Hey guys!

Grats Leila for your progress so far! And good luck with your goals, both of you!

You guys can call me Tillow, a silly nickname I picked up a looong time ago. I'm 26, 5'3" and currently 145 pounds. I had always been somewhat chubby growing up, but during my last year of high school (2005) until the end of my freshman year of college the year after, I went from 140 pounds to 175 pounds (yep, 35 pound gain in one year!). After I went on a trip to CA to visit my aunt with my sister and a friend of ours, we loaded all of our pictures and I cried. So I decided to get healthier! >:O From the summer of 2006 until the summer of 2009 I went from 175 to 115, and eventually got down to 110 but it was unmanageable for me so I eventually settled back at 120. I went through a very rocky marriage and we separated in 2010 - unfortunately he dropped off the face of the planet before finalizing it so I'm still in a turmoil of getting crap down 3 years later - and I got myself back up to 156 pounds the summer of last year (didn't help that I had a full-time desk job too). I signed up for dance classes during my final semester of college, started eating better and generally moving around more, got a different job, and I'm down 11 pounds to 145.

Since Halloween is about 3 months away, I don't think it's too far of a stretch for me to lose at least 15 pounds by then and get to 130, but if I can do better than that I will. My ultimate goal is to get back to 115-120, but right now any loss is a loss and I'd be happy with it. I've been stuck between 138-145 for a few months now, so I can't wait to actually start holding myself accountable again and get things moving.

Sorry if that was long-winded. xD

Hi everyone!
My name is Tina and I am very excited about starting this new challenge. I just stated using MFP over the last 2 weeks. I am pretty old compared to all of you, but I am up for the challenge. I am 5'2 and 142 lbs. I have been stuck here for quite a while (months), I have a very sedentary job which makes it hard to get a lot of exercise in. I work out with a trainer 30 mins 2-3 times per week and complete my own cardio. I recently completed a 5K fun foam fest but was not very successful with the running part. I had a major bunion surgery about 7 months ago and still have a pretty sore foot, but it does not stop me from working out! I wanted to start this challenge for motivation and support and to see how far I can push myself and be much more healthy. My goal is to lose 15 lbs, but I would take 20! Good Luck to all of you in your quest! I am looking forward to being more fit and Healthy by Halloween!! Lastly, this is probably a silly question, but I do I find friends on MFP?? I have a fitbit flex which I love and have a great support group there and I know that this will be a great support group for me as well, but when the challenge is finished I would like to be able to keep the motivation and support up! Thanks for you help! Talk to you soon! Looking forward to Friday!!

Hello I'm Anna I put the weight on last year during my final undergraduate exams - don't have time to exercise, need to study! Whilst I got the exam results I wanted I hated my graduation photos so so much. Trying to lose about 15 lb, but I seem to be stuck at 149-151 for ages. I just tend to get fed up about the lack of results and then go 'stuff it!' and then regain everything. Currently at 151 again, and getting back to working out, and although deadline for this year's (PhD now) project is fast approaching, I am determined to keep working out!

Hi! I'm Angela. I'm 26 years old and I've been overweight my entire life and I really started trying to lose some weight last August. In the first few months I lost 25 pounds, then the holidays rolled around and some of it came back, then I lost it again and then I got stuck for several months and after trying everything I could think of I kind of gave up and in the past month or so I've pretty much gained everything back. I'm still slightly lighter than I was when I started out at 285 pounds. I'm excited for this challenge first of all because I did the best when I was part of something similar to this. I'm nervous about the fit tests, but I'm interested to see how I will improve.

I never REALLY cared about my weight before. Sure, I always felt like an outsider and I ended up missing out on a lot of things growing up, but I never really tried losing weight. Until my husband and I started trying to get pregnant and where unsuccessful after over a year of trying. After a late term miscarriage 4 years ago, I ended up putting on a lot more weight, I never weighed myself before I started trying to lose weight, but I'm sure I gained 50-75 pounds after that.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to what this challenge will have to offer me!

Hi my name is Anna I'm 25 years old and 5'5. I recently joined mfp to lose the last of my weight. I started at 239lbs in January 2011 hit a lot of plateaus but I think I finally figured it out and have a good relationship with the food I eat these days. Now I'm at 155 and my goal is to drop 16 pounds by Halloween. I'm pretty sure 139 would be my ultimate goal weight but I'll just have to see if I like what I see in the mirror when I get there. I'm hoping that losing 5 pounds a month is a reasonable goal but well see! Good luck to everyone else!

