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Hi girls. You all are so YOUNG! Listen, you CAN do this. You CAN live the life you are dreaming of. Don't waste some of the best years of your life! For 20 yrs I procrastinated and let myself get up to my heaviest ever 275 lbs at 52. The wasted yrs of disappointment, frustration ...I saw a news bit interviewing the world's top surfer's wife (model/volleyball champ). She said she hated exercise (like me!) but she said something that has really helped me about 'brain change" and how she daily makes it a task she cannot get out of (like going to work each day)...you can't just say "oh...I don't think I will go to work today" HA! She just made it NOT an option to not work out 5d/wk.
Look, I just got released from the hospital last week after a 20min episode of inability to speak or understand what was being said to me...couldn't walk right or lift my rt arm...TIA (pre stroke/heart attack symptom). While I laid in a hosp.l bed getting blood thinner shots in my stomach/MRI/CTscan/echocardiogram/EKG, my longtime HS friend was dying of a heart attack several states away. I lived and he died. This challenge is a blessing and the timing perfect. Don't get to this point where you are fighting for your life.
start wt : 274.5
3mo goal : 15lbs
Plan : break out the WII and walk (just got a fitbit) 5 to 6d/wk
Thank you for letting me "listen in" / praying for success for ALL of us!0 -
Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm happy to be a part of this group! I've been sort of all over the place with weight in my life. I've been heavier and I've been much lighter. But it's time to get serious about staying in shape and taking off the weight. I teach, and it's embarrassing to get sweaty and sore from a day spent just doing my job, but I do! It's time to be healthy.
SW: 247
Three Month Goal Weight: 10% down, so 24.7 pounds, or 222.3 by December 1.
Activities: C25K and walking. I'm trying to get into weight lifting too, though. That will be a goal.
Diet: I've just switched to Primal eating to try to get my carb binging under control.0 -
Hello Everyone!
I am a new mom (little Corbin is 6 months old on Saturday!). I have lost all but 15-20 lbs of the baby weight. My first goal is to get back to my pre-baby weight. After that, I'll tackle the other 50+ lbs I need to lose.
My husband and I are training for a triathlon (9/23). Swim 1/4 mile, bike 12 miles, run a 5k. I'm aiming for a completion grade! Goal is to not die!!! :laugh: What freaks me out the most: putting my face in the Gulf of Mexico to swim. Ewww. That and sharks.
Starting weight (optional) TBA Monday September 3.
Favorite workouts and/or activities: Cycling, Spin Class, running (although my "run" is technically a slow jog), Zumba
Phase 1 goal- 15lbs.
I have a wedding to attend mid-November. I want to be back to my pre-baby weight by then!0 -
Howdy from Texas! I love Extreme Makeover and Chris Powell! Yes, I'm in for this challange. Very timely too! I just tried a radical diet that was very low calorie + supplements and supposedly physician supervised. I lasted 7 days until I nearly passed out driving home from work yesterday. I'll look at this temporary insanity on the positive side and feel I've had a really good detox. Although I don't recommend it! Will put together my Phase one goals and stay tuned to the site! Thanks for starting this challenge and I'm so glad to have found it!!0
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Hello everyone, my name is Stef
I am looking forward to being part of this group. I have been on MFP since June of this year and I have a challenge set for myself. It is a 1 year goal to be down to 185 pounds. I started out at 314 and I am looking forward to being HEALTHY, SLIM AND SEXY. LOL
HA HA I MADE YOU ALL SMILE. :laugh:
Starting weight Monday September 3. TBD
Favorite workouts and/or activities: Walking out doors, Long walks on the treadmill, Wii Fit. and Water Aerobics.
Phase 1 goal- 15lbs at least.
Feel free to add me as a friend or just support. I have a fit bit also.
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Hey Everyone!!
My name is Misty and I have been suing MFP for over a year now. I previously lost 35 lbs fairly quickly and then the last 10 have been a struggle, and I still have 20 to go!! 25 if I wanna be what the docs would say is healthy, that'd put me at 145 and I just don't see me being comfortable at that weight, but anyway...
