Hi! Id like to join the group I need little bit more motivation to shed these pounds! Since joining mfp I lost 60 pounds and gained back 11
My fav exercise is doing insanity and running! Thanks for starting this group I look forward to losing some weight by spring even if its not 20 pounds

Hello!

First, the Google docs won't let me access the sheet you made!!!

Hi! I am 19 will be 20 Dec. 17th, married to my wonderful Husband will be 2 years Dec. 30th. I am wanting to lose weight because I want to feel healthy and fit, I want to get toned and sexy. I am 149 right now I have lost 5 pounds before I got on MFP. I want to eat better and all that stuff. I am trying to ease into eating better stuff instead of jumping right into it so I won't have a lot of craving. I LOVE Pilates!! It make me feel energized... and sore. haha. I usually go a blogilates video and then I wait I am not sore or at least not sore enough to function. haha. and I do another video or so. usually about 1 hour each workout. every other day or sometimes one more day depending how sore I was. I love fruit. Grapes, strawberries, apples.... veggies. Broccoli, carrots, potatoes... but I think my fav food is Chicken Noodle Soup.

Hope I didn't talk to much. haha

Hello, I would like to join the group because my goal was to lose as much as possible by March anyway. I’ll be going home to see my sister for the first time in 8yrs and a little extra motivation can’t hurt. Since Sep 2012 I’ve put on about 20lbs on my already overweight 5’3 frame. Last week I started bicycling at my gym and I have changed my eating habits. Sad to say I gained 3lbs. hopefully it’s just water weight. I’m 215 trying to see 160 then I’ll go from there. Thank you!

Hello, I would like to join the group!! I have been on MFP for a while now and although my weight hasn't changed dramatically, I can tell my body has shifted and I am getting more fit. However, I would like a little more "drama" come this spring so this group seems perfect! My name is Hana, I am 26, 5'6 and weigh 184 (I haven't weighed myself in two months however). I liek to follow clean eating and whole,real foods recipes and my favorite workouts are yoga, dancing, kickboxing, and biking. I can't wait for this extra boost of motivation!!!

Hello Everyone,
I've lost around 40 lbs since my highest weight and I have just 25 more lbs to go. When I reach my goal, I plan to be down a total of 65 lbs and be toned/confident enough to buy a bathing suit for the first time in almost 10 years. I have a big beach trip the 1st week of April 2014 and I don't think it is asking too much to lose 20 pounds by then. I enjoy jumping a speed rope, practicing yoga and resistance training. Good luck to you all. Feel free to add me. I keep an open diary and I log everyday. My choices aren't always perfect but they're honest.

eta: yoga! can't believe I forgot it.

Hi there. I'd like to join along too! I have always been heavy--about 230 pounds at my heaviest. Since adulthood I have tried to keep things under control and have managed this for the most part. I will turn 50 during this challenge and would really like to drop about 20 pounds. About 2 years ago I started eating low carb clean food. In 2013 I started biking, actually did a 100 km ride to raise money for cancer research! More recently I have begun to include functional strength training (Fitness Blender) workouts and jogging into my routine. I definitely want try to keep myself in good shape so I don't "fall apart" as I am getting older

Hi Kawood, that’s what I have to do. I have a fulltime job Mon – Fri 6:30am – 2:30pm and a part-time Fri & Sat 5 – 10 as well as three kids. I’m working out Mon – Thru 4:30 – 5:45 and Fri 2:45 – 4:00 (I would normally just go straight to my second job and wait for my shift to begin but decided to use the time to work -out.) I spend the rest of my time with family. You’ll work it out!.

Hi,

I also joined and I absolutely love the spreadsheet so we can all see each other's progress. We should also do progress with photos as well.

