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CatAlii
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Hi everyone! I'm a 42 year old mom, software engineer, substitute teacher, and writer & I enjoy hiking and being outside with my kids and dogs. A few of us on MFP just finished up a 12 weeks of summer group where we focused on supporting each other, making healthier food choices, moving more, and losing weight and we'd like to continue through the fall and through the end of the year so here we are. 
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I'm a 52 yr old mom, contract manager, girl scout troop leader and I enjoy gardening and painting. I've just gotten back with MFP this past month and am down 5 lbs. So, my goal is 20 lbs in 4 months even before I saw this. I've also started a strength and conditioning program 3 x week. Tough work
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Hi CatAlii and Gorman12! I am a 54 year old software developer so I sit most of the time. I just returned back to MFP about 2 months ago. I currently have a shoulder injury so my strength training has been limited. I've been watching my calorie count, especially my sugar intake (it was way higher than I thought) and I have lost about a pound a week. Looking forward to my journey with this group!!!
cw: 206.2 lbs
gw: 170's to 180's
goal for this challenge: 186
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Hi all. I am a 46 and just started a full time job as a receptionist for the first time in 18 years. I have 3 kids, a freshman in college, a 10th grader and an 8th grader. I have been logging on mfp for about 103 days now, I have lost 25 pounds. I still need to lose another 53.
CW 198.6
GW 145
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I am a 51 year old office admin at a local university. I joined mfp in January and was diligent for awhile and then slacked off. I am excited for the help and support of this group and I love that you have broken the 20 pound goal into 4 months!0
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Hi everyone, I'm Lela. I'm a 54 yr old Social Worker. I really need help with motivation. I have my 2 daughters (my oldest has Autism), so, I stress eat at times. I need to lose another 20 lbs.0
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Hello, my name is Tara and I am 42. I have 2 daughters, 14 and 12. I lost about 20 lbs 5 years ago and was in the best shape of my life. Since then we moved across the country and it has turned my world and old routines upside down. Those 20 lbs found their way back and I feel awful. Looking for some friendly motivation and support.0
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HI all, I am a 63 year old mother of adult children, sales manager, caregiver to my aging mother. I have already lost 50 lbs. as of last October (with another 10 to lost to goal) and am struggling to keep it off. I have gained back 11 of the lost pounds and joined MFP again to stop the madness! I am a day late to the party so hope that is okay. I would like to get this last 20lbs off by the end of the year! 0
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Hello everyone, I've just re instilled this app. I was unsure on how to use this app, and not having any friends with the same goals made it difficult to keep motivated and focused. I'm open to new friends and I'm dedicated to logging in and supporting at least three times a day. Challenges in both fitness as well as eating habits are always welcome I would also like to join groups
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Hi all, I'm Amy, and I'm 45. I work full-time in Healthcare IT, and I tutor math on the side. Nice to see a few other techie women in the group! I'm divorced with 2 teenagers. I started using MFP less than a week ago, and I've already lost a couple of pounds.
CW: 187.5
GW: 134
Please feel free to friend me - I'd like to get lots of positive motivation flowing on my home page! Looking forward to getting to know you all. Thanks to CatAlii for starting the group!0 -
Hi My name is Valerie. I actually want to lose 15 pounds in the next three months and then take December off. Is that OK? I've lost 25 pounds this year since February. I am 59 years old, a mother and grandmother of 3. Is this going to be a closed group?0
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Hi, I'm Sue. I'm a repeat customer to MFP lol About 2 years ago I was within 10 lbs of my GW, then got divorced...and all the life changes that accompany it...and here I am, ready to rock this again! I'm 45, mom to 3 adult sons, work FT, have a side business and in my last semester of pursuing my bachelor's degree. Exercise isn't a problem for me and I see a personal trainer 2x a week. It's eating that is my nemesis. Sigh...
I look forward to being part of this group! It's a perfect time of year to do this because I'm a huge fan of all the holiday goodies that are coming up. I need a accountability!
