NEW TO MFP .. LOOKING FOR FRIENDS!

Hello Everyone! My name is Lisa, I'm 23 years old & new to MFP! I've decided to begin my weight loss journey (...again) since I have a cruise coming up in August that I DONT want to be the heaviest one on! ... I've begun working out in late january and have stuck with the gym so far.... which is probably the longest i've done that for! yayy! ... Now it's time to get the diet under control ... Since I am on a time crunch to lose ~20 before this cruise, I am steering towards doing a low-carb/high protein diet .. not necessarily "following" one diet in particular ... just more of cultivating all the diet knowledge I've attained over the years ... (and lets face it, we could probably write the ULTIMATE book on dieting) into a plan that makes sense, is relatively do-able, and that I wont go crazy on. I was good for about a month, but have now caught myself falling back into some of the same patterns (eating healthfully until dinner time .... where I'll eat my dinner....and then some after etc). I'm hoping this website will keep me honest bout my eating habits, and hearing others stories of how to fight temptation will serve as an inspiration!

My goal for August is ~20 pounds ... while my ultimate goal is to lose a total of 80 pounds. The thing that makes "this time" different than "last time" : #1: I've actually stuck to the exercise longer than I usually do .. #2. I have become comfortable with the fact that this will probably take me 1-2 years for the weight to come off, AND STAY OFF! #3: I'm just plain sick of being fat. I'm going to need LOTS of people for help, and to ask questions ... and hopefully I'll be able to answer some of your questions as well! Feel free to add me, I'm very friendly!


SO HERES TO THE REST OF 2011 ... GETTIN' SKINNY *****ESSS