New to MFP Forums: 5'2", 50+ lbs to lose, Dallas

Absidey

I'm so excited there are forums! I've been doing Weight Watchers since 10/27/11 and 85% of my success there was due to the community. I really like the MFP tools better, though, and I'm sick of paying WW so friends on boards can help me! So here I am.

I had a baby in 2009 and lost 16 lbs pretty much immediately. Lost another 10ish doing P90X and then broke my foot pretty bad. I had a really hard time getting back on track once it had healed, and when I went back to work last summer....? UGH! Last October I was heavier than I'd been at the peak of my pregnancy and absolutely miserable with it. Since then, I've lost 18 lbs. Though I'm about exactly where I was post-pregnancy, my waist is 5 inches smaller. I'm excited to keep going.

My goals are primarily centered around regaining an active lifestyle. I don't want to miss out on things because I can't do something or keep up physically. This Saturday I'm running a 5K obstacle course. This summer, I'm doing a 3-hour kayaking tour with my husband. Someday I want to do the Tough Mudder, and some time in my life I will hike the Pacific Crest Trail. I'm tired of being a fat wimp; I want to be outside having fun with my family.

I'm looking for friends with similar goals, who want to run and jump and play like there's no such thing as getting old. I'm less focused on my lbs each week, more focused on being active and pushing through to new acheivements. (Though I do consider my weight an important indicator of underlying health.) I've been blogging regularly on WW, and will just swap over to doing that here. I like reading blogs, checking in with my buddies' progress each day; it really helps me stay focused or get back up when I've stumbled.

Quick facts: I'm a chick, 26, live in Dallas, from the Rockies (Wyoming), married almost 6 years. My Kate is 2.5, and she's incredible. My husband is a carb-pusher, but I love him anyway.

Likes: Tony Horton, Weights, feeling 10 ft tall after a work out, swimming
Dislikes: Running (shin splints, my nemesis), quiet music in the gym, people who think girls shouldn't lift more than 5 lbs.
My vices: pasta, Coke Zero, video games

So. Yeah. Hi!!

b3kah5

Hello, you can add me if you want! I am 34 and want to feel better than I did at 16.I have 5 kids and a husband who are my world. I have done a Mud Run and loved it! I love hiking and playing too. I am trying to be a runner because it is something I had told myself I couldn't do all my life, and now I have completed 3 5k's.