Introductions

pugloversara

Here is where you can post a little about yourself and what you are looking to gain from this group. Lets start off with me..

My names Sara 28 from Mass. I live in a small town pretty much my whole life so there really isn't to much to do. In my spare time I like to read, dance, sing, hike, kayak, swim, walk, camp, have a fires, pretty much I'm open to just having a good time. I live with my wonderful boyfriend and my dog chevy.

I used to exercise regularly but after a bad car accident last year things haven't' been the same. I really just stopped moving all together. Then of course sets in the depression which brings the emotional eating. So what I am looking for out of this group is to become motivated again and start making healthier decisions. I am looking to make friends that will help encourage and support me because I believe that together anything can be accomplished.

JenniferYoung0418

Hi my name is Jennifer. I'm 30 yrs old and live in Texas. I found out I have Diabetes 2 yrs ago. So I struggle with my eating habits everyday but I want to turn that around. My motivation is my family. I have a wonderful supporting husband (Brian) and a 18 month old son (Logan). I want to be around for them so I have to control my Diabetes (and weight) better than I have been doing.

Sara,
It is very nice to meet you. I hope we can support each other through this journey.

bluedrinkgirl

I am Heidi, age 44. Also from Mass. I can not seem to get control of my eating (and drinking for that matter). I have a great group of friends that I do a lot of fun stuff with but it involves a lot of dining out and beer. I do great Mon- Thur then something comes up where I cheat then I get hungrier and I keep eating bad & it is a downward spiral. I now find myself 20-25 pounds above my ideal weight for 5'2. The kids are back in school and I start a job next Monday so no excuses this time. I need to be held accountable for my actions and hopefully encourage others along the way

newhabit

I am 33 and from Ohio. I had a pretty good start on MFP back in August 2011. I worked really hard and lost 27 lb by February 2012. But then I gained it back. I'd say I've probably gained 10 lb back. I continued working out so some of it was muscle gain but I really would like to lose at least 8 of the 10 lb to be where I want to be. I just started strength training and also do some cardio each week but nothing as intense as I used to do. I used to do Jillian Michaels, Insanity, etc. I think those were great but I'm not sure if they were attainable long term for me. If anything, they just taught me to enjoy working out again. I've been pretty consistent with exercise. It's usually diet that is my downfall. I am addicted to chocolate and peanut butter. Those two things can be pretty bad once I get started. So gotta work on that.

I got "restarted" on MFP back in June 2012. I got a new username and decided this was it. My weight has been pretty consistent since June but I do want to work on this last 10 lb.

onebluesock

Hi everyone! I'm Laura. I'm 29 years old. I'm originally from Canada but am currently teaching English as Second Language in Taiwan. I just moved here and am trying to adjust to the new life and culture. Though many people in the country would say that their diet is quite healthy I find myself surrounded by convenient noodle restaurants and dumpling venders. Where I live, it is very convenient and very cheap to eat out. I really want to find my way through the fried food and unlimited rice to more healthier choices.

I hope to find a great group of people here to join with on this slow but steady journey of getting healthy.

pugloversara

Welcome to the group everyone it was wondetful to read all you intros. Im looking foward to having a great group

sakraf

I am the old lady of the group -- 63 -- and it's about time I take control of my weight. I am very active, but found out a week ago that my blood pressure was out of control -- 190 over 100. Never happened before. So I need to make changes, and fast. This was my wake-up call that I knew would come sooner or later. I am now on medication, seeing a nutritionist, and trying to figure out why my blood pressure spiked. Duh! My weight? I am praying that is all.

Love the idea of a weekly weigh-in. It will keep me honest. And early in the week is best, since I will be thinking about the scale over the weekend.

KettydeDios

Hello, my name is Ketty. I am a New Yorker that love live, challenges, and the outdoors!!! I love anything that keeps me moving and sweating! Yes, I said sweating...I love to workout, in other words, I enjoy being active! My downfall is that I tend to get depress tooooo often; that is when my emotional eating kicks in and whatever I have accomplished goes out the window. However, this time around, I have made peace with some of the things that were hurting me and in a way and I am finding out who I am as a valuable and beautiful person.