I've never joined a group on MFP, but I like the idea the accountability. My weight was creeping back up, so it's time that I get back to businesS!!!0 -
Hi I am Tammy, I am almost 51 years old and have struggled with weight issues since age 9. I have high blood pressure, I am a diabetic, I have had one (FOR SURE) TIA (mini stroke), suffer from simple partial seizures. On November 4, 2011 my 3rd husband and I separated and on July 23, 2012 the divorce I filed was final. My top weight was 282#, I am 5'2. On that fateful day in November I did not start out to loose weight but God had a different plan for my life, I thank Him. God has brought many new, encouraging ladies into my life and I have now lost down to 248.9#, my goal is to reach a HEALTHY weight. I have abused my "temple" God gave me for the last 50+ years. I have fallen off the "wagon" since I tried to handle it within myself. I too HATE, repeat HATE to excerse. I am taking this one tiny step at a time and thanking God for each microsopic pound, inch, whatever He helps me to loose. Thank you MFP for all the friends & help you are supplying.
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Hello Suzanne! Everyone!
My screen name is Selenity and I am a 25 (soon to be 26) year old young lady. When I was a teenager, I was told often that I was fat. I look at pictures of myself then now and I shake my head. Instead of being determined to lose weight at the constant name calling I instead got the attitude that well if I'm fat no matter what I do I guess I'll always be fat. I managed to maintain the high end of a healthy weight while I was in the military but after a medical discharge and a few new health problems and a spiral into depression after my fellow military husband left me I began an unhealthy weight gain. I didn't realize how much bigger I had gotten until I hit 250 lbs!
I've lost 35 lbs so far but I'm hoping that in time for my 27th birthday I will be down to 125-135 lbs. Though my doctor is encouraging me to get down to 115 lbs. I think I'll stop when I look good and feel healthy. I'm really looking forward to this challenge!
My starting weight is 215 lbs and here are my goals:
Phase 1 September-December- Goal 25 lbs. GW then at end: 190-185
Phase 2 December-March- Goal 20 lbs. Gw then at end- 170-165
Phase 3 March 1-June 1- Goal 20 lbs. Gw then at end- 150-145
Phase 4 June 1- September 1- Goal 20 lbs. Gw then at end- 130-125
We can do this!!!!
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Hi Suzanne and everyone,
I'm BJ and I'd love to be at my goal weight this time next year. I have 51 pounds to lose. I've set my goals for each quarter to be 10 pounds, but hopefully each quarter will be at least 13 pounds. Then I will reach my goal.
It's extremely hard for me to lose weight, probably because I've ruined my metabolism. Who knows? My highest weight was 300 pounds in 2002. I got extremely ill and lost 135 pounds but then after being properly diagnosed and put on medication, I gained back 92 of those pounds. I've lost about 40 since March of 2011, and plug away everyday to try to lose more.
I belong to a gym and workout every chance I get. I work about 50 hours a week between two part-time jobs, so finding the time to exercise is hard.
I will weight tomorrow morning to get my starting weight.
My favorite workouts and/or activities: working out at the gym, water exercises there, walking
Phase 1 goal- 10lbs., and hopefully more
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Hi all!
Glad that this group was started! I have to say that I love the extreme makeover weight loss edition! I acutally am reading Chris Powell's 7 day carb cycling solution. I have tried many different diets before and did well on the low carbs but i missed my fruits and veggies. Love this plan. I am planning on walking everyday as I have issues with my back and cannot do many dfferent workouts. Walking 20 min to start and then i will add on from there.
Good luck with the challenge! I know that we will all succeed!!0 -
Hi everyone, my name is Jessica and I'm 23 years old. For the longest time that I could remember I was always overweight since childhood. So I've always been made fun of and called all the names in the book from Elementary to High School (possibly college too, but I didn't care). My highest weight was in 2009 when I had a horrible anxiety attack and thought I was dying. The next day I went to the doctors office for a follow-up appointment after the ER and found out I was at 371lbs. I could not believe it when I saw that number, since I was roughly around 330 when I graduated from High School. I think one of the main reasons I had gained so much was because I was upset and stressed since my grandpa had passed away in December '08, so I didn't care about what I was eating or my education.
