little group. . welcome. . if your starting weight is missing. .. please just PM me. . .then I can update the thread. . My apologies, but I have been having a rather busy week. .. I will update when I have those numbers. . Thank you. . .

Jade_Butterfly

200 Club

Jade39 217.5
Plum Pinky 221.4
Charlene77 225
Annabubba 238.5
Crazymama 181
Kiersteniscool 236
OxSweet Aviators
Txnurse97 242
Petchonka 207
Leelynnp 231.8
Bronwenhilary 258
Hirundo 225
Bell33usx2 200
Bloomsday616 212
Xtdotwitch 265
Kskroch 224
Smcandee 241
Arizonastatejenn 203.8
Cthill1 238
Ktc33 233.2
Amber_hanners 215
Mjtbb 206
Madbabysmama 216.6
Girlrural
Upinthecosmos 279.4
Keishav 229.1
Llnorman29 204.5
Sunny613 236
Pinkig35 210
Arielian 211.6
Dollface
Knottyncrotchety 237.5
Futurekilousky
Happy_feet
Leslyta
Nrtenagrl
Jackiemm8099
Diemondbride
Gary6030
evangpattismith
cherrysourz


Here are all the people that made it to our happy little group. . welcome. . if your starting weight is missing. .. please just PM me. . .then I can update the thread. . My apologies, but I have been having a rather busy week. .. I will update when I have those numbers. . Thank you. . .

Please welcome our newest member cherrysourz and anyone that has not given me a starting weight. . .get them in by today please.

mjtbb

Okay, finally have some time. My name is Melanie. I have a 13 year old daughter, have been married for 23 years. I'm originally from Puerto Rico but came to Richmond, Virginia to get a Master's degree and ended up with a Mister also. Which was very unexpected as I already had plane tickets for my way home. I truly couldn't wait to get home and ended up living here for the last 25 years. I will be 48 in November. Hubby is 51. It looks like I'm an elder in this thread I work P/T as a Forensic Scientist since my daughter turned 5 and started school. I was F/T before that. I like my job and have wonderful co-workers even though they are getting younger and younger as the years go by... I have Rheumatoid Arthritis since Winter ' 88. It was really bad when I first got it but with time, patience and a lot trial and error it is under semi-control. I ended up with both hips and a shoulder replaced, my wrists are almost fused and a pain in the butt ankle that keeps giving me the fits. On the other hand I can tell when it is going to rain or snow...
I was never the excercise type person even though I never had weight issues, I was 125 when I got married at 24. After RA, weight kept going up and up. Activity was almost none for a long time and my metabolism went to the dump ergo I reached 231 last year. I have been out of breath every time I even remotely do anything, I need a C-Pap which I don't use, my mom had a triple bypass last Nov. and my sugar kept going up and down, borderline diabetes with a everyone in my family with it. All those things finally woke me up that I had to do something soon.
So I started MFP at the end of march with my Ipod app. It's working great. I don't know if I was ready for it or what but I'm actually not finding it that difficult. I have done every diet in the world and they never worked right. I was losing so slowly that I got frustrated very easily. Except for nutrisystem, I did really well on that but I was still in my 20's and my metabolism wasn't shot yet. Nowadays, I couldn't afford it plus I wanted to do it right, been able to share with my family and not be "food isolated".
Okay, this post went too long. I don't think you guys wanted to know everything! in the first post.
Later,

Mel

ktc33

Good Morning Everyone!

Jade_Butterfly

Good morning all. . . If you don't see a starting weight next to your name please get it to me VIA PM. . Thank you.

phinners

Is it too late to join?

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JenniferLynWhat

Hi, I'm Jen, I'm 20. I'm a pre-med student majoring in Biology and Psychology. I've been overweight since before I can remember and I've been trying to lose it for about that long. I haven't been under 200lbs in...forever. Right now I'm at 213.5lbs, hoping to lose it fairly quickly before I get back to school..Who knows

LeeLynnP

My name is Leslie/ I am 35, married and have 2 children... I like to eat.... It has been an issue and a battle every day.

phinners

ok so not too late to join cool


Sandra here, 206 at present, started at 232. Have 2 boys, one of 13 and the other is 8 months!

Qualified as a specialist scientist and hoping to go back to work soon part time - paid maternity leave just finished and I want to renew my registration or I am not actually allowed to call myself a biomedical scientist!

My eating issues are that I hate to leave a full plate, I was brought up to always empty my plate 'waste not, want not' was the family motto...and that has been my downfall. I'm much much better now though.

charlene77

Hello everyone!
My name is Charlene, just turned thirty, stay at home Mom with five children. I have homeschooled my children for four years and this year three of them will be off to school! I kinda excited and kinda sad about that! I have struggled for most of my life with weight loss. After I first met my husband, I lost 60 pounds in five months. I ate clean, walked 5 days a week and lifted some very light weighs, did a few strength training exercises and some situps and that was it. I knew nothing of exercise calories bla, bla, bla. Over about 10 years I allowed the weight to creep back on. Stupid, I know. This time I'm doing it and making it stick! I lost 16pds on MFP...then I had a month off, as I was so insanely busy with Vacation Bible School and doing a side job, it made me so insanely tired. I started back.....and decided try doing it with eating my exercise calories this time (as I'd heard all this great stuff about it)....I gained 6 pounds...ugh. So now I'm just working out doing the Power 90 program and walk/ jogging. The diet...I've been doing alot of reading and have really yet to fully decide on a daily calorie intake.....(right now I'm between 1300-1500. So here goes. Hopefully this group, dedication, consistancey, alot of prayer ect....will get me to 199! Man would that be fantastic! Here goes to working my butt off! Anyone needs anything from me....just ask! So nice to meet all of you so far

