Another Teal Tapir jumping in! Brenda is my name, 25F, SW:228, CW: 214, GW: 140ish. Started in March of this year, using mfp to track (my diary is open btw!) and just dropped my intake and added running/walking to my active goals!

I'm Ashley, a Magenta Manatee, and I'm 22F, 5'6" SW:230, CW: 210, GW:169. Ten years ago, in college, I weighed 169 and that is a perfect weight for me, but now I have a cushy layer of fat over all my muscle. I've been running daily and now have started tracking what I'm eating and so far, I've lost 7 pounds since "restarting" three weeks ago.

Hi! I am turning 30 in 10 days so we will just go ahead and say I am 30 haha. I am in the magenta manatee group and my stats are sw 263 cw 238.4
My goal weight at the end of the challenge is to be 220. So we shall see.
I am a stay at home mom to two kids, one of which is starting kindergarten this year!!!! She is autistic and is going mainstream with an aid and I really hope she LOVES it.
The 2yr old is non stop and I am hoping the weight loss will give me more of an advantage with him. XD
I am jogging and riding a bike for exercise and I have an elliptical and hand weights for toning.
My husband confessed he is getting me shoes for my birthday that are better than my current payless shoes so I am excited about that!

Hey! My name is Ylva and I'm a Purple Parrot. I'm 20F and my stats are 5'5" SW:228, CW:213, GW:130.

I've been logging for about a month and now I'm also exercising daily, doing Yoga every day, C25K every other day and Zumba and Bodyweight exercises once a week each. I weigh in daily and use a weight graph to see my progress every morning. I've also just started using Fitocracy to make exercising more fun, if anyone is using it and wants to add me my username is the same as this one

I have an open diary and log everything I eat.

Hiya...I'm Thumper, kathompson on reddit, and a Magenta Manatee. F, 53, 5'8", SW 240, CW 212, 1stGW 180, GW 150.

I'm just tired of being fat. I've had a decade of medical issues that I finally have a grip on, and there are so many things I want to do...since dying is not one of them, for me this is the year of taking care of myself, changing the way I eat, and moving a heck of a lot more. I've done a lot of distance walk training in the last 5 years, but my weight did not change for the better even in those months I was walking upwards of 50-60 miles a week.

I've changed it up, am swimming 2500-3000 meters 3-4 times a week and doing other fun but active things. I have a better handle on food, and the weight is *slowly* coming off.

Feel free to add me here. I only have 3 MFP friends, and one of them is my cat.

No. Seriously. I wanted a friend so I made an account for my cat LOL

Justin620usf wrote: »

Hello!!
Justin from Orange Iguanas here.

oops. I thought the teams went with Flair color... that wouldn't make much sense as we keep dropping weight.. GO BLUE BARRICUDAS!

HI all, I'm UW81_RRR.
M/33/5'10 SW 330: GW: 200 CW: 299

To get there I go against everything r/LoseIt stands for: I don't track calories or even care. *GASP* I focus on changing habits in the long term for the rest of my life. Every food choice is independent. There are no cheat days, cheat meals, or cheat anything. Food is on a spectrum for me, some better than others. I stick to roughly 10-15 meals in my wheel house, cook 90% of all my meals, eat slowly, stop before I'm full, and balance my meals with vegetables>proteins> smart carbs (in that order). Smart carbs are whole grains, quina, beans, legumes, etc. I rarely eat bread or pasta.

This week's focus is having no added calories drinks: so it's water, black coffee, and tea only. In the past year I've gone from drinking 5-8 sodas plus a latte every day, to 1 soda a week and no latte's for 9 months.

Small changes at a time is my strategy and it's working well.

Exercise I workout 5-6 days a week. M/Th lower body, Tu/F upper body, Wed light cardio, sat intervals. I add in variable interval cardio after all workouts as well.

Michelle here, Mrs_Senior on reddit - representing RED JAGUARS!

At 58 yo, one of the oldest around here. I am using MFP doing calories in/out and currently, I'm walking around our beautiful, forest-like neighborhood for exercise nearly every day (missed last weekend). I've improved my min/mi pace quite a bit so far; next week I'm going to add distance and maybe some weight training (oh those arms!).

My initial goal is to hit 150# (SW 181.2 and CW 176.2). 140# would be really good for me.

I retired May 22. Mr Senior and I are downsizing and will embark on our inaugural snow-bird excursion this fall in our new-to-us, yet-to-be-purchased moho. We need to be healthier! It's an exciting time.

It's so great to have this supportive community. Thank you all!

Hello everyone! My name is Mary (snarffle on reddit) and I'm a Red Jaguar. I'm hoping to make it to my goal weight of 120 by my birthday on August 24 when I will turn 48. I'm currently at 131.6. My scale goes in .2 increments and you better believe I will count each increment as I achieve them.

I'm a calories in/calories out believer. After tracking my eating for 42 days now I'm looking back at what I eat and trying to tweak my diet for better health. I know I don't get enough protein or fiber and I don't drink enough water. Vegetables and fruits have not made much of an appearance. I believe for me awareness is a great start. I downloaded a reminder app that goes off every hour to remind me to drink my water. I've made a consious effort to add vegetables and fruits to my diet, which is going to be much easier now that summer is nearly here. Farmer's market here I come. Yesterday I started making my breakfast a protein smoothie.

I wish the best for everyone during this challenge. When temptation is looming remember why you are doing this.

Hi, my name is Jamie! I've just signed up for the Summer 2015 Challenge so I've not been assigned to a team just yet!

I'm hoping to reach my goal weight of 140 pounds by my 30th birthday in September 2016. I have about 130 pounds to lose, but I have done it once before so I know I can do it again.

About 4 years ago I decided to make a complete lifestyle change and went from about 310 lbs to 160lbs in about 2 year's time. Towards the end of that period in my weight loss, I developed an eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and I struggle with bingeing and purging to this day, though I don't meet the criteria for bulimia nervosa anymore (yay)!

Two years ago I moved in with my boyfriend when he was relocated two states away. Exploring the new city and its restaurants, happy hours and parties with our new friends, and not being able to purge because I was hiding the bulimia from my boyfriend caused me to start gaining weight again. I became depressed after gaining about 30-40 pounds in 6 months and that's when I stopped caring and gained almost everything I had lost back.

I'm here to get my life back under control and I'm already down almost 25 pounds! Because of my eating disorders, I am starting out with baby steps in changing my diet, for now just staying under my calorie limit until I don't feel it's a struggle, then altering my diet to eat more whole and non-processed foods. I've tried in the past to go full keto/paleo/juicing right from the beginning and I always failed and cheated within 3 days. So my diary may look like I'm eating some not-the-best-for-you stuff, but it's a huge accomplishment for me to even make my own meals at home and count every calorie and stay under my goal, even if those calories came from a package. I do also try to make my diary as accurate at possible by scanning the barcode of the actual product I'm eating or using the calorie counts from the USDA Nutrient Database and weighing and measuring every singIe thing I eat down to the gram, including oil I use for cooking.

I'm also in college now to become a registered dietitian, I am committed to making my life healthy! I do well when I have people holding me accountable, so please add me as a friend!

I also have PCOS with insulin resistance, so if anyone else out there wants to chat about that and/or eating disorders, feel free to message me!

Hello everyone. Team Orange Igauna recruit here.
30F 5'11" sw 279lbs cw 229.2lbs competition gw 219lbs ultimate gw 165lbs

Near the beginning of last year was when I began to lose weight. Shortly after starting college, the worst year of my life, I gained almost all the extra weight I have. Then it just stayed around. I didn't know how to cook. I didn't know how to exercise when not on a school sports team. I was stressed and pretty much gave up on trying in life. If not for my best friend, now husband, I don't know where I would be right now.

But like I said, I started losing weight last year with calorie counting. I joined MFP earlier than that, my profile is public for all to view, but last year is when I finally got the hang of it. This year I added Keto to my eating plan. You'll see I totally cheat now and then, but I really do enjoy keto. It was very hard, insanity inducing hard the first month, but then it got way easier. The only thing I don't track often is water, it is beyond annoying to always track water as I drink water all day long. Anyway, I really have a plan that is working well for me now. Losing around 1lb+ a week on average. I'm happy with that.