I was looking for a challenge like this. And I agree with you, before we love someone, we have to love ourselves first...so, the best gift anyone here can give to oneself is that accomplishment that despite the obstacles and emotional beatings, we made it all the way to the finsh line!!!!!!!!!

Results4achange

Hi there everyone. I am a 38 and have been struggling with my goal weight for over three years. Everytime I think I have it all figured out with workout routines(p90X mixed with Slim in 6) and eating clean..BAM! Something triggers me to end my efforts. I have decided to commit myself this time. I have those last 15 pounds to lose and finding it really difficult to shed.

I would have to admit that my weakness is red wine. I enjoy a glass while I take a bath, watch a movie and while I cook and organize my weekly meals. Now imagine cooking all day, to then relax in the tub followed by some down time watching your favorite movie..oops. There goes the 2 pounds I lost plus 1. I keep saying to myself that red wine is ok..but in all honesty, I realize now that it has been sabotaging my success. I am hoping that finding this group will help me keep motivated as I can help motivate others.

SierraSky911

Hi there my name is Sierra Sky and I live in Colton South Dakota my problem seems to be full blown menopause like my metabolism has completely shut down........... I would like to lose 30 pounds or so is my goal I am fairly new to the site just want this to work for me. I have noticed that in dieting I was not eating enough calories the past 6 months so I am positive and focused and my motto is FAILURES NOT AN OPTION

KatVader

Hi, I'm Kat and i am 22 years old and have always struggled with my weight. The last few years have been very hard on me as I am now the biggest i have ever been. I am in college to become a preschool teacher and I am also engaged to a wonderful man who is working to lose weight with me. I have several medical problems (Thyroid, PCOS, Anxiety...) that cause my motivation and weight loss to decease quickly, but this time i am just fed up with being obese and am ready to be a loser.

slymgym56

Hi My name is Alison and unlike everybody else in this group I am not living in America but in Scotland. I find it hard to stay motivated and am always find some excuse to eat and tell myself I am not really eating as much extra. Usually not to bad during the week when I am out at work but at the weekend I tend to eat more. :~(( Trying to stay positive and reckon if I can stick at it for a month I will have cracked it. Had lost 42 a couple of years ago and have more or less STS since then but need to lose about 52 lbs to get to a nice weight where I will not feel so fat and frumpy.

RooMcDermott

Hi everyone! My name is Christa. I am an almost 40 year old working mom of two (Cooper-12 and Callie 6). I am originally from Madison, South Dakota (Hi SIERRA SKY-how long have you lived in Colton?)

I've been married for 13 years and my husband is a Middle School Social Studies teacher, who also coaches football, tennis, helps with my son's hockey team and umpires baseball in the summer months.

My son is a very busy boy who has been playing hockey since he was 4 and lives and breathes it. He also plays football, basketball and baseball
My daughter is just starting in gymnastics and dance.

I've always put my husband and children's needs in front of mine and decided now that my kids are getting older, it's my turn!

I started running back in 2009 and in that year ran numerous 5K's, a 10K and even an 1/2 marathon. I was at my lowest weight of 125 and felt the best I ever have. I want to get back to feeling that healthy and happy again, not necessary that weight, but about 130-135.

I've done a Warrior Dash and a Mudzilla mud run this summer and have become addicted to them. I'll be doing a Color Run in Des Monies in October.

Here's to STARTING OVER!!!!

Mrshunts

Well Hello Everyone!

My name is Janelle (everyone calls me Jae). I am 28, whoops I just had a birthday 5 days ago, I am now 29 years old, married 5 years, and from Washington, DC.

