LEAN BY LABOR DAY - NEW CHALLENGE - *size limited* (starts w

Weigh in this morning has me at 171.4 pounds. It's actually a .7 gain for me, but I started 30 Day Shred 3 days ago so expected a little gain because of water retention and all that.

As far as intro... My name is Melissa, I'm 31 years old, 5'5" tall, and a Mom to 2 wonderful boys and a stay-at-home Mom. In the past 10 years, I have gone from 135 up to 200 pounds, down to 154 pounds, up to 180 pounds, and then down to 145 pounds before ending up where I started at in May, at 184 pounds. I have endometriosis and chronic fatigue syndrome, which caused this last gain because a) I was 6-months post baby #2 when I had major surgery to remove an orange-sized endometrioma and then spent 6 months on depo lupron to try to kill the remaining cells they weren't able to remove in the surgery. That turned out to be unsuccessful, and once a year for the past 3 years, I have had to take a round of depo lupron. I wouldn't lose the weight gained from the last round before the next round started, so it kept crawling up. Then I had another surgery about a year and a half ago to remove another growth they thought was an endometrioma (but turned out to be scar tissue) and another round of lupron. I