Hi!
I just started adding friends and browsing groups today on here. Glad I stumbled upon this group! I have 30 lbs to lose by June 3rd. This will definitely help with motivation and accountability.
My name is Iris. 36 year old mother of 12 and 16 year old girls (and my boys are a bull mastiff lab mix and a blue pit bull )...I consider them my children too lol
I'm in Sumter, SC. My 16 year old graduates June 3rd and we're going on a vacation in the Smokey directly after. These events are motivating me to get rid of extra weight.
I use to be a trainer at the gym years ago....so I know what to do. The last 6 years, I've been back in stressful retail management.
Anyway....look forward to cheering everyone on!!

Meg from Virginia. I used MFP to lose 50lbs ahead of my wedding last October. I'm about 30-40lbs from my all-time goal, so I'm trying to shake the rest off. I hate being in the gym, however, so I've done all my weight loss by walking. Walking to and from work, walking during my lunch break, walking the dog in the evenings.

At this point I'm trying to make it a full lifestyle change; now that I'm married and we're settled in the new house the routines we develop in the next few years will really become our routines. They'd better be good ones.

For that reason I'm picking up a lot of the cooking where my husband used to do it, and trying a lot of healthy options. However, I am getting a little weary of chicken. Can we maybe start a recipes thread here to share things we find that might be good? Even chicken but ... other things besides chicken. 16 weeks of meeting our goals can also be 16 weeks of trying new food, right?

My big challenge is with alcohol. I love coming home from work and having a few glasses of wine or a couple of beers. Naturally I like rich, red wines and heavy dark beers -- the ones with the most calories! So we'll see how that goes.

Hi
I'm a 30 year old from the UK. My main aim is to get back to the weight/fitness I had last summer. Currently only about 7-8 pounds over my goal weight, but not eating very healthily at the moment, and aiming to improve on that. I am also training for a 100km charity bike ride in July, and would like to build on my current fitness. Probably aiming more for inch losses rather than weight loss, but need some motivation to get the healthy lifestyle back.

Hi all, I'm Adrienne. I Live in Vancouver, BC Canada. I'm 35 and have about 20 pounds or so to lose. I almost made it to my goal a couple of years ago when I was running regularly but I hurt my back quite badly and had to take a long while off. Hoping to get back to it this spring, starting from scratch again! My goal for the next 16 weeks is to drop a dress size. I still have to take really good care of my back so want to start being more regular with yoga, stretching, foam rolling and strength training.

Hi! I'm Brady, 31 from Florida. I have 2 and almost 4 year old who are the loves of my life! I joined the gym last October and it's my happy place. I need that me time to be a better/nicer person! I love strength training, it's my stress relief. My weakness is over eating, I love to cook (and taste) and I constantly have snacks on me because of my kids. Holding myself accountable with this app is super helpful. I.e. Logging the 10 goldfish crackers and bite of my sons pb&j helps me think before I eat it next time. I'm pretty disciplined, but I don't have anyone in my real circle to hold me accountable so I'm very happy to have found this community. Thanks!

@bruhaha007 and @bradygin Thanks guys!! And yes, I have the same question!!! Only one square??? I can't have goodies in my house either, otherwise I eat them, as today proved. Haha!

@Sixlees I hear ya! I am too! A 6-pack of crispy creme donuts? No problem. A large family-size bag of cheese puffs? Easy! I could go on. Drown my sorrows in junk food, feels great while I'm eating, then I feel even worse afterwards and look for something else to eat to make me happy. Really trying hard to change my relationship with food.

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I suppose I am pretty disciplined but it took practice. I occasionally buy cheddar puffs for my daughter and I will get a craving for some and open the bag, grab 6 or 7, and put the bag away and not really be tempted to eat more. I trained my brain to do this largely by doing IF(intermittent fasting) which eventually curbed my cravings. I watched a series of videos that explain how our brains can't get enough of empty calories and sugars and it triggers a response that we can't satiate our craving no matter how much we consume of them so our brains tell us to just keeping eat more. However, that same craving mechanism doesn't happen with things such as broccoli and apples etc.. We don't crave eating an entire bag of apples like we do a bag of chips. It is a great video if anyone cares to watch it.

Can you share the link?