I used to be small, but that was back in high school years almost 12 years ago. The weight just came on slowly.....I do not like what i see in the mirror, however I am always cute!! (if that makes sense)

I am really tired of going back and forth, I used to be on WW for a year, and can't believe I ONLY lost 30 pounds. It SHOULD have been much more, but most of that year i was not doing what i should i have been doing.

I found MFP and canceled WW maybe a month ago now. I really like MFP. I have the exercise thing down pretty much, I don't really LIKE to do it, but i know i NEED to do it. The problem i have is the food. There are ALOT of foods that i don't like or can't eat, which makes putting healthy meals together tuff. I am fried Chicken girl, and trying to only have it ONCE a week. until i can make it every 2 weeks, and so on and so on.....

In my spare time I LOVE to LINE DANCE, its the best thing EVER!!! i've doing it for about two years now, its burns calories and is FUN!
I also love Zumba!

I have been on MFP for around 40-50 days, somewhere like that.....and i'm not where i should be! So hopefully this group be good...although i've been here a few, This week TO ME is like ~starting over~, i've committed to taking my lunch to work everyday, and cooking dinner every night ( or at least not eating fast food ).

sdnwood

Hello Everyone. Growing up I was skinny as a rail, but after hitting 40, and several lovely life altering surgeries, my weight is out of control. I joined Myfitnesspal a couple of years ago and did great! Lost all the weight I wanted to, but the last two years have been pretty rough and I'm an emotional eater, so...all that weight, it's back again. Hopefully this group (starting over) will be the help I need. By the way, I'm 54, married for 34 years, two adult children and four grandchildren.

QuilineM

Hi all! My name is Jackie. I'm 37 years old and have been overweight my whole life. There was a brief period in my 20's where I managed to get in shape for about 5 months but relapsed when my daughter died. I have a disabled son and there aren't many activities we can do, so that's led me to live a more and more sedentary life and really gain a lot of weight in the past few years.

I've finally had enough! I can't wait to be thin and healthy enough to walk around half the day and hang out with friends again! I'm looking forward to having a group to help me stay accountable to myself and meet my goals.

Nice to meet you all and best wishes.

jvac9397

Hi my name is Vanessa. I'm 41 and am tired of being tired. I tried MFP 2 years ago but never stuck to it. I feel like I'm always starting over. I've been looking for a group to join that will help me reach my goals and stick to it. I do well during the week but as soon as the weekend comes, it all goes down hill.

I'm looking forward to having support from people like me just trying to get this done.

Good luck to all of you.

SandieM7

Hello everyone. My name is Sandie, I am 56 years old and live in Virginia. I am the classic yo-yo dieter. I have a couple of friends I've made at the gym I work out at that have had tremendous success with MFP. They have lost well over 100 lbs. each.....they have motivated me to "start over". I seriously need to lose 50-60 lbs. This is the first time I've used this program. I actually signed up with the program in July but never got started....yesterday was my first day. I'm very excited about this. I've always worked out pretty hard so that part shouldn't be too much of an issue. I will say, it's encouraging to work out when you see how many additional calories are added to your daily allowance....one hour of spinning added over 600 calories...WOW. I did not use all my calories yesterday or today since the cardio added a ton of extra calories, but I'm hoping that will help the lbs. to come off a little easier.

Good luck everyone.....there's safety in numbers....:laugh:

Kimothypie

Hello everyone, my name is Kimberly. I am 28 years old and new to MFP, I can not seem to get motivated or inspired, so I was hoping this group could help. I really don't have much to say being that I am not excited about this, but know I need help. I am a healthy eater but need to work on my portion control. My doctor told me I need to lose weight and a friend recomemed this site. I am an outgoing person who loves to be active but can't seem to get a set schedule with work, with my schedule changing all the time, I find myself not working out very often any more. My doctor wants to see me again in 6 weeks to check on me, hopefully I will have some good results for her.