But I managed to get back down after working at a warehouse in 2010 which I went back down to about 330 or so. But I had gained it back a year later, only going to 350. So my weight loss has been up and down and it was almost creeping back up on me again, but not this time! I'm currently down to 322.4lbs, and hoping to keep going down since this is where I was always stuck at since February this year. My mom is also trying to lose weight with me, but we can't do the same things together since she has arthritis and I like doing fast paced things while she can only do slow/mild paced things.
I wish everyone luck with all of their journeys and if you'd like to friend me go right ahead! I'm try to log onto this site everyday that I can to keep track with everyone and log all of my stuff!
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Hey Everyone!!
My name is Misty and I have been suing MFP for over a year now. I previously lost 35 lbs fairly quickly and then the last 10 have been a struggle, and I still have 20 to go!! 25 if I wanna be what the docs would say is healthy, that'd put me at 145 and I just don't see me being comfortable at that weight, but anyway...
I've never joined a group on MFP, but I like the idea the accountability. My weight was creeping back up, so it's time that I get back to businesS!!!
I know what you mean about not being comfortable at that weight. When I was at my smallest my senior year of high school, I was 140-145 and my parents were starting to worry that I was anorexic because I had so many bones sticking out. For my body frame, my doc said he would be thrilled if I reached 170, but I am going to try to do him 10 lbs better and reach 160 by the end of this challenge.
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Hi all!
Glad that this group was started! I have to say that I love the extreme makeover weight loss edition! I acutally am reading Chris Powell's 7 day carb cycling solution. I have tried many different diets before and did well on the low carbs but i missed my fruits and veggies. Love this plan. I am planning on walking everyday as I have issues with my back and cannot do many dfferent workouts. Walking 20 min to start and then i will add on from there.
Good luck with the challenge! I know that we will all succeed!!
If you can find a way to do water aerobics or exercises in the water, it is easier on the joints and body. Just a thought to help you get started!0 -
Hello all. I am so looking forward to this group!
I am 31 years old, have been overweight/obese for most of my life. I have tried WW in the past: got fed up, stopped working and cost too much.
I have been on MFP for about 6 months, did not lose any weight though. My fault: I was not very accountable.
Today is a new start: tracking, using the community for support and getting back into my exercise routine.
@ Jess (Winterbreeze): You should be proud to change your lifestyle at your age. You're still very young and those new habits will stay forever!0 -
OK...re fitbit...my first day wearing it I was pretty sedentary....sitting around online trying to figure it all out and just logged a few hundred steps. So yesterday, I was excited to see how many steps I would ramp up at work, where for 10 to 11 hrs I walk from exam room to exam room all day . Surely, I thought I will be CLOSE to the recommended 10,000 steps. I dragged my tired body home and to my shock...I had only walked about 2,000 steps :noway: .... not even CLOSE!! Is 10,000 possible??? And daily at that? Just wondering how and if you do it! GOOD LUCK on the challenge 0
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Thought it funny you were "suing" MFP ! haha Hey, good luck on the challenge! PS...that's something that I would write...just teasing you. 0
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Hello everyone, my name is Stef
I am looking forward to being part of this group. I have been on MFP since June of this year and I have a challenge set for myself. It is a 1 year goal to be down to 185 pounds. I started out at 314 and I am looking forward to being HEALTHY, SLIM AND SEXY. LOL
HA HA I MADE YOU ALL SMILE. :laugh:
Starting weight Monday September 3. TBD
Favorite workouts and/or activities: Walking out doors, Long walks on the treadmill, Wii Fit. and Water Aerobics.
Phase 1 goal- 15lbs at least.
Feel free to add me as a friend or just support. I have a fit bit also.
