Trying to lose some weight, looking for some people to lose

i'm trying to lose around the same amount...friend me and we can motivate each other!

:flowerforyou: Welcome! We are all here at MFP for the same reason you are, so you came to the right place.
It's hard to balance an entire day when a person has many things on their plate - which by the way leads to more food on the plate sometimes.
I myself have found the only thing that has helped me lose weight quickly is when I eat low carb foods. I am always short on time, so in the morning I usually drink an Atkins shake, a piece of string cheese, and Planters Almonds with Olive Oil. I also drink a glass of water before and after breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also drink a glass of water when I get up in the morning and in the evening.
I try not to eat after 7pm as my martial arts teacher has always said. He said we need to fast - we need to give our bodies a break from food, and we burn most of our calories as we sleep, so sleep is a very important part of losing and/or maintaining our weight and balancing our bodies.
I have found when I stick with low carb on the weekdays I feel good, and even feel I have more energy.
Because I have a very large and close family, I stumble on the weekends, but I go right back to it come Monday thru Friday.
Try to pack your lunch if you can the night before so you won't be tempted to eat fast foods or campus foods. Pack yourself snacks and drink water to help you feel full longer.
Again, for your main meals drink water before and after. Believe me - you will feel full.
I've been battling with my weight for many years as well.
20 pounds is really not bad at all.
Concentrate on losing 2 or 3 pounds at a time. Those are smaller numbers, and 20 may be too overwhelming for you mind-wise.
Log all your food and any exercise on this site, and look back to see what you do and don't like about your eating habits, then change them slowly.
Be kind to yourself - sounds like you have a very busy schedule which could result in stress, and in turn that stress sometimes keeps people from losing because it brings on less sleep and/or bad foods.
Stick to this site. It's probably the best place for you now.
I dumped my Facebook. It was too much drama, and was overloading my email.
I got too overwhelmed with family drama, facebook, and trying to help too many people, so now I'm trying to concentrate on less of others, and more of ME.
Glad you're on board here. Hope to see more of you and your results.
God bless, and Merry Christmas!

Looks like we have the same goal :happy: so I'll adding you so we can motivate & challenge each other.