Laboring Towards Labor Day (CLOSED GRP)

I guess that leaves me! haha

I'm Sarah and am 26 years old. I've been married to my high school sweetheart for 7 years in August (yes, we were 19 when we married; not the smartest decision ever, but definitely not the worst). No kids, would like to keep it that way for a while, but when we do have kids we want to adopt at least one child. I do have an 11 year old Sheltie/Retriever mix (in the pic). We've only had her 1 year and she's my first pet ever so I'm madly in love with her. I work as an admin asst in human resources for a school corporation in Indianapolis, IN where I live.

You can read more about how I gained all the weight on my profile, but I started making changes to my life in April 2010 and joined MFP in May. Have not lost as much as I wanted or hoped I would have by this point, but I'm still losing. I'm learning that changing your life is a lot harder than I first thought. It's taken me a long time to make changes stick (like working out consistently or eating salads). But now I'm so fired up and can't wait to hit 250! That's my shortest long term goal (make sense?) because it's a very common weight limit for fun active things like zip-lining or horse back riding and I want to do those things soooooooooo badly.

Very excited about the new challenge and the teams! Hope to be in the 250s by the end of it!

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I'll introduce myself too. My name is Destiny, I'm almost 24 and I'm a stay at home mommy to a beautiful girl who is 14 months. My husband and I have been married for almost three years, and we live in eastern Utah. We have two miniature schnauzers and a shih tzu who are our other kids I've been overweight for as long as I can remember. I remember being in 6th grade and being about 105 lbs. I remember being in 7th grade and my mother telling me "wouldn't you be happier if you lost some weight?" I remember being in 9th grade and eating meal replacement bars with my friends at lunch because my mom found another crazy diet that she wanted to try. She's overweight too, and I feel like even way back then she wanted to use me as a diet buddy. Anyway, I was never able to lose a whole lot of weight. In late '08 I weight about 196 lbs. Shortly after that I started exercising about 4 times a week at the physical therapy department of the hospital where I worked, lifting weights and walking on the treadmill. I got down to about 185 lbs, but then I got pregnant. About 4 months after my baby was born I was down to 178, but I was stuck there. I hated it. I didn't want to be the same kind of mom I had. I didn't want to sit on the couch and watch her play. I didn't want HER sitting around because thats what she saw me doing. In the middle of January this year I found MFP and it has really helped me change so much. I've lost about 20 lbs since then, but I still have another 20- 25 I'd like to lose. Summer has been really hard for me to stay on track this year, because of family reunions, and having family visit for long periods of time. I'm hoping this challenge will help me refocus and get back on track.

I'm afraid that I've gained quite a bit of weight this week, but I'll post my official weight on Sunday. My dad, sister, and I are signed up for a 5K tomorrow morning! Hope you all have a safe and fun weekend!

I hope everyone is having a great holiday week end!

Denise I'll be weighing in tomorrow.

192.2 This morning.

Starting weight......196.1
Goal Weight ..........187.0

I will be MIA from Thursday 6/7 till Tue 6/12.
I am dreading the car trip from Wisconsin (where I live) to Chapel Hill NC (Cousin's Wedding) 17 + hours with my sister and her two kids. Anyone have any good Snack food ideas? When I quit smoking in the car I started to snack.

HI! I'm Valerie and I'm 36 years old. I had a really bad fall about 6 yrs back and was pretty much on bed rest for 2 months. I lost some of that weight but not all of it. That, combined with my metabolism being messed with about 10 yrs ago meant my body "reset" about 25 lbs heavier than it should be. I joined about a year ago and have managed keep myself under 160...something I haven't been able to do in the years previous. I also have back problems, so my goals on here have been to drop the rest of the 10 lbs,, strengthen all those back muscles and retrain the body to accept the new weight.

I was on the challenge prior to the one that just ended, and it did wonders for my motivation. I had to drop out of the last challenge because of work and the back. I work at a bank and I'm on a lot of special projects Better busy than worried about layoffs is my take! But it did do a number on my fitness the last few months. Time to get back on the wagon!

I've been married to my husband for not quite 10yrs. We are actually going back to Disneyworld, where we had our honeymoon, the week before Labor Day for our anniversary. So MAJOR incentive there. We will be back home on Labor Day for that final weigh in. I don't have any kids but we have 3 dogs that think they are human and are in the process of adoption.
You guys are my biggest motivation for the eating and the weight loss. My DH is my biggest for the exercise b/c he knows it helps the pain management.

Can't wait to see everyone's results. I hope to drop 9 lbs this challenge.

My starting weight is 159.8
My goal weight is 150.8
HAPPY 4th of JULY! :happy:

Good morning and Happy 4th. My weigh in was 143.

Hi and Happy 4th of July girls!

My starting weight today 163.8.... my highest ever
Goal weight at the end of the challenge 152.8


I'd really like to be under 150, but I dont know how realistic that is? My biggest motivation is.... just recently my wedding rings wont fit :sad: :sad: :sad: I want to wear them again comfortably.

jkim- I have blood pressure issues also and I am constantly working on improving it. Good luck everyone!!! We can do it!

Starting the challenge at 170. Goal weight is 160. Let's kick some serious tail these next 9 weeks!!

Good morning Team Teal!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! GO TEAM PURPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!