CW: 203.5
GW: 165
BTW - a big NSV for me this morning! I drove to the gym and when I walked in, I realized I left my iPod at home. Bummer! I have been tempted in the past to turn around and go home. Heck, once I realized in the parking lot I forgot my tunes and yes, I did go home. But today I said whatev! Get in there and get it done! And I did. And I didn't die
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Hi everyone! I'm so excited to meet all of you!
Gorman12 - Perfect! I love that 20 lbs in 4 months was already your goal!
lynnsmith312 - another software person, yay! I can definitely relate to sitting a lot for work and eating too much sugar. Looking forward to cheering each other on!
MindyBruno - congrats on 25 pounds lost! That's incredible!
spicklkm - I'm excited for the support of this group too - welcome!
Lela - I can relate to stress eating and needing help with motivation - I hope we can be great motivators for each other.
Tara - I have a similar story - 20 pounds lost a few years ago and gained back. And I've felt pretty crappy about it. We can do this!0 -
Continuing on... had to reboot, the computer was typing characters at the rate of 1 per every 10 seconds. Grrrr....
2006T - Stop the madness! Yes! Hahaha! 20 pounds by the end of the year would be awesome! Caregiving is very difficult, sometimes we don't take the best care of ourselves. Congratulations on 50 pounds lost!
MizzRai - So glad to have you onboard! Friends with the same goals can make all the difference. We did a similar group over the summer and I went through some tough stuff and they really helped me to not fall off the wagon completely and give up. I'm so grateful for everyone's support!
amyaimee - Go techies! It's so funny how much I love math now as an adult. Congratulations on diving right in and already losing a couple pounds! That in itself is very motivated. We have similar starting and goal weights! Looking forward to cheering each other on.
fastforlife1 - Your plan sounds great!! Congrats on 25 pounds lost! I hope to get there by early next year. Right now the group is open to all.
suej234 - Welcome! Life changes throw a huge monkey wrench into everything! You have a lot on your plate, I'm grateful that you're here too! I had a similar NSV today when I realized I didn't my earbuds with me and I was looking forward to listening to a podcast as I walked. Was so annoyed!!
Thank you to everyone who has joined. I'm really looking forward to sharing our triumphs and our struggles and cheering each other on. We can finish 2015 strong!0 -
Hey everyone, i was in the last group with CatAlii. Very excited that she started a new group.
I am a Mom of three grown boys, well almost grown, 19, 23, 25. I have been married for 27 years. I work in Retail and i am starting a new job soon which will give me access to a Gym whenever i wait. So no more excuses. I started this weight journey over 424 days ago. I have gotten to a loss of 93 pounds since June 2014. I had a few bad weeks and put back on a few pounds, I am currently at 87.2 pounds loss. I restarted my goals with a 10 pound mini goal and my plan is have 4 mini goals with a total loss of 40 pounds. I started at a weight of 270.4 pounds. My current weight is 183.2, My goal is to weigh 140 pounds. The sad thing is that according to the BMI charts i will still be considered overweight and I am okay with that.
Here is to this new group and wishing everyone great success. Friend if you would like, always in need of support. I am with CatAlii, we will finish 2015 STRONG!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
SW: 270.4 June 2014
CW: 183.2 September 4
GW: 163.2
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Hi Everyone. I am Annie....65 years old, retired but active. I've recently lost 11 pounds and want to continue to reach goal weight of 139. So excited to have found this group. Wishing good habits and practices to all. Think of how great we will all look for the 2015 holiday season!0
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matthewsfive wrote: »SW: 270.4 June 2014
CW: 183.2 September 4
GW: 163.2
Cattail when are we posting over weights???
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Welcome matthewsfive! So happy to see you here! I'll post a weekly check-in every Monday but you don't have to check-in with your weight from that day - if you weigh in on Fridays you can check-in with your Friday weight, or Thursday or whatever you prefer! I just posted our first check-in for the week of 9/7.
