Millenials, Rise Up and Unite! (20s, early 30s, people who look at Buzzfeed too much)

Age: 26

Occupation: chemical engineer/R&D process development enginer

College (alum/current student): university of Rhode Island

Location: champaign IL

Fitness goals: look good, feel better, get muscles

Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do? Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): life

Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: Storm light Archives, Name of the Wind, Dresden Files. Fantasy book nerd

Anything else pertinent: moving to NJ soon don't know anybody or places so if anyone has tips let me know!

Also love vidya, Xbox gamer tag is forgothebubbles and I play dark souls a lot.

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Welcome!

Age: 25

Occupation: Admin/Tech Assistant in public records at the county sheriff's office

College (alum/current student): Current Biology student at St. Petersburg College

Location: Largo, FL!

Fitness Goals: To get down to ~125 lbs (30 down, another 70 to go lol) and eventually run a half-marathon! Slowly but surely...

Exercising: Yes! I see a trainer at work MWF (ttly free!), and run Tues, Thurs, and Sat/Sun.

Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): I'm gonna be here long-term. This is my second go - 140-day streak!

Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: RAVENCLAW AW YISSSSS. I have too many books and movies I love lmao.

Anything else pertinent: I'm an avid gamer and total anime/manga nerd.

Age: 27
Occupation: Higher ed donor relations
College (alum/current student): Have a Bachelor's & toying with the idea of getting my master's
Location: Raleigh, NC
Fitness Goals: Lose my post-gallbladder removal weight, build strength, build cardio endurance
Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do? Right now, I do 2 days a week of Body Pump (just started a few weeks ago - I am in love!), 1 day of Body Combat (because my gym only offers it twice a week on back to back days ), 1 day of Barre, and 2-3 days of Barre stretching, walking, etc.
Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): I get on here a few days a week. I log in Garmin Connect and my workouts sync over here daily
Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: I love going to the movies, but I don't have a favorite. I love action, comedy, & superhero stuff. I'm also a huge reader. I love suspense/mysteries, chick lit, and anything WWII era-based (both fiction and non-fiction)

Hi everyone! Please feel free to add me - happy to support everyone on this journey!

Age: 25
Occupation: Consultant
College (alum/current student): University of Cambridge (UK)
Location: London, UK
Fitness Goals: Lose about 7-10 kg (15-20lb), complete some more triathlons

Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do? Yes! Started cycling to work every day (10 mile round trip), trying to fit in running and swimming when I can. Some core/arm workouts in the safety of my bedroom! And yoga/pilates at the gym. I'm on strava if anyone else is?

Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): Been here since about 2013 i think - I'm a serial yo-yo'er and looking to break the habit. I log food each day

Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: Difficult! I'm not much of a reader but like to chill out with a film

Anything else pertinent: I have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety and BED/disordered eating for about a year. Have had therapy and trying a new course of anti-depressants. Also, my mum passed away suddenly last year, which was a huge shock. If anyone else is struggling with depression/eating disorders/grief, more than happy to be a listening ear during the tough times

Age: 29

Occupation: Office Assistant at a fire/water damage restoration company.

Location: Just outside Baton Rouge, LA

Fitness Goals: get down to 140lb, run a half-marathon, become stronger overall

Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do? I do some form of exercise every day. Running, walking and weight lifting primarily.

Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): I have logged every day for over a year.

Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: book 1984, movies Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill,

Anything else pertinent: My animals are my life, I like tattoos, the great outdoors, and music. I am not religious.

Hi everyone feel free to add me!

Age: 24
Occupation: stay at home mom and trying to start my own business.
Location: Houston tx.
College: none
Fitness goals: get down to 135lbs. Lost 18lbs so far another 35lbs to go.
Exercise: Yes! I do Zumba at home 5x a week, walk a mile daily, and strength training 4x a week.
Consistency: I try to logg in daily but do miss a day now and then.
Favorites: Book: the giver. Movie: Step-brothers, other: I love photography!
Anything else pertinent: I have two kids they are my life, love the outdoors, and cooking.

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Age: 26

Occupation: Accounting/Legal

College (alum/current student): Graduated from the University of Houston

Location: Currently H-Town but I am always itching to go live somewhere random so it could change at any moment.

Fitness Goals: Be health and more active!

Exercising: I wish I could go hiking...closest place to go is Austin . I was doing really well with Couch to 5K and then abruptly stopped. I want to go at it again.

Consistency: I was doing really good and then got a new phone and didn't get back on for ages until I finally put it on the new phone. I'm hoping to have t be a daily habit again.

Favourite Movie/Book: Movies: I heart Kevin Smith! I also really like just about anything but a memorable few are Fight Club and Waking Life.
Book: I am an audiobook type of gal. There are very few physical books I have read but the ones that stick out are the Little Prince and HP of course

Anything else pertinent: Snapchat and Fitbit

Age: 24
Occupation: Grad Student
College: Washington University in St. Louis - B.A. 2014, Boston University - M.S. SLP 2017
Location: Boston, MA
Fitness Goals: Lose weight.... Goal is 130, currently ~150. Want to have kids in the next 3-5 years, and would like to be as healthy as possible before then!
Exercising: I really hate exercising, but I walk all over Boston and enjoy doing yoga.
Consistency: Hoping to be every day, long term
Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: Also a Harry Potter junkie, love chick lit.

