I'm Amy. I'm 31 and live in a small town in southern Maryland. I have two beautiful girls, one 2 1/2 and one 7 months. I also work full time. I had been doing shift work for 9 years (police dispatcher), and finally transferred to a Monday-Friday normal position right around the time I had my youngest. It's so much easier to lose weight when you're on a normal schedule:) I also love to crochet, and have a tiny side business on Etsy selling crochet children and baby hats. I am a Turbofire addict, and I'm going to start incorporating more strength training next week. I'm constantly either at work or taking care of the girls, so the hardest part for me is finding some "me" time.

Congrats, Niki, on losing 50 lbs! That's awesome! Any tips?

Hi everyone. My name is Nicolette and I am 23 years old. i started my journey last year and fell off the horse so to speak. I'm hoping this with help motivate me to continue to lose weight and get healthy! I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Hi team! First off I loved reading through everyone’s intros, nice to meet you all! My name is Ashley and I am 28 years old. I have an awesome 7 year old daughter who I love to pieces and two great step-daughters. I have been married for 10 years. I work a desk job full time, I work part time for my husband’s business, I help out with my daughter’s brownie troop, and volunteer with English classes at my church. Life keeps me pretty busy! Growing up I was very slender and although I gained about 40 lbs. with my pregnancy I lost the majority of that weight fairly quickly and without much effort. Then in 2012 I started taking antidepressants and I went from 133 lbs. to 161 lbs. over the course of a couple of years. I no longer have to take medication (yay!) and I have been on MFP since July (my log in streak is 205 days) and I am down over 30 lbs. My weight is hovering around 129-130 lately. For this challenge I would like to get down to 119. I want to work on eating less processed foods, not excluding them, but not eating ONLY them, as I usually do. And exercising more. Currently I do pretty well with staying within my calories and I jog 2 miles 4 times a week. I would like to add an evening weight training workout as well. Good luck to all!

Hello Yellow team,

my name is Mira, 35y, mum of two little angels. I find it very difficult to track my food intake, but I am up for challenge.

I took a break from tracking over the weekend. I tried to make healthy choices, but I did have a cupcake on Saturday. It was really good and I don't regret it:) Back on track today!

I went to a freezer meal workshop on Sunday and made 10 freezer meals. All of them are pretty healthy, mostly chicken and ground turkey. I still have to enter the recipes into MFP, but at least I know what I'm eating for dinner this week:) I need to start trying to plan my meals more, and maybe do some batch cooking on Sundays after these are gone.

Amy - how are those dinners working out this week??? hopefully well...

HAPPY HUMP DAY ALL!!! Hopefully you are having good weeks. I think i'm doing pretty good, but I don't step on the scale that often, so we'll see. I try to just wait once a week or else I may have a meltdown. LOL

I had a slow first week but hope to make a better showing next week. Stay strong all!

Hello, yellow team! Are you all still here? Two more days till weigh in!

I've had a good week. I got a fitbit, and it has really motivated me to walk more, even at my sedentary desk job. My goal is 10,000 steps a day.

anro86 - Probably means you'll be down more next week.

I somehow managed to lose 2.4 lbs, so I'm happy this week:) Hope everyone who celebrates has a happy Easter. We decided to get the girls a wagon instead of a bunch of candy. My two year old goes nuts when there's candy in the house and is constantly asking for another piece, so I'd rather just avoid it. I'll probably get her a small bunny or something, though. Plus we can definitely use the wagon this spring/summer!

As far as Easter dinner, we're visiting family. I'm just hoping there will be some healthy options...it's so hard at potluck events! I always wind up eating over simply because I'm hungry and there's nothing healthy that will fill me up.

Down a little over a pound this week! I will take that loss Happy weigh in day everyone!

I'm so sorry to hear that kimjutjor.... I will be think of you and your family.

I am only down half a pound this week... but I guess thats better than being up half a pound!

Happy weigh in day!

I am down 2.8 pounds this week!! Back to some exercising and hope to keep that up. Food is not my issue now, but consistent exercise still is.
Good job all with your losses, Yellow Team.
I can feel my size 12 pants getting a little looser finally and am tempted to try to squeeze into a size 10 at the store next time I go. It feels so good to go down a size that I seem to push it and buy a pair of pants before I truly comfortably fit into them. I guess it motivates me to have them in my closet waiting til I can fit them comfortably enough to wear in public. Seeing as I started this journey wearing a size 26 pants, you can probably see where I am coming from on the wonderment and joy of buying smaller sizes.
Share your non-scale victories here too so we can all cheer you on. I find it funny how much joy some of these little victories give me and push me to meet my goal.

I was doing well earlier in the week, but not so much the last few days. Down .5 lb, but I'll take it. I'm starting a 1 week clean eating challenge next week, so I'm hoping it'll be a big week for me:)

I have issues with consistent exercise too. I need to get up early, but I'm NOT a morning person, and my 8 month old wakes up at 5:30 as it is. I'm going to work on that next week too...at least 4 days of exercise.

My NSV: I went to the National Zoo (in DC) on Wednesday, and walked around 6.5 miles according to my fitbit. I was pulling a wagon with my 2 year old, the (heavy) diaper/food bag, and our cooler of bottled water the whole time, mostly uphill. I don't think I could have done it a few months ago:)

I seem to be doing a little better on my consistency in exercise, every other day is working for me lately. I need to also get back to my morning routine as that was my most consistent time I ever had and although I am NOT a morning person either, it just seemed to work so well for me. I guess the consistent exercise gave me the energy I needed to rest well and wake up ready.

How is the clean eating going???

My latest NSV: my kids who are in college keep asking me all the time now why I am walking so fast and I reply that I am not. I guess since I have lost so much weight and am in better shape I just tend to take off and move much faster than in the past and they are having issues keeping up with me!!!!! Wonderful feeling!

I understand you on the clean eating. I do eat very well according to how I used to eat but sometimes life gets in the way and I have to be able to adjust and so I cannot be too limiting ALL the time. Also, I find for me that I have to say that absolutely nothing is off limits and if I want it then I can have it...in moderation. That way, I seem to have psychologically eliminated the cravings.


I now have a fitbit and am loving it. if you want to add me as a friend there so we can challenge each other with steps then please feel free to add me. I don't know how to do it yet, but I think my profile is //www.fitbit.com/user/2QNVRV

My latest NSV was that I actually jogged for 10 minutes straight! I had been stuck at 90 seconds and then being wiped out at the end of the 90. I consider this a HUGE accomplishment for me and hope that encourages me to be more active.