Hey guys! I'm Macy!

I am :
-22 yrs old
-158.6 lbs (I've been this weight for yearrrrrrs I wanna reach my goal!!)
-5'8"
-pharmacy student.....I'm a STRESS EATER...and being in school stresses me out haha
-former college volleyball player who is trying to get used to a world without scheduled practices!!

I have tried MFP before and seem to be motivated for about 4 weeks and then fall off the wagon and gain back the weight I lost. I set my goal for Halloween to reach my goal weight of 140 lbs and to wear a costume that is just a little more scandalous than I would wear right now!

Hopefully we can help each other out! I can't wait to get to know you and support you!!

Glad to see that there are people that know the stress of graduate school and a former volleyball player!! I think I'm going to like it here!

Hey All! I'm Jia, I started MFP at 160 LBS and I'm 5'0", I am currently 146-147LBS (I keep bouncing around btwn 2 lbs). My highest weight was 166 LBS and my goal weight is roughly 125-130 LBS. I have been trying to get my fitness more and track and am currently working out with Insanity and I'm almost finished with my third week in the first month :bigsmile: Feeling proud lol. But my eating has to get more on track in I want to get the results I'm hoping for. I am losing inches but I think since I'm gaining muscle that my weight is slowly rising which is a little upsetting. So I've been focusing on using my measuring tape and not so much my scale as to not get discouraged. I'd hope to lose possibly 10 LBS in this challenge! Let's get hot by Halloween!!! :drinker:

Hey Future Halloween Hotties!!

Well, I'm about 7 weeks out from having my first (gorgeous) baby girl and I'm ready to at least start a little bit of working out before I go crazy trying to live with this new (temporary) body I have. I love staying home (ALL NEW TO ME!!) with my precious girl and I go to school full-time, so I really hope I have NO excuse in getting some kind of fitness in routinely. Of course I have a weight loss goal, but I'm not so much ready to put a timeframe on it seeing as I need to eat enough to breastfeed, etc, but in reality, I'd like to lose about 45 pounds within the next year. Doable? I'd sure hope so! As for this challenge I'm trying to be realistic and ambitious at the same time: 13 pounds in 13 weeks. To get me under 170 and one extra for good measure!
Can't wait to make some new friends on here!

CW:181
GW:135
Hot by Halloween GW:168

Woohoo! I am also a Rachel! I ordered the wrong size top for my costume so I definitely will need to lose around 10-12 lbs by the Halloween to fit in the smaller one! I have been stuck around the same weight (+/-3lbs) since early May. The craziness of my summer has kind of ruined my momentum. I am trying to figure out what's the reason for my strange fluctuations in my weight from day to day. My motivation to actively track every little calorie on here has gone from obsessive (last summer) to indifferent (right now). I love Halloween and this year's costume is my most ambitious yet! I am hoping we can all motivate each other to reach our goals and if nothing else makes some PROGRESS in the right direction. A loss is a loss... If I get down into the 150's, honestly, I would be pumped. I keep scrollin' everyone's posts on here and I gotta say, we are all super beautiful ladies... I can only imagine what we will look like by one of the most fun nights of the year!

My Stats:
5'9"
CW: 167 since 5/7/13 ((((
HbH GW: 155
MFP GW: 150
UG: 150 @ 19ish% BF

I realized I never posted on here!

My name is Nita and I'm a 26 year old self proclaimed artist. I've spent most of my time behind a computer either drawing or playing video games. I've always been a "big" girl, being 5'8" since 6th grade and up. I'm pretty big boned and I say I'm built like a man. I feel very square compared to most women who are curvy and petite. When I was younger I played a lot of sports but I was still over weight and had asthma all the way until I was about 14 and grew out of it. I spend a lot of time drawing because I do like to escape stress by going into the little world in my head, hee hee! Some say I am a bit tomboyish, and they would be right.

I joined MFP with serious intent to lose weight. I was 239 lbs and lost 10 lbs by myself withput MFP. When I joined this I was 229 lbs. I lost roughly 65 lbs and started to yoyo from 173 to 179. I saw myself get back to 183 and felt terrible. Now I'm here to get to my ultimate goal of 155 and be much more toned. I am going to strive for 165 by Halloween, which will be hard but I can do it!