Best of luck to you all.

adancer59

Hi all, my name is Alison, and I'm 23 years old. When I was younger I was very active with dance, but when I stopped in college, well, all I've done is gain weight since. I've been yo-yo dieting for the past 3 years. I'll do well for a while, but then school picks up with homework or finals or something and I get off track. I gain whatever I lost back plus some. I'm still in graduate school now, so the habits haven't changed, but I want them to! My grandma recently lost 18 pounds (and counting!). She has been my motivation to start over and actually lose the weight this time.

ReignboMama

Hello all,
My name is Jenn. I am 26 and the mother of a 3 year old. I am engaged to a soon to be army man haha. I currently go to school fulltime online and teach my son preschool during the day.

I have been a "Big girl" all my life. I honestly don't even know what it is like to be thin! I can't wait to get there. 19 lbs down and goin! I have just started working out for the past two months and am beginning to love it. When I started I went for 4 minutes on the Elliptical and was dying. Now I go for 60 minutes almost every day. I am finally seeing results and this time... I will finish! JUst like we all will! I look forward to becomng friends with all of you!!

Tiggeroo2321

Hey Everyone! I'm Rebecca and I'm 30 yrs. old. I just had my third daught this past July and am super excited to get this weight off! My weight gain started really when I married my husband in 2003. Before I had my first daughter I had already gained about 14lbs and after I had her I lost 34 of the 44 I had gained, but then I got pregnant again and from then on it's been a battle to even keep an even weight. I'm currently at 216 and would LOVE to get back down around 145!!

So I'm the mother of three little girls who definitely keep me on my toes! I used to walk everyday up until about three years ago. We moved out to the country and there really isn't a good place to walk safely where I live now. I also started working in Aug of 2010 which packed on a lot of pounds due to stress and comfort eating! (I quite my job in May of this year and am now a SAHM again!) So I just ordered a treadclimber that is due to come in on Friday! I'm so ready to feel like a woman again and not just a mother or a wife. I want to set a good example for my girls. I don't want to pass on Type II diabetes which runs in my family...I want my husband to notice me instead of just being used to my presence.

So my goal is to lose the entire 71lbs. before our next anniversary in October of 2013! Good Luck everyone!

newgirl512

Heidi, I'm just like you. I'm 50 and have a lot of great friends that like to run, bike, swim, but also eat, drink, and eat some more!
Dinner out with drinks happens about 4 nights a week. I have gained 20 pounds since moving to TN and I need to really work on getting it off. I keep saying I'm going to do it and then I don't. So here I go again ....................

DreamerZenko

Hello everyone,

I am Amanda, or Manda, which ever you want to call me. I'm 25 years old and overweight, looking to get my weight back down. I started My Fitness Pal this past January, did well, but then fell off track. I'm back again to try and lose that weight I want off. Mainly want the weight off for myself and for cosplaying. I also generally want to be more fit and strong.

I love food, and I need motivation to exercise. I am also a web designer (sit down all day job) and enjoy drawing, writing, video editing, sewing and crafts, and video games - all non moving activities! I do like to swim, go for walks, and dance (even though I don't know how to.

I am trying to set goals and stick to them, this group looks like it can help me with that.

Let's all do our best!

cmg4721

Good Morning Everyone!!!

I'm so glad that I found this group! My name is Christina. I started MFP almost 2 years ago (Jan 2011) at 214lbs. With exercise and eating better, I steadily lost weight and was down to 159lbs for my wedding in April 2012.

Since then, I have stopped exercising regularly and I haven’t been consistently keeping track of what I’ve been eating, so now I’m back up to 184lbs :sadface: The turning point now was I had a customer at work yesterday ask me if I was expecting….now he’s a moron to begin with, and it could have been that that the sweater I was wearing was a little tight, or even the way I was sitting on my stool, but either way, that was so hard for me to hear.

I want to get back on track, now it just seems like things are always getting in the way or I’m just too tired to put in consistent effort. Hopefully, with the help and support of everyone on here, I can find my way back to getting healthy again!

