Hey Everyone,

My name is Krystal and my goal for the 10 weeks is 15 pounds. I'm a mother of two boys who are 5 and 2 and I'm currently in school for nursing so I'm constantly busy I'm always on MFP and looking for friends so don't hesitate to add me.

I'm from: Alabama
My favorite colors are: Pink, White, and Black
My favorite season: Fall
Favorite food: Greek or Italian
My favorite TV series had to be: Psych
I love to read and do crafts when I have free time
My workout routine is currently using Zumba for Wii and a few other games such as Just Dance and Wii Sports. I don't have time for the gym nor am I comfortable going.

Hello. My name is Margaret and I will turn 50 this February. I have never learned healthy eating habits and as a result find myself at 220 pounds. It has been a slow and insidious climb to that weight. Most of my 20s were spend in the 140-150 lb. range, my 30s in the 160 to 180 lb. range, and my 40s saw the steady climb to where I am now, 220 lbs. I've fought back and forth from 200 to 220 lbs. this past year only to find myself at the start of this year almost exactly where I started at the beginning of last year.

I need to relearn how to eat and am looking forward to being part of myfitnesspal as I educate myself and reshape myself. Knowledge and structure will be my foundation. Your stories will be my motivation, as will each small success.

It took 20 years to go from 150 lbs to 220 lbs, let's hope I can reverse that over the next year or two.

My name is Melinda, I am from Georgia. I am a mother of 2 young little ones 3 and 2. Work full time and try to be healthy but really hard. My goal is to lose at least 15 pounds in this challenge. I really don't have any hobbies other than playing with my kids. I am going to try to implement healthy outside activities with my kids to get myself active as well. Hiking, running, and the like. I am planning on running my first 5k in April. I am doing this for myself and my family. I need to be happy and healthy for them.

My name is Kristi and I would like to lose 20 lbs. during the challenge. I live in TN with my husband and cat. I am a teacher and am working on my M.S. I have a lot of weight to lose but taking it in small amounts helps me not get overwhelmed. I am currently on BP medicine which I hope to get off of as I lose weight and increase my excercise.

My favorites: color - green; season - fall; food - mexican; tv - Project Runway, Damages, Downton Abbey, Snapped; place I would like to visit - Hawaii; favorite workout - walking, elliptical, wii, Richard Simmons DVDs.

Always happy to have new friends so fell free to add me...good luck!!!

Hi everyone! I am a third year university student studying double major English lit and psychology, and wanting to go into elementary education. I am getting married on June 7 2014, and love the colour purple!

hi my names diana, 41 married with 2 girls and one grandson
we live in queens NY and i started my weight loss journey (again) april 10, 2012.
by following south beach i had lost 40lbs in 5 months. the last few months i have been
going up an down the same few lbs.

so i came here to MFP to try to soar thru this plataue.
hoping this 10 week challenge will also help.
i know i need to work on excercize!

Hi Everyone!

My name is Amy. I am a newly single mother of a cute 2yr-old boy. I work full time at a level 1 trauma hospital in the rehab center. Love my job. I gained 90 lbs after going through a diffiult marriage. Now that I am single again I want to lose the weight and find myself again. I want to be a good role model for my son. Here are some of my favs...


I was born in Chicago but grew up in Denver, CO. I moved around alot for college includng Lincoln, NE, Argentina, and Southern Cali. I live in suburb of Denver again.
Colors: Cranberry, aqua, navy blue, and emerald green
Season: Autumn! Love the colors of the trees, weather, clothes, coziness, hot tea/chocolate time!
Food: Chips&Salsa, Asian, and soup/salad
Tv- Currently - Nashville, Catfish, X-factor, Glee, Reruns - Friends, Kings of Queens, Seinfeld
Visit: Europe! I am a mix of a lot of european nationalities. I also have never been to Wash/Oregan or southern states besides Florida.

Looking forward to getting to know you guys!! Add me

Hi all, my name is Cheryl and I'm 24 years old. I am super excited about this challege, as well as being a new membmer to MFP. At the end of the challenge I want to at least be down 30 lbs. which will put me at about 250lbs.

To tell you all a little about me, I'm from chicago Illinois. My favorite color is ....well..I think I like them all, i'm very indecisive sometimes. Anywho I love to read as well. I know this might sound silly but I'm not one to remember a author's name..sorry. I do love to read though. Antthing from childrens books to suspense novels, murder misteries and the classic literature stuff as well.

i'd love to travel.if there was one place I'd go, it'd probably be Tokyo Japan at the moment. However that might be different tomorrow who knows.

I don't really like fitness dvds. I hate to workout without a machine or equipment. To me it's just plain boring. Plus I'm not very coordinated, so trying to keep up with the instructor is sucky and nearly impossible, but with a treadmill you can't go wrong.

Hi everyone! I'm Shan and I live in PA. I'm hoping to lose 20 pounds for this challenge. That will put me at my pre-baby weight, which is exciting, since my "baby" turned four this summer :P

I started mfp back in June at 180 and lost 10 pounds over the summer, which was really awesome because I'd never been able to successfully lose weight before joining this site. I lost a bit more through the fall and at one point was down to 163 but then the holiday season hit and now I'm back up to 170. Now that Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's are finally over, I need to get back on track.

My ultimate goal is between 125-135 pounds. I'm going to add a lot of strength training to my workout routine this year though so I am not really attached to those numbers. I'd just like to get into a size 4/6 if possible. I am getting married later this year, and ordering my dress in a tiny size would be awesome

If anyone wants to be friends, feel free to add me!

Hi My name is Crystal, I am 29 (30 at the end of January:-( ) I currently weigh 224.5. My life is complete and utter mess right now. My marriage is shaky, my kids are crazy, and I just feel slow and unhealthy. I have 3 kids; 7-year old daughter, 5-year old son, and 4.5 year old son. The boys are all boy and are destructive silly crazy boys. My daughter is sweet, caring, artsy but high maintenance :-), but she has the biggest heart of any 7 year old I have ever known. I have a dream of going to Africa (among other places) to help in an orphanage and more, and she will not allow me to do that without her. She has wanted to do this with me for the past year and a half. She has big dreams that I am determined to help her achieve. Our daughter started out in our family as a foster child at age 1.5, and because of circumstances surrounding her birth and before she has food addictions. And it doesn't help when mommy is eating crappy food and not staying healthy. So I want and need to set a good example for her and my boys.

Not only am I a mother, I am also a student, and went back to school in September to go for my RN and get a BA in Sociology. I am just at the beginning of school, so I am looking at at least 6-8 years ahead of me. My ultimate goal with my career is to set up a non-profit organization to help children and young mothers in third world countries.

2012 was a crazy year for me, but I found a new church home that fits our family perfectly. They also do missions all over the world and will be a great place for me to start fulfilling my dreams, as well as my daughter.

In September of 2011 my husband and I decided to start losing weight, we had a trip to Hawaii planned for August 2012, well it started out great, I lost 20 pounds and he was losing as well, although he was losing a lot faster and easier, and I ended up giving up. I have gained 10 of those pounds back. I am determined to do this for me this time around. He is at his goal weight (or at least very close) so I have no one to compare my success to. I will only have myself and my accomplishments to look at, (in real life at least). I also have to deal with PCOS and the weight loss problems that brings. I am learning how to deal with it though, learning more and more about how if effects my weight and eating/cravings. I learned about the infertility side of PCOS a long time ago but never looked into the weight gain and weight loss problems it caused. So I am educating myself and doing this as natural as I can.

Other then my weight loss goals I also have the goal to learn to put my needs before others. My diet and exercise has to come first. And I have to learn to fit that in with my crazy busy schedule, that includes lots of homework and my three kids.

I am glad I have found this challenge at the beginning of my weight loss journey, giving me the right start to this new year and new me.