*Summer Sweeties to Fall Knockouts (CLOSED GROUP)

Name: Krystal

Age: 17

How long with MFP: a year or maybe a little less

In April 4, 2010 was the first time I started trying to lose weight. I weighed 245! I still am only in the 220s and can't seem to get out of them. My main goal would be to weigh 150 maybe less.

Hi everyone! So nice to “meet” some of you already, and looking forward to the others.

My name is Val, and I’m a 34- year-old mother and college instructor. I joined MFP in early December 2010 at 175 pounds on my 5'4" frame. Though I worked hard and lost the weight after each of my two pregnancies, I gained about 45 pounds in 3 years despite exercising and trying to make good food choices. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2009 (that explained it!), and it was a year before my medication was at the correct level. Since joining MFP, I had lost 19 pounds, but put a few of those back on during the last month because I lost focus. I had a lot going on at work and home (including losing a loved one). However, I’ve come back, refocused, and lost 2.2 pounds of those 4 pounds I gained. Thank goodness!! So, 16.4 pounds down! I would like to lose about another 30-35 lbs. (Fingers crossed.)

Wow, can’t believe I’ve admitted to my age and my weight. :laugh: Well, I'm striving for honesty with my fellow Summer Sweeties.

Looking forward to sharing this journey with all of you! :flowerforyou:

Hello everyone! I've really enjoyed reading everyone's story.

Name: Brandy

Age: 34

How long with MFP: about a year I think

I've struggled with my weight or body image for as long as I can remember. If it wasn't one, then it was the other. I was at a healthy weight when I was in high school (140 lbs but still struggled with body image) and up until I got married at the age of 19. I was in an emotionally draining relationship and that cause me to pack on the lbs over the course of that marriage. I reached my highest weight of nearly 200 lbs by the time that marriage failed. A little while later I met and married my now husband and soulmate and I was able to lose some weight before we decided to have a baby. After that baby I was able to get down to my lowest weight to date since high school, which was about 163 lbs. We decided to have another baby and since then I have not been able to lose the weight. I've been struggling with several stressful events including my youngest being diagnosed with Autism. I've been pouring everything I have into trying to get him better, which leaves no time for me. I work outside of the home, so I am away from home more than I am at home, which I am struggling with too. I feel like I need to be home with my kids so I can manage all the therapy and other doctor appts for my son. I've also recently come to grips recently that I struggle with an eating disorder. Yes, some people who have eating disorders are overweight. I am a compulsive overeater and binge eater. I eat when I'm bored, happy, sad, frustrated, etc. I eat just to eat. So you can see I have a lot to overcome. But I'm hoping one day, I will break this beast that consumes me. I look forward to going through this challenge with you all. Good luck!

HI everyone! I posted on another thread of this...not sure what happened... Is there two threads going?

I'll do it again here haha...

I'm Christie, I'm 28, I'm a mommy of a busy 2 year old, wife, Sunday School teacher, Youth Leader, Praise band singer, Rehabiltiation Counselor by day for high school students with disabilities, Softball coach, among many other things....which has lead me to kind of where I am today. I give all of myself to others and leave no time or energy to take care of me. I have always struggled with weight issues... I am a below knee amputee and have had many health problems including open heart surgery... so often times exercising is a struggle... I lost over 40 lbs one time before doing weight watchers but after having a revision to my amputation and spending months that I couldn't walk and in physical thearpy and sitting at home, I gained all of that plus some back, then got pregnant and life got in the way which has lead me to where I am now.

I have been on MFP for 2 months now and so far have lost 15 lbs and 14 inches! I have learned through reading the forums that this has to be a lifestyle change, not just a diet... I have also learned alot about me, that I have to make time for me... I'm excited to participate in this challenge! I am excited to get to know each of you during this process! Please feel free to add me as a friend!

Hey everyone,
My name is Chyrita, I'm 53, I been a member of MFP for about 6 months. My weight was up and down during the first 5 months due to me being inconsistent. This last month I have been really committed and found it to be working for me. I've lost 8lbs with 36 more to go to reach my goal. My exercise regimen could clearly use some adjustment, e.g. me sticking to one:o).... I'm really excited about this challenge. I'm looking forward to the support and being supportive to others. I think this challenge will help in keeping me accountable to myself. I know just being on MFP has made me more aware of the food that I put in my body and how my body reacts to the different foods that I eat. I'm moving more towards the philosohy "Eat to live not live to eat".

Current weight - 190
goal weight - 155

Amanda
23 years old
Member since Nov 2010


I just got accepted into nursing school, and i have a gorgeous almost 2 year old little girl named Chloe, she is the love of my life and I want to do everything I can to live a healthy lifestyle and raise her with healthy habits. This is my second challenge, as I was a member of the Snowflakes to Sunshine group that Krystle previously created. I look forward to getting to know all of you and can't wait to get started!!!