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OK...re fitbit...my first day wearing it I was pretty sedentary....sitting around online trying to figure it all out and just logged a few hundred steps. So yesterday, I was excited to see how many steps I would ramp up at work, where for 10 to 11 hrs I walk from exam room to exam room all day . Surely, I thought I will be CLOSE to the recommended 10,000 steps. I dragged my tired body home and to my shock...I had only walked about 2,000 steps noway .... not even CLOSE!! Is 10,000 possible??? And daily at that? Just wondering how and if you do it! GOOD LUCK on the challenge smile0 -
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Im Lottie, im 23, and live in Worcestershire (England). Iv nev:er really "tried" to loose weight before, i lost a lot of weight my first year of uni purely through a change in diet (i dont like raw meat so went veggie) and walking everywhere, unfortunately i then put it all back on and more in the following years.Now finished uni and living back at home too far from anywhere to get walking again and eating meat again now my mum cooks it 0:) lol
Im actually starting 2 challenges right now this one and the Sept - Dec (1st-31st) challenge. Im really excited to get going and feeling really motivated right now. I wasnt sure what to set my goals as so a visit to google whats a safe rate to loose at what goals to set going mid range of their suggestion (4-8 lbs a month iv gone for 6 but hopefully more months will be 8 rather than 4) and i can be in sight of the light at the end of the tunnel in a year...i never imagined it was doable !safely! in that kind of time frame... so lets do this!! 
start weight 244
goal 1 -1st Dec- 220
mini goal - 31st Dec - 214 - september - december challenge goal
goal 2 - 1st March - 202
mini goal - 1st May - 190 - my bday's 4th so want to be able to eat and drink without worrying too much
goal 3 - 1st June - 182
end goal - 1st Sept - 155
Im hoping to do the c25k but will have to see about getting some better trainers mine murder my ankles
wii fit and just dance and zumba are my current exercise plans and such fun too
Good luck everyone
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Hello, my name is Kathy. I've struggled with weight my entire life and now suffer from high blood pressure and recently diabetes. Diabetes does not run in my family and I truly believe this type 2 is totally because of my weight gain in the last 10 years. I joined MFP a little over 2 months ago and have found the support, motivation and information on health in the forums to be very helpful.
Ready for this challenge and the journey. Please feel free to add me. I'm ready...let's do this!0 -
Hi everyone! Getting a late start but I think my sis Motivated/Melissa has kinda introduced me. I have been stuck in a rut for months! I'm ready to kick this weight out the door!! I'm going to aim for 15lbs every time we weigh in...we'll see how it goes!! I'm ready!
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Hi! I'm Carrie and I have always had a weight problem. I've tried losing weight before but I've never really got that into it so I would always gain it back. However since May of this year I have been taking this seriously and have lost a good amount of weight. While recently (this week) I have been slacking, and the scale has shown that, I am getting back on track. I like these kinds of challenges because I feel the support and it keeps me motivated knowing that currently there are other people doing what I have to do! So let's do it!0
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Hi, my name is Peeso and I am determined to change my life and get healthy. I have lost and gain in the past but I want this to be different. I want it to be a life long change. When I saw this challenge on here I was so excited. This is exactly what I need. I am aiming for 15-20 lbs at each interval. Feel free to add me. Lets do this !!!!!!0
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Hi all, joined up but have been away from my PC for a while.
Since May I've lost 69lb, but I've a long way to go.
A few years ago I followed slimming world and lost 5 stone in 6 months, but though I was doing well, I ended up with gallstones and had to have an emergency op to have gallbladder removed. Sadly this kicked off an annoying IBS problem that persisted for 2 years, until I found out I was lactose and gluten intolerant, after 40 years!
So having reached a weight I was ashamed of, I decided to start on MyFitnessPal, and be honest with myself.
Now I've lost most of the weight I put back on and am swimming 3 hours a week and walking 2 hours a week, in addition to what I would normally do, and this seems to be getting me results.
My goal for 1st December is to have lost a total of 100lb, so fingers crossed I get there.:happy:0
