welcome all Ga Peaches

mamawjoyce
mamawjoyce Posts: 64 Member
Today is a new day in Ga. so y'all join our group & lets lose this weight together. I have just started too,so we can do this cause Ga. Peaches are a tuff bunch.
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  • VMarkV
    VMarkV Posts: 522 Member
    From Roswell/ATL, studied at GT. I miss the South whilst studying up North right now, no Southern hospitality!
  • kimlee
    kimlee Posts: 79 Member
    I am from South Georgia - little town called Alma. I am also a proud G.T. Alum!! I agree that Georgia Peaches are a tought bunch. What is everyone's weight loss goal?
  • PBsMommy
    PBsMommy Posts: 1,166 Member
    I was bred, born, and raised in a little town in northeast GA called Lula, which is very often mispronounced. I have been here on MFP for a little over a year, but started getting serious after the birth of my daughter. Feel free to add me!
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    Howdy!
    Born at GA Baptist Hospital in the ATL....first 10 yrs spent in Sandy Springs, grew up in Alpharetta, came back from college to find Alpharetta was no longer a sleepy little country town, and currently live in Decatur.
  • marchantlady
    marchantlady Posts: 14 Member
    Hey Ya'll! It's nice to see some southern folk here! :) I am from McDonough. Ive been on MFP since November 2011. This site has helped me a lot. I fell off the wagon for a short period- but am back in full swing now. Looking forward to where Im headed :)
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Born and raised in South Atlanta area. Glad to be a part of the group!
  • PBsMommy
    PBsMommy Posts: 1,166 Member
    Born and raised in South Atlanta area. Glad to be a part of the group!

    I have laughed at quite a few of your post in the forums. I should have known someone as witty as you was from GA!:laugh:
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Born and raised in South Atlanta area. Glad to be a part of the group!

    I have laughed at quite a few of your post in the forums. I should have known someone as witty as you was from GA!:laugh:

    Well thank you, sweetie!

    I actually know Marchantlady up there in real life. She's pretty witty too!
  • queendeej
    queendeej Posts: 214 Member
    Greetings all,
    I am from central GA.
  • nbrown1989
    nbrown1989 Posts: 44 Member
    Hey, I live in College Park area and work in Marietta? We should do meetups to workout and or do classes that are centrally located!
  • nbrown1989
    nbrown1989 Posts: 44 Member
    Forgot my goal is to eventually make it to 165 got almost 200 to lose so if I can get to 200 I think ill be partly satisfied. Im 325
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    I could possibly meet up with some folks for a bike ride on the Silver Comet trail or the Stone Mountain trail.
  • hi everybody! i'm from waycross, ga (ware county - southeast ga) currently stationed in cherry point, nc!!
  • kraewalker
    kraewalker Posts: 11 Member
    Hey! I live in Forsyth, GA and work in Macon. Went to school at GA Southern and hopefully will be starting my Masters at UGA next spring. So great to see there are plenty of motivated GA folks on this site! I only want to lose about 15lbs, keeping it off has always been the issue for me.
  • morningmud
    morningmud Posts: 477 Member
    I've lived in Warner Robins since I was 2. I too work in Macon. I currently have 46.8 lbs to lose before reaching my goal. I would be down for any hiking meet-ups anyone might want to do, or any meet-ups that aren't too far from central GA.
  • nbrown1989
    nbrown1989 Posts: 44 Member
    I could possibly meet up with some folks for a bike ride on the Silver Comet trail or the Stone Mountain trail.
    I would have to learn how to ride a bike I would be down for walking it though I have a couple friends who do the stone mountain trail already prettty regularly it would be fun
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    I could possibly meet up with some folks for a bike ride on the Silver Comet trail or the Stone Mountain trail.
    I would have to learn how to ride a bike I would be down for walking it though I have a couple friends who do the stone mountain trail already prettty regularly it would be fun