CherrySourz

Hi everyone

I'm from the UK, happily married to my best friend for 3 years now. I have been overweight since leaving school. Someone mentioned in a thread earlier that really hit home, when they were 16 they thought they were fat. That is me! I wasn't at all, I was nowhere near fat but because I've always had big boobs I looked bigger than I was (despite the flat tummy!)

Anyways, I currently weigh 251lbs and my overall goal is to get down to 140lbs. My weight has gradually crept up, about 14lbs a year which is mainly down to portions that are too big. That and full fat coke, which I have completely given up for about 6 months now. I do still drink diet drinks, but August will be my 'lent' for all beverages except water!!! I know it is gonna be a long journey that at times I am going to hate, but being the (competitive) person that I am, I know that being involved in challenges is the best way forward for me. I can do this, we all can

Jade_Butterfly

Is it too late to join?

eta - 206

Yes it is this time. . Sorry. . . Perhaps if I host another challenge down the road. . You might look up the August challenge that a friend of mine is running. . although you have to gather together a group of 20.

Jade_Butterfly

200 Club

Jade39.............................217.5
Plum Pinky......................221.4
Charlene77.....................225
Annabubba .....................238.5
Kiersteniscool................236
OxSweet Aviators...........213.5
Txnurse97.......................242
Petchonka.......................207
Leelynnp..........................231.8
Bronwenhilary.................258
Hirundo............................225
Bell33usx2......................200
Bloomsday616...............212
Xtdotwitch........................265
Kskroch...........................224
Smcandee......................241
Arizonastatejenn...........203.8
Cthill1..............................238
Ktc33...............................233.2
Amber_hanners............215
Mjtbb................................206
Madbabysmama...........216.6
Girlrural...........................210
Upinthecosmos.............279.4
Keishav............................229.1
Llnorman29.....................204.5
Sunny613.........................236
fancynewbecca...............244
Pinkig35.......................... 210
Arielian.............................211.6
Dollface
Knottyncrotchety............ 237.5
Futurekilousky
Happy_feet ......................280
Leslyta-
Nrtenagrl
Jackiemm8099................260
Diemondbride..................228
Gary6030
evangpattismith
cherrysourz........................206


Here are all the people that made it to our happy little group. . welcome. . if your starting weight is missing. .. please just PM me. . .then I can update the thread. . My apologies, but I have been having a rather busy week. .. I will update when I have those numbers. . Thank you. . .

Please welcome our newest member cherrysourz and anyone that has not given me a starting weight. . .get them in by today please.

Jade_Butterfly

200 Club

Jade39.............................217.5
Plum Pinky......................221.4
Charlene77.....................225
Annabubba .....................238.5
Kiersteniscool................236
OxSweet Aviators...........213.5
Txnurse97.......................242
Petchonka.......................207
Leelynnp..........................231.8
Bronwenhilary.................258
Hirundo............................225
Bell33usx2......................200
Bloomsday616...............212
Xtdotwitch........................265
Kskroch...........................224
Smcandee......................241
Arizonastatejenn...........203.8
Cthill1..............................238
Ktc33...............................233.2
Amber_hanners............215
Mjtbb................................206
Madbabysmama...........216.6
Girlrural...........................210
Upinthecosmos.............279.4
Keishav............................229.1
Llnorman29.....................204.5
Sunny613.........................236
fancynewbecca...............244
Pinkig35.......................... 210
Arielian.............................211.6
Dollface
Knottyncrotchety............ 237.5
Futurekilousky
Happy_feet ......................280
Leslyta-
Nrtenagrl
Jackiemm8099................260
Diemondbride..................228
Gary6030
evangpattismith
cherrysourz........................251

Here are all the people that made it to our happy little group. . welcome. . if your starting weight is missing. .. please just PM me. . .then I can update the thread. . My apologies, but I have been having a rather busy week. .. I will update when I have those numbers. . Thank you. . .

nvhajjar

Hi! I'm 28 years old from Toronto Canada. I'm so happy I found this website, because I've never had to be accountable to anyone, and I love the support that I get from everyone.

I've always been the fat kid, ever since about 3rd grade, and through the years i've just gotten bigger and bigger. I had convinced myself for quite a while hat my body isn't meant to be thin, and while that may be the case, i just don't want to be the big girl anymore. I don't want to have to shop in special stores for clothes, because lets face it... designers and stores don't really give a crap about plus size gals.

I'm getting married next year, and have found the most gorgeous dress, and I want to look damn good in it. I've given myself a bit more than a year to lose at least 50 pounds which I think is quite reasonable. It took my whole life to put this weight on, and I know its not just going to fall off. I want to be able to do things without losing breath, like I wish I could run. Ill get there anyway.

Feel free to friend me, I can use all the support I can get

charlene77

Trying the signature!

charlene77

Hmmmm.....