Happy Hump day everyone!!!:flowerforyou:

Thanks Krys for doing another group/challenge! I really enjoyed the last challenge and your organization of everything was so awesome! keep up the good work!! I am very excited to start the next challenge and hopefully do much better these next 3 months. I reflected back on what I did these last 5 months and meditated on what I need to do differently these next 3 months to reach my 2011 goal of getting under 300 pounds. I have set in motion some things to reach my goals and I am excited to get the ball rolling in the right direction. I am glad you are pushing the measuring too because I hate this but I am going to force myself to measure myself regularly from now on.


Name: Mollie

Age: 46

How long with MFP: March 2010

I have been overweight my whole life.:grumble: Before I was 20 I was super morbidly obese. Tried many programs, diets, etc and yo-yoed a lot over the years 100 pounds or more lost and re-gained twice from age 24 to 35. In 2004 I had weight loss surgery (RNY) and lost nearly 300 pounds in 1 and half years or less actually.:bigsmile:

In 200 or 2008 I gradually started to pick back up some of my weight and I never reached my goal weight.:sad: I never got in the 200's. By February 2010 I had gained back 80 pounds and I was totally depressed and desperate.:brokenheart: I even reconsidered another surgery. My surgeons office said no and that I my stomach was fine and that I had to get back to basics and that I could lose the rest of my weight without more surgery. :noway:

They told me I was doing awesome just to have still kept off over 200 pounds. Well I was in the dumps for a minute but I had to do something so I started posting back to a website for WLS patients called ObesityHelp.com and that is where I learned about MFP. So here I am and I must say I have not lost as much as I wanted to lose:grumble: BUT I have not gained weight either since joining and that in itself is encouraging. I have yo-yoed but I was able to end last year with a loss of 25 pounds and whatever happens this year it will not be a gain either. So from year to year as long as I am not gaining weight I will take it.:happy:

I am still moving full speed ahead to get to 299 to 295 before January 1st, so I have to get moving because time is not waiting around and it is already June 7th! :ohwell:

Thanks again to all who have supported me thru all the ups and down :flowerforyou: and I look forward to getting to know more of you as we reach for the stars! :flowerforyou:

Hello Everyone

My name is Norma

Age:49

MFP: member for a little over 2mths now

I started off having a weight problem about three and a half years ago when my children didn't need me so much anymore i did'nt have a clue what to do with myself so i started watching tv and start eating and before you know it i was up to 203lbs i would walk up the stairs and could hardly catch my breath .in december i really started to get depress and feeling like i was 80 my knees hurt ,i started to get migraine and i went to the doctor he imform me that it had to do with my weight among other things.... stress so i decided to start on a healthy regime i lost 6lbs but the weight wasn't coming off as fast as i would like so the old pattern started showing again ...after my 49th birthday in March i decided to stick to eating right and lay off all the sweets my friend found this website on her phone and to top it off it was totally free (MFP) so i decided to join and her i am my life saver. My first official challenge ya


Heaviest weight...... 203

SW: 197.(MFP)
CW: 185.5
GW: 140 (by March 15,2012 my 50th) maybe 135 final we'll see how i feel at 140

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Bump for a bit later when I can share!

you have been through so much at such a young age! good luck to you in all of your goals and see you at the finish line :flowerforyou:

Hey everyone!
My name is Mel, and I am 21!
MFP will tell you that I have been a member since 2009; but I've had a roller coaster life, so everything has not exactly gone as planned.

In 2008, I was my heaviest at 190, then using MFP, I dropped to around 175 by the summer of 2009, which was actually a big difference since my goal weight is around 150. But, my health got worse. I was really really sick during the fall semester of 2009, and then I had a kidney transplant in January of 2010. During that ordeal, I was back up to 185.

Then, I took it easy during the Spring 2010 semester, and starting working out hard again over the summer of 2010. It was REALLY hard to lose any weight because my medications (9 of them, at the time) all caused weight GAIN. So, by the end of the summer AND fall, I had dropped to 177.

Then, I got REALLY sick starting in December of 2010. I was comatose for about a week during Christmas-time, and was lucky enough to receive a second transplant since the first kidney had failed.

Now, in terms of my health, I am stable and seem to be doing all right. Just little problems here and there, nothing too major.

But I'm back up at 190 pounds! :-( :-(

I now take 12 medications daily and my team of doctors told me it is probably unrealistic to try to lose weight right now, but I am determined to prove them wrong. I may not lose weight as fast as anybody else, but i'm still going to try my hardest.

I need all the support you can provide. As you can see just from that ONE story, I have been through a lot in 21 years...

I look forward to getting to know all of you!!!