Hey guys!
My name is Christine, I am 22 years old! Weight loss has been extremely hard for me like most people, I was really skinny in high school (due to an eating disorder, it was yo-yo all the time) and then I gained healthy weight two years after I graduated. Before I got pregnant with my son I was 195 pounds (I am 5'2) and extremely depressed. Once I was pregnant I dropped 20 pounds, and then gained it all back plus five more. Once I had my son I gained another 10 pounds because I kept eating the way I did when I was pregnant. My son is now 18 months old and I dont want him to think of me as fat while he is skinny. I want to be a sexy mommy! I am originally from Washington State and just moved down to Austin Tx in may of this year. My hardest challenge for weight loss is not having anyone to do it with, so I am hoping being on this group will help me out and give me that push. I hope I can lose up to 15 pounds, but TONS of inches. We will see though. I am on facebook more, if anyone wants to add me my facebook is www.facebook.com/pftchristine!



So my stats are SW 207, GW eventually 150 and I will see from there. I am 5'2. I will be posting a before picture on the first!

i'm Linda I currently weigh around 278 (will know better in mornign wheni go to doctor) the 10 week will be close to my 30 year reunion so the more weight i can lose the better (i ultimately want to get down to 120)so keep pushing me anyone know how to take the food thing off of private and put it to public?

Hi Linda,

Go to My Home/Settings/Diary Settings - you'll see it at the bottom of the page.

Cheers
Jane

Hey

I'm Nickie, 20 and from West Bromwich, UK.
I've always thought I was fat, from since I can remember. I've never been stick thin, but I've also never been overweight, until now. I've always been relatively active, I'd take part in dance competitions and go out on bike rides..

I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism in October, and later found out I've had it since March. This put around 32lbs on me in the space of 7 months, despite being active. My confidence / self esteem no longer exists, and I'm finding it hard to stay focused. Putting all of my troubles behind me (2012 has been terrible) I'm ready to enter 2013 with a smile on my face, ready to shift some pounds. I'd LOVE to lose at least 30lbs before April, as it's my 21st that month :bigsmile:

Best of luck to you all, feel free to add me, I'm on everyday :flowerforyou:

CW - 188.4
GW - 130

I am Jackie, 39 yrs od, live in VT, married with 2 boys (10 and 3). Next year I am turning a big 40 and would like to stop fighting with my yo-yo eating and exercising. I am cronic quitter and I hope in 2013 I will get those "problems" under some control.
Love to read, walk, originally from Europe (Bosnia).

I'm from San Diego, but now live in Phoenix area. I am aiming to lose 15 lbs for this challenge. I love to read, favorite book from this year is John Green's The Fault in our Stars. Favorite series is Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness.

I workout with a personal trainer for strength training at least 2-3x's a week. I love to run and run 3xs week (try to!). I've completed two half marathons in 2012 and plan for two more in 2013. I'm a zumba lover! Go at least twice a week. My new fascination is with Mud Runs and obstacle courses!

I'm also a foster mom... A single foster mom! I've had a hard time balancing out fostering with my health goals... Hence, trying to get back to being active on MFP and joining this challenge.

Hi guys

I am Mandy, 49 will be 50 the day after the 10 weeks! Eek!

I am married have two kids 22 and 17. We live in a National Park in the UK and have two crazy springer spaniels.

I have signed up to do a charity trek in August to the Great Wall of China, my life has revolved around my kids since we were involved in a terrorist bombing in 1998, both my kids were left disabled. 2013 is my time, spent so much time focussed on other people I do not know who I am anymore, but intend to find out!

My fav colour is ... Pink
My fav season is ...Summer, not that we get much of a one in the UK!!
My fav food is .... CHOCOLATE, bad!
My fav tv shows .....Criminal Minds, Perception, The Glades...that kinda stuff
Workouts ..... Pilates, love Zumba and Body Pump, need to come up with a training programme for my trek, so loads of strength and
cardio for me

Really looking forward to getting to know you all. We can do this, together xxxx

First I want to say how wonderful it is to have people from all over the world on MFP and in our group! I love that!

My mini goal is a 10 lb. weight loss. I have been stalled the last few months and started to put on weight when I started strength training; guess I need more of a calorie deficit!

I've lived all over the world and I'm currently in Reno, Nevada.
Favorite color: green every since I was about 5 years old, and I'm currently 42.
Favorite season in order: Spring, Fall, Summer, Winter
Favorite food: ICE CREAM! Followed by Elk Steak!
Television: (When I get to watch) Justified, Being Human, Merlin, Fringe, Grimm, and Bones.
Books: The Belgariad, Fablehaven, The Green Rider Series (is she ever going to finish it?), The Ranger's Apprentice (except Book #10 sucked!), gosh... there are so many more!
Hobbies: who has time anymore?! Writing, drawing, horses, gardening, cooking, building things with wood and sewing.
Where would you visit if you could visit any place in the world: Ireland with my husband. Spain to ride the stallions with my best gal friend. Alabama to take the kids to visit my dad.

