I'm a bit late to introductions, but am on Day 7. I'm 27 and live and work in Oakland. I gained about 25 pounds between September 2008 and September 2012 - partly due to being in a colder climate where I couldn't walk as much for two years during grad school, partly due to an old knee injury that acts up sometimes, and largely due to trying to split food 50/50 with my much taller/larger partner (without exercise, he can eat over 2000 cal/day to lose weight). Since last September, I've lost about 32 pounds, mostly just by eating less. Now that I'm closer to my final goal, I want to focus more on fitness.

Hi! My name is Valencia and I just turned 51. After six (very) tumultuous years, I have put on a few lbs...went from 115 to just under 140. I think it was a combination of desk job, teenage child in serious trouble, a hysterectomy, quitting smoking & a divorce! Did I mention it's been a tumultuous six years? While I meant to start this on May 1, I actually wasn't able to get to it until May 5.

I am in shock from the amount of achey I experienced after just one day! Here I was, thinking I'd been getting in shape (had been going to a gym for one month previous to starting) and have also started swimming...then to realize I am one big marshmallow has been tough. I seriously could not bend down for at least two days! That is however, the only major pain that I have suffered. I went away for the weekend, so wasn't able to get back into it...although I did do enough manual labor to qualify as exercise. I may do a little bit of it tonight..perhaps just the ab stuff to start. I just don't want to injure myself to the point of not being able to do anything. I am a wimp.

I think I've seen it mentioned once before, but can't find it now. How do you all enter the exercise(s) here at MFP? I also overate this weekend so it would be nice to be able to chart the first day to counterbalance some of the excess of the weekend.

I will post measurements and a pic in the very near future.

Good luck to everyone!

Please call me Kairi, I'm a 21 year old newlywed and my husband is 24. Today will be Day 3 Level 1 of the 30DS for me, and my husband just started doing it with me so it'll be his Day 2 Level 1!

I'm 5'7" and my highest weight ever was 218.6 (at the beginning of this year.) On a good day I'm 211 lbs. Lowest weight I have been in the past few years was 187. I have been overweight for almost my whole life.

My husband is 6'1.5" and about 184 lbs. He's been a slim guy for almost his whole life, he's just averaged out a bit since we got married and has gained 10-15 lbs. (: He's already a healthy weight but just wants to be fit, and we want to do the 30DS together!

Hi,

I'm Yujin, 38, married and living in Singapore.
Today I completed level 1, day 7.
I'm looking forward to moving up to level 2 this week.
I'm not looking to lose a lot of weight but to get my body fat percentage down.
I'm at 29% body fat now but would like to get to 22%.
It's been only a week but I do find that I'm a lot firmer!
Good luck everyone!

Hey guys my name is Stacey. I am 25 years old and a full time registered nurse and just finished up completing my bachelor degree in nursing so between work and school full time it can be a little crazy. My current weight is 185.5lb and I am 5'9. I started at 205.5lb so I have lost 20lbs since I started my weight loss journey April 1st, 2013. My goal weight is 165-175. I'd be happy just hitting 175. I started the 30DS last week. I am up to Day 5 but took a few rest days, I try and do the workout on the days that I am off, it is hard doing it before or after my 12.5 hr shifts running around like a crazy person haha. I am trying to stick with it but all of a sudden like a lot of the reviews said my knees are starting to hurt really bad on the jumping moves (most of the cardio the jumping jacks, jump rope, etc.) so I took a few days off and will do some cardio at the gym instead. Trying to stay motivated, now that I am done with school for a little while I am really going to try my best to stay fit!!!!