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Gabrielm80
Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
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I have one or two really supportive friends, several other in the background, and looking for more active supporters. I'm a dad and hasband in a house with all girls. I guess their teen years will cause a gray hair or two. I need desparately to loss weight. Had health issues including a heart stint by the age of 30. I tried blind dieting but that didn't work. I wasn't eating enough so any carbs I ate burned away muscle and was stored as fat. I am losing weight as slowly as I can because I want this to be a life change not a quick diet. I am enjoying MFP because I am eating more calories and I know what's going in my body and control what gets burned. I am very supportive when it comes to milestones. I try not to only say a generic way to go but I admit I do sometimes on meal diary's when they back all up. I can talk someone's head off so let me be upfront about that now. If you enjoy introverts I might not be your type of friend. Me on the other hand take all kinds of people. I do look at food diary's unless you request I don't.
Last time I posted this type of topic I got little interest I hope that was due to bad timing.
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  • rwc4912
    rwc4912 Posts: 35 Member
    Feel free to add me to your list
    I am about 3 weeks in and am pretty active

    Please feel free to look at my diary
    and have at it, knowlegde and insight can come from anywhere
  • RyanneRose
    RyanneRose Posts: 128 Member
    If you're not just looking for guys to add, I'd be happy to jump in :) I'm a wife and mom with a 1yr old girl, trying t lose weight in a life-change kind of way (not a quick diet way). Admittedly I make some bad food choices still (like dinner last night), but I'm working on it. I'm about a month in and I try to comment on updates and things fairly frequently.
  • jdad1
    jdad1 Posts: 1,899 Member
    You are added if you so choose.
  • samr73
    samr73 Posts: 440 Member
    Hi, you add me if you like :smile:
  • Ralphrabbit
    Ralphrabbit Posts: 351 Member
    Feel free to add me! Happy to cheer anybody on the same journey......
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Happy to help. Mum or two grown boys. Add me if you want!
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Added all of you, thanks and no I don't care if your female or male. I can see why females should be on guard with who they allow request them, but I don't mind women friends as long as they don't mind me being a man. Like I said I take all kinds as long as you want to bring or gain positivity into this experience I welcome it.
  • ellepribro
    ellepribro Posts: 226 Member
    Feel free to add me. I'm on here all the time. I motivate all of my friends, but I need more who motivate me as well!
  • kpepin3
    kpepin3 Posts: 13 Member
    Feel free to add me. I have a 2 year old daughter, and have been working at this lifestyle change since last July. I don't mind if you look at my food journal, but I'll be the first to admit there are days where even I look at it and think, "now why did I eat this, again?" Oh well, we're all working at it, motivating each other, and getting healthier - that's what matters.
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Thanks for all the replies. Been gaining some really supportive friends.
  • happydaze71
    happydaze71 Posts: 339 Member
    feel free to add me.... I am very motivated to reach my goals, and help others reach theirs.
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Thank you
  • Willowana
    Willowana Posts: 493 Member
    Here and back again.....a Tolkien fan I'm guessing? I love me some nerdy friends. Feel free to add me.
  • wheezeybouncer
    wheezeybouncer Posts: 122 Member
    Feel free to add me :O) Mam to 3 monsters, married for 14.5yrs and carer to 2 aged parents. Love to bake and get my sweat on at the gym (between swimming, shooting bows n arrows and the school run!)
  • RedRita32
    RedRita32 Posts: 321 Member
    You can add me to! :drinker: but I got to warn you now that I don't always eat very clean lol
  • tennileb
    tennileb Posts: 265 Member
    I'm always looking for more active supporters, and people I can provide support t. I'm a wife (well , technically a wife-to-be), mom of a teenage boy ...blah blah blah

    I don't care what gender my on line supports are :)
  • YourTasteBudWade
    YourTasteBudWade Posts: 2
    Add me too if you like . Im new here . I have logged in everyday since I started and have been keeping track of my food as close as possible . This is an awesome site .
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Here and back again.....a Tolkien fan I'm guessing? I love me some nerdy friends. Feel free to add me.

    Yes subtle Tolkien ref. Not a Tolkien fan boy, but do appreciate the greatness of his works. And am always referencing something from my wide range of interests
  • frasergentles
    frasergentles Posts: 11 Member
    Feel free to add me. I'm a dad in a house full of girls also! I achieved my goal and changed my life.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Add me if you like
  • alexalaurel
    alexalaurel Posts: 27
    Hey! I'd be happy to be your friend :-) I also like having supportive folks around, it can really help and makes me feel like I'm not in this alone. I commend you for trying to do this the right way, by changing your lifestyle. I've been having a lot of success with a lower carb lifestyle - not a meat and cheese kinda lifestyle, but lots of veggies and a bit of beans too. Tracking really helps me to stay accountable to myself, so I can't deny what I'm putting in my mouth! It also helps me to set goals like with water consumption. Please feel free to check my food diary. Most recently I've been paying more attention to carbs, and the weight is coming off nicely. YOU CAN DO THIS and we can do it together!!
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Added you all
  • msderes
    msderes Posts: 11 Member
    would love to have you as a friend on this weigh loss journey. feel free to add me
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Maderes sent you an invite but it wouldn't send it go ahead and send me one
  • TheBaileyHunter
    TheBaileyHunter Posts: 641 Member
    Sending a request if you're open to female supporters as well. And I read diaries and talk a lot too!
  • zmeplay
    zmeplay Posts: 28 Member
    We are all here for the same reason. Make healthier decisions. :)
  • Byrdsong1920
    Byrdsong1920 Posts: 336 Member
    Hi,

    Im Shannon from Atlanta. You can add me. I log daily and workout 5-6/week and love trying new activities! Took up salsa dancing and love it...great burns and new way to meet peeps!

    You have the right Idea....lose it the right way and it'll stay off! Lifestyle change!

    Lets do this! Shan
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    I've been here since Sept 2011 and I'm always looking for more friends. I'm on every day and log every day :)
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,708 Member
    Wow, I am impressed; you already have 102 friends and still want more........I wouldn't know how to handle that many.
    Good Luck !
  • Gabrielm80
    Gabrielm80 Posts: 1,458 Member
    It was is an old topic. It kinda keeps resurfacing, part of that is my fault

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