Right now my workout is Julian Michaels' 30 Day Shred. I want to do the P90X next. When the roads dry up I'll start running and biking again.

I've been married 19 years and we have 6 kids between the ages of 14 and 3. I used to be a Landscape Architect but now I'm a full time mommy.

How much would you like to lose by the end of the New Year New You 2013 challenge??

Lets get to know each other -- Where are you from? What is your favorite color, season, food, television series, books, and hobby? Where would you visit if you could visit any place in the world!!?? -- and why? What are your favorite workout routines? RAMBLE ON MY FRIENDS!! lol Feel free to add your own questions to the mix!

Hey everyone!

My name is Tiffany, Tif for short. I live in Northwestern PA, just below the snow belt so I have a built in excuse to get some good calorie burn in by shoveling my walkway during the winter.

By the end of the challenge I would like to be down 10-15 pounds.

My favorite season is definitely Spring, I love all the bright colors and after seeing white for so many months, green is a FANTASTIC color lol.

My favorite color is pink, or anything pastel.

My hobbies are reading, drawing, and crocheting. I have a very sports-oriented husband so during the summer months we spend a lot of time going to baseball games (his favorite sport).

My favorite TV show is True Blood. Close 2nd is Dexter. I am also addicted to Bones, Haven, Once Upon a Time, Dancing with the Stars, Grimm, Blue Bloods, Perception, Elementary, Person of Interest and Rissoli and Isles.

My favorite food is pizza, my mother's lasgna, homemade macaroni and cheese and my husband's pernil (some delicious pork shoulder that is roasted in the oven all day, ends up all stringy and AWESOME!)

My favorite books are anything I'm currently reading. I enjoy series and recently I have finished the Twilight books (favorite movie series by the way) and Fifty Shades of Gray Trilogy. Also have read the Hunger Games books and currently I'm working my way through the Sookie Stackhouse series (what True Blood is based off of). I like mindless books I can lost in because my job is very cognitively focused (I'm a mental health therapist). So when I read I want to drift off into a world of fantasy

My number one place I want to visit is Puerto Rico. That is my husband's ethnic background and he always tells me that is one place that is beautiful in person as it on on TV and in pictures. Other than that, I would enjoy going to the western side of the United States, Nevada, California, pick one.

My favorite work out routines are Tae Bo, its a work out that makes you sore for days but is a nice combination of strength and cardio I feel like I've accomplished something. I also love dancing, so I have a lot of dance aerobic VHS tapes. Since they are VHS you know I've had them for a while so I have the routines memorized which means I can get as crazy as I want to with them. So much fun. I like Pilates and my Wii Fit too.

I've been married for 3 and a half years. No children.

Nice to meet everyone in this challenge and good luck to us all in reaching our goals :happy: :flowerforyou:

Hey everyone! I'm Jennifer. I live in Alaska and I am not a big fan of winter, but I do love winter fashion. I started out this journey at 153 and got down to 147.6. After Christmas, I'm now 140. I am hoping to mainly get down to 130, though I'm thinking 125-120 might be a better option. I'm definitely happy I've lost *almost* 15 lbs, but I am not happy about how long it's taken me.... 7 months! How does that even happen? (I've counted calories the whole time... exhausting. But I still love eating out, so every time I've done that, I've ended up maintaining for that week. Not cool.)

So needless to say, I'm really excited for this challenge to really amp up my weight-loss and reach my goal within the next 10-12 weeks. I have a personal challenge during this 10 weeks too... No more eating out! Even if I can look up the nutritional information, I am not going to do it. It's going to be the most difficult thing I've had to do on this journey, but it's time to get serious (& save money. ). I challenge you to do the same if you also love to eat out as much as I do.

I wish everyone luck and I am so excited to not be alone on this journey. Feel free to add me.

Hey All --

I'm going to be 30 in 2013! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

I want more for myself, so here I am. Tthis is the first step. As well as finding better ways to deal with disappointment. I would like to lose 100+lbs in 2013. I'd really like to end the year at 180 or less.

I'm committing myself to 365 days of logging -- no excuses being I have an App for that!
I've committed myself to Zumba at least 5 times a week
I'm committed to taking my Thyroid meds daily.
I'm seeing a nutritionist weekly to biweekly.

And rest assure, I am not one of those new years band-wagoners. I've been doing this since October (-14lbs)-- just not as well as I am going to do it now.