    If your going to be in the stone mountain area, let me know. They let walkers in for free (just walking, not park amenities) and the road around the base of the mtn. is a 5 mile loop.
  • mamawjoyce
    mamawjoyce Posts: 64 Member
    Welcome Peaches--First of all let me say congrats on losing weight already, y'all rock! I have lost 6 lbs & my start weight was 245,I am aiming to get to 200 lbs. then i will start the next goal.I am originally from s.ga (seminol county) Donalsonville ga. --I now live in Blairsville Ga. north ga. mtns near Blue ridge.lived here 6/7 yrs. retired- soon to be 60. We all can do this & when u mess up (u will mess up) just get started back the next day. Its time we all lose this excess baggage! Thanks for joining Ga Peaches :flowerforyou:
  • Hey everyone! So happy to be a part of a GA group!! I live in Jonesboro, Ga. :happy:
  • I am from Tennessee but would love to join your Ga Peaches group. I am so impressed with you success and hope you can motivate me so that I may see the same results. My name is Scarlett ( good ole Ga. name) ha ha . Hope to hear from you all.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Hey everyone! So happy to be a part of a GA group!! I live in Jonesboro, Ga. :happy:

    I just moved from there about 6 months ago. I live in Rex now.
  • Gwen_B
    Gwen_B Posts: 1,018 Member
    I am not from Georgia, but I have lived here on and off since 1994. I have lived all around the Atlanta area and currently live right next to Stone Mountain.
  • Meganz2
    Meganz2 Posts: 3 Member
    Yay for Georgia peaches! My name is Megan and I'm from Savannah. Nice to meet y'all :)
  • Hey everyone! So happy to be a part of a GA group!! Im from a little town called McRae,Ga.
  • deefield1968
    deefield1968 Posts: 8 Member
    I'll have to take the "longest distance to travel in order to participate in person" spot on this board. I lived in Brookhaven/Chamblee til I was 13, then Tucker, then Doraville, then Sugar Hill, and my last place of residence in Georgia was even further out that I-85 corridor (actually I-985) in Flowery Branch before I finally bit the bullet in 1997 and made Fort Worth, Texas home. (And man, do I miss the Varsity and Krystal!!!) For what it's worth, I have a neighbor on one side from Warner Robins, and on the other, from Newnan. Slowly but surely, the peach state is infiltrating our street! LOL

    I joined two days ago. I've yo yo-ed myself to the point of complete frustration. Time to do it ALL OVER AGAIN. (Grrr) Setting my goals really low as far as what I want to lose per week, with high hopes that if it takes me longer to lose it, it means I'll have to adapt my eating habits for real... for LIFE... rather than continuing this depressing cycle of losing anywhere from 30-70 pounds, and then it taking a year to a year and a half to see it ALL pile back on. I'm starting this time at 220 (my largest was 240 at the ripe age of 22), shooting for 150.

    Here's to the best of luck to us all!
  • mamawjoyce
    mamawjoyce Posts: 64 Member
    Good morning all, its a new day so lets all stay focused on our goals, as u go thru your day think bout friends here & the commitment to the group to lose that fat. walk instead of sitting, park way out in the parking lot instead of in front then u will get more walking in, bend over, stand up & stretch,take the stairs instead of elevator, just move that body.!!!!!! Have a great day.
  • mamawjoyce
    mamawjoyce Posts: 64 Member
    I also wanted to say that we all need to stay off the scales & weigh only 1 time per week, I like to weigh on Friday mornings before i eat & after my morning constitution-u know what i mean!! so let me know what y'all think bout Fridays?
  • Nikro
    Nikro Posts: 3 Member
    McDonough here too.

    I started to gain weight after a family members heath crisis. Now I am just tired of feeling stuffed in clothes and looking matronly.
  • deefield1968
    deefield1968 Posts: 8 Member
    Tee hee... having a particular type of birth control that removes the obvious notifications, it's the scales (and perhaps my "sunny" disposition toward the rest of the world) that tell me when mother nature is here. I'm a daily weigher in that regard. And as long as I have this particular BC, I will continue to be.
  • mamawjoyce
    mamawjoyce Posts: 64 Member
    Deerfield I used to weigh daily but got bumbed out if i had gained or stayed the same, so i went with weighing 1 time a week & on Friday, cause if i cheat on the weekend then i wouldn't know i had gained till Friday,made me feel better thru the week. :bigsmile:
    But to each his own they say,what ever works to keep u motivated.