Can’t wait to share this journey with all of you!

rachellosesitall85

Hello everyone, I'm Rachel located currently in Maryland. I'm a 27 yr old Army wife, no children, and I own my own residential cleaning company. I've been on MFP for about 2 years now and haven't really lost much of anything. A few years back I lost around 30lbs but slowly it's been creeping back up. I was a skinny kid up until the age of 13 when I started gaining weight. I had a very rough childhood consisting of a lot of traumatic experiences which caused me to dissociate as well as eat my emotions, thus gaining weight. I've been a size 16/18 for about 12 years now and I'd like to get down to a 6/8 by this time next year.

I've been diagnosed with ADD (which explains why it's extremely hard for me to mentally get through a work out) low end of anemia, and possible high blood pressure. My doctor believes the high blood pressure is gained from the birth control I was currently on and I'm monitoring myself for a week so I don't have to take high blood pressure meds like both my parents. The birth control also seems to have halted my weight loss as I've noticed I've gained and yo yoed since I've been on it though my calories have been under 1600. Now that it's removed I'm looking forward to a fresh start. I've started a few MFP groups and challenges but lately I haven't been practicing what I've preached so here's to a fresh new start.

Dnalbellehcim

Hello everyone!!

I'm Michelle, I'm 38 and a mommy of the most beautiful 5 yr old little girl who just started Kindergarten!! She's amazing! I had my last "day one" last Saturday. I'm very determined not to have another "day one" regarding weight loss again! I just want to get back to a healthy weight. It's not about being skinny or fitting into a particular size, just getting back to healthy. I have had 3 knee surgeries and the extra weight doesn't help with the pain so it's sooooooo time to release it. I don;t want to lose it, but release it because if I only lose it, I might find it again!! Lol!!

Catch ya on the down side!

hottiewithin

Hello, My name is Sheila, I am 44 years old and feeling it every day. I live in a small town in Northern Michigan, in fact, the same town that I grew up in. I am a single mother of two teens and seeing a great guy.

A couple years ago, I lost weight and maintained for over two years, then my thryroid levels went out of wack again and I gained around 30 pounds in a month. Seriously, I am not sure how in the world that happened, but it did. After some not nice life changes, I gained the rest almost all back. It is time for me to take my life back.

downunder31

Hi Everyone,

My name is Missi I am 32 yrs old & I live in FL & YES- it's hotter then hot here this summer! With the inclimate, hot weather, it does make it very difficult to do outdoor activities here, so I always prefer to be inside in the A/C, including my exercise. I've struggled with my weight since childhood & have recently encountered major stomach/digestive issues. At this point in my life, I KNOW I have to get the weight off & follow thru with it, for my own well being! I live with my wonderful Fiance, , who loves me for me & will always support me, but I Know that I have to complete this Journey for me. We have a family 3 very active, spoiled dogs & 2 lazy cats who are our "children", but I Know that I have to complete this wight loss Journey for me,especially if I want to have Children some day.I am great at cooking & can make healthy options very flavorful & tasty.. Of course I LOVE ALL THE GOODIES, sweets, Chocolate, Carbs, Pizza & Junk Food... but my struggle is not so much with food, it's with exercise & activity.. I absolutely hate it, I get very bored , very quickly.... Maybe after I drop some weight I will enjoy it more? Any motivational tips or suggestions for exercise would be greatly appreciated. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

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pugloversara

Hello everyone Im so happy to see such a wide variety of people in this group. I am so excited.

@Missi (downunder31) I can completely understand about about getting bored with workouts. I do love video games though and have found the kinect for xbox 360 a big help with keeping me motivated. I love to dance and really love the dance games. I find that the black eyed peas experience really gets me sweating within mins. but for a starter I would try Dance Central or Dance Central 2. They also have specific workout games like UFC Trainer which is another great one I love the open speed bags. Then there are others but I haven't tried them yet. I also can relate with you about wanting to lose weight to some day have a baby. I have babys of the furry kind also but none of my own and if i want this then I have to lose weight because my PCOS is just not having it any other way.