Welcome Annie! So excited that you've joined us! I am going to take your words to heart - I know that if I don't make the most of these 4 months, come Jan 1st I will look back and want to kick myself in the pants. I'd much rather look back on a great holiday season and be proud of what we accomplished!0 -
Thanks CatAlii glad to be back, it was a tough one but i am back.0
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Hi, I'm 48 work in customer service. My daughter just graduated from college and I was actually in the photos. Holy shmoly I was fat I have lost 20 lbs since may have a ways to go I don't want to be the fat mother at her wedding some day. 0
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Hi all! I'm a mom of a 4 year old boy, work full time and am hoping my motivation holds this time0
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Hi all,
My name is Rachel, I'm a single, college English instructor. I've been on dialysis for ten years and have gained weight instead of lost as promised by the doctors! ☺️ i'm pretty active: walking, biking, aquajog, kayaking, etc. but my eating needs help. I'm a fan of the string cheese and nutella on rice cake type of dinner. So I really need to focus on meal prep and balancing foods I can and can't eat while on dialysis. I liked the slow pace of this group--enough to feel like progress is being made, but a relaxed timeline to really focus on those food goals!
I have about 40 pounds total to lose. Minus 40 at age 40! 0 -
My name is Ashley. Although I am only 27 I do have weight to lose, and I want it done before softball starts! I teach High School History and coach softball. I feel I can't be much of a role model for my players if i have this extra baggage with me! I love to cook so feel free to pass any low calorie recipes my way! I joined the group because you all seem so motivated and I need someone to hold me accountable, so I hope you can all help me with that! I am currently training for a 10k and then a half marathon next October (2016). I was supposed to do the half this year, but I had some serious headaches for a month and couldn't do it. I look forward to working with you all
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Hi My name is Angela. I'm a 47 single Mother of 2 adult children. I was searching for something else and stumbled upon this group. I was on MFP briefly in 2013 or was it 2014. I didn't have any friends and didn't stick with my logging. I've been back now since April 2015 and I'm down 52lbs so far. I would love to lose another 20 to 25lbs by the end of the year. I walk/jog 1.5 miles early morning 5 to 6 days a week and do some light lifting.
SW: 285
CW: 233
GW: 175
I don't know that much about maneuvering the site and I don't belong to any other groups so hopefully I will be able to find the group again to keep up with the post. 4 months 20lbs we can definitely do this! Good luck to all! Oh please feel free to send me a friend request. Please mention this group.0 -
Hey there. I'm 32 and a social worker - currently working to assist homeless veterans with housing. I am also attempting to buy a house myself and I had no idea just how stressful the search would be!
I was on track losing weight slowly and feeling healthy, but I have fallen off this month. I tend to follow that pattern and I am trying so hard to break it! When people talk about fluctuating 5 pounds over several months, I always think- I can do that in a weekend! Yikes.. I was doing really well for a while and then had an elbow injury- I got mostly healed up from that and then had a bad ankle injury. That last one was 3 months ago, and I still haven't gotten back to the gym and I am not exercising consistently in other ways either. I love mfp for the awesome sense of community it gives me. I am starting late in this group--so 20 lbs sounds steep for me, but hey - I can try! Thanks for starting this group 0 -
Welcome to everyone who has joined us! It's great to see so many people enthusiastic about a 5 lbs/month plan. Please feel free to add me as a friend too!0
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Hi Y'all
I'm L~
I'm 50, and now that I have "time" to help myself I wanna try to work on me.
I've been a caregiver to my mom, my dad, my child, and others and my health has deteriorated because I basically forgot about me.
So now is MY TIME, this is my new quest...
I just turned 50 in April, I have to get some weight off and maybe joining this group will help me feel obligated to check in at least on a weekly base.
So here's to this new lifestyle journey....
Please feel free to add me as a pal, if you would like too..
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Hi! This looks like a great group. I'm an over-40 mom, with three YOUNG kids. I've recently started to get back into MFP, because the weight is just not going away on it's own! I could use some motivation and support. I stay ridiculously busy.
Last week I started sort of my own personal challenge - 100 days to 2016, where I am AT THE VERY LEAST trying to post progress daily on MFP. I have a few daily goals. I've already had a hard time keeping up with these, but I'm determined to keep trying! Having a visual of the countdown to 2016 in my head seems to help.
Here's to progress! Let's do it! :-)
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Welcome Tatz65 and anndisme2! So glad to have you here. Please jump right in with the weekly check-ins. I'm also going to post a monthly wrap-up shortly.0