Anything else pertinent: I have the cutest cat in the world.

Age: 22
Occupation: Patient care tech
College: bachelor's in Biology headed back for Physician assistant program
Location: michigan
Fitness goals: lose weight/gain muscle
Consistency: every day!

Age: 29
Occupation: Ortho/trauma nurse
College (alum/current student): BS Biology UT Austin, BS Nursing Saint Louis University
Location: DFW
Fitness Goals: To be truly FIT. Improve physical and mental strength and endurance, flexibility, balance, etc. More specifically, I want to drop my body fat percentage a little more, do pull-ups, get back into jiu jitsu and kickboxing (I was doing it for a little while before I got pregnant), and run some OCRs.
Exercising: I love to work out. So much that I hate rest days. Right now I'm doing a beginner lifting program, some steady state cardio and some HIIT. I aim for one yoga class a week.
Consistency: I log daily, open diary, and plan to be here long term.
Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: Fantasy. Oh my how I love it. Name of the Wind is my absolute favorite book (come ON Rothfuss...PLEASE write more). HP too. Movies are Star Wars, HP. I'm loving GoT, Vikings, House of Cards right now for TV.
Anything else pertinent: I have a kid. I think he's pretty cool. He tries to do burpees with me and could recognize and say "Dalek" before he turned two. I'm into science and philosophy, reading, and being outside.

Age: 25
Occupation: stay at home mom for now!!
College (alum/current student): yes
Location: Ri!
Fitness Goals: i have lost 50 but need to lose another 25
Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do? Yes.. Swimming, hiking, walking, yoga, etc etc
Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): long term
Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: identity, high tension, dream house...
Anything else pertinent:

Feel free to friend this old millennial

Age: 33 (just turned)
Occupation: Marketing Manager
College (alum/current student): BBA in marketing
Location: PDX
Fitness Goals: gain muscle, lose fat, fit back into my smaller clothes
Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do? Yes - ballet 1x/week, ballet beautiful DVDs 3-4x/week, walking at lunch
Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): I am here daily. Have stopped and started over the years but am committed...currently
Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: I love mysteries, both books and crime drama shows (ID channel is a guilty pleasure)
Anything else pertinent: Married, childfree, love wine, happy hour, my cat, my friends and cross-stitching.

Age: 24

Occupation: Not really anything that I can call an occupation, but I do work at my university as a fitness instructor

College (alum/current student): In a Master's program for International and Comparative Politics

Location:Ohio

Fitness Goals: Weightloss -> Lose another 30-40 lbs (already 60 down), be able to do a pull up by my birthday in November, get better at yoga

Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do? I teach cycling classes and I do yoga and Barre classes every week. I do enjoy running and I need to start doing it more, but bleh. I did make a deal to myself that I'll only watch Game of Thrones on days when I do some sort of exercise, so that's been a huge motivator

Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): I log in every day but I lurk a lot. I struggle with depression, so I try to find a balance between using my MFP friends as an "out" and respecting them enough to not just post all my depressing *kitten* all over the place, lol.

Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: My favorite book is called "The Unquiet Ghost" and it's about people who lived during the Soviet Union and after it collapsed. It's truly a fascinating read for anybody interested in that sort of stuff. I also truly loved the book "Headscarves and Hymens" by an Egyptian woman who is talking about women's rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa. Again, I think it's more of a niche thing but those are my favorites.
On a lighter note, I love Harry Potter too and there's even a Harry Potter weight loss challenge on MFP! I think they're posting a thread about it on 5/18, so keep your eye out if you're interested. It involves challenges for eating healthy (encouraging good decisions, not restricting per se), exercise, and includes trivia. They separate students into the four houses and we compete in groups against the other houses. It's a ton of fun and a great motivator!

Anything else pertinent: I love cats and beer. But my cats don't love beer for some odd reason.

Age: 33
Occupation: Law Student
College (alum/current student): current student
Location: Plymouth, UK
Fitness Goals: get back in to the jeans and dresses I bought last summer, generally get more fit
Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do? Walking, Pilates, body combat, boxing, yoga
Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc): I am here daily
Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: I don't have favourite films/books but movies I love horror, and books true life and chick lit
Anything else pertinent: Losing weight to try and get pregnant after a recent miscarriage and wanting to be in the best shape possibly, mentally and physically. I'm also a pug addict! I also love cars, piercings and tattoos

Age: 23
Occupation: Founder of Smart Arts
Location: Stockholm Sweden
Fitness Goals: gain strength ( powerlifting dream goal) long term knock marathon down to 4:15 and half to 1:50
Exercising: Do you do it, and what do you do?
On a normal week strength train 3-5 sessions sometimes running training for various races 4/5 per week
Consistency (are you here for today, or will you be here long term? And do you get on every day or once a week? etc):
On all the freaking time, keeping food logs consistent so will stay as long as it helps
Favorite Movie/Book/Whatever: murder dramas and anything magical/folklorey
Anything else pertinent: