Hello, Dyer/Schererville resident here! Just randomly found this site while searching for walking buddies in the area so I joined a few minutes ago. I am always looking for female walking buddies to go to the local parks and trails. I can also kind of jog, but I'm not at the running stage yet. I also enjoy tennis and other kinds of exercise.

Thanks!

I've been with MFP for about a year - off and on. I was using another site, that I liked, but MFP offered a bit more flexibility and stored data. I was once a really thin, without thinking about it, person. Ate whatever I wanted, but was very active and had high metabolism. Then I had a baby and had to pay attention...then I hit 35 and wow did it all slow down. Between not having good eating habits, metabolism slowing down, and activity dropping to nil (desk job with long hours and long commute), I gained about 40 pounds, then I had an extruded disc causing so much pain - making any activity painful (anything painful really) and steroids....add another 25 or so. Now, I'm a bigger girl After a year or two, I couldn't take it anymore and ordered Nutrisystem and followed it religiously - dropping 30 pounds. I stayed there for a year or two and my pain finally subsided, with only bad days, so I became a bit more active. Finally, I lost my stressful desk job and managed a retail location for over a year - losing another 30 - felt slim and was getting fit, but .......retail wasn't what I wanted to do forever and back a to desk job I came. One year in and I have gained back that 30 pounds and feel....disappointed in myself, out of shape and blah!!! Must get up and get active in the evenings and on weekends, and get my eating habits back under control. I'm ridiculous sometimes - I can't say I don't know how the weight came back because I know. So, was looking for folks in the area that are taking control too. I'll be 47 in June and live in Highland, but work in Chicago long days. Anybody out there

How Long: Started on 11-16-2012 One week before thanksgiving! Started MFP in December

Goals: lose a total of 135, hopefully by next summer. I have another goal of running a 1/2 marathon, and my friends have already got me in the race, and they are also flying me into San Antonio to keep me motiviated. This is my focus

Advice: Try to eat superfoods, eat fresh. Do some kind of exercise, but give yourself a rest and listen to your body. Measure yourself, Ive lost 30 inches overall. Log in your miles if you walk, I'm over 400 miles now, Be inspired and inspire. When eating out, as for a to go box and fill it 1/2 up with your food as portions are usually too much for us and the bonus is you get to eat the next day.Feel free to add me, as I will support you, I just ask for a little in return.

Hi everybody! Although I joined MFP over a month ago, I've just started taking it seriously. My kids' doctor recommended it to me. It's time to get a move-on and work for progress. I've got a birthday coming around Thanksgiving, and I've got to prepare for it. I've been the emotional eater, the stressed eater,the lonely eater,the anytime eater, and it's all been to comfort myself. Time to stop. It's nice to see so many people who want to better themselves, because without your health, you've got nothing, and as long as
you can move, there's hope.