Sarah

Thanks for creating this group! I feel the extra motivation will help facilitate my weight loss goals. I just recently joined MFP. Prior to this I was doing Weight Watchers, which I had great success with. I had lost about 23 lbs and kept it off for over 2 years, but never really reached my weight loss goal. I was 7 lbs away! Then, I have no idea what happened, as my diet didn't change, I was eating really pretty clean and healthy, but since June of this past summer, I've put on 8 lbs! And I can't manage to get it off. I recently started another exercise program, Focus T25 by Beachbody. I have done P90X and Chalene Extreme, and loved them both. The best part about T25, is it's only 25 mins a day! So I'm hoping along with the workout, which is 10 weeks (in my 5th week - lost no weight or inches thus far which is the MOST frustrating part), and joining this group will keep me on track to my goal. I'm 5' 6" and am currently 155 lbs, would like to be 130lbs after all is said and done. Looking forward to the challenge! Kat

Hi Everyone,

I have a lot to lose and like little goals along the way and it will be nice to have accountability over the holidays. This is the perfect challenge because it will get me into onederland (and where I go from obese to "just" overweight), and is been a major interim goal of mine for a very long time. Also 20 lbs in 14 weeks seems very reasonable.

hey everyone. Im victoria and very happy I joined this group yes i have started today to kinda push myself before december 12. excited about this journey. We all are going in strong right to the finish line

Hello! My name is Shannon, I will be turning 25 in March of 2014! Eek! I remember wanting to be skinny by that age, now I have realized I just want to be happy and healthy. This is such a journey for me, it's been a roller coaster, that's for sure.

A little about me:

I live in lovely Los Angeles close to Culver City. I am a private duty nurse for a lady in Beverly Hills and I absolutely love it. I have a very supportive partner of 7 years. We are high school sweethearts and have lived together for 4 of those 7 years. He is one of my biggest motivations for losing weight, he lost 50 lbs a couple of years ago! No children but we have two fur babies (cats) that we adore.

How I got here:

I have been overweight since my pre-teen years, that much I know. I don't remember a lot about my childhood as I had some emotional abuse going on. I am adopted and not one of the lucky ones that get's an amazing family. My family loved me, that is true, but there was a lot of the aforementioned abuse. I didn't feel like I had any control in my life and the one thing I could control was food. As a kid I was very active in sports and dance so my eating habits didn't catch up to me until we moved during 6th grade, I was so depressed that I had to leave my friends I became a recluse. During that age I found out I had scoliosis and I had to wear a brace. I was teased and bullied for two things -- being fat and wearing a brace. High school I didn't have many friends but I met the love of my life there! As the years progressed so did my bad eating habits. I ballooned up to 215, my highest weight to date. I have tried pretty much everything I lost some, gained some over and over again. On October 25th, I walked into my first Weight Watchers meeting and 100% found where I am supposed to be! Because of that, I don't track/log here on Lose it! You can follow my journey and see what was my real breaking point via my blog and 'fan' Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HappyHealthyShannon http://happyandhealthyshannon.blogspot.com/

As of today I am very motivated to do this for me, and not for anyone else. That was a motivator back then, I always wanted to please someone else. I am doing it for me. To be healthy and happy and to love my self for the first time I can ever remember. I am a very encouraging person and love to motivate people! I am down 6.6 lbs since October 25th, 2013 and I say that's a win with all the holiday parties!

I love reading others progress and journey, so if you have a blog, I would love to read it!

Hi id like to join. .Iv lost 1st 4lb since starting..iv gained back the 4. N feelin crap about it...could do with extra motivation over the christmas period where i usually gain weight. ..I wana continue to lose it this christmas. .Thanks for startin the group.

Hello, my name is Lauren and I will be losing 20 lbs. My workout includes both cardio and weights, although I definitely like weights more than cardio. My biggest challenge is eating right, not snacking when I'm bored (big problem) and staying away from sweets. I feel like I can lose 20 lbs by March if I really work hard, but it is more realistic to wait till June or July. Either way, I am here to shed fat and tone up.

I am joining this group because I am sick of complaining about my weight, either I do something about it or I accept it. I don't want to be the fat girl when I'm out. I am a yo-yo dieter always have been. I would like to build a healthy lifestyle and be done dieting! I love to run and at the beginning of the summer I was going 3 miles everyday, that's what I want to get back to and start firming up and dropping this unwanted weight! I would like to drop about 30ish pounds, hoping this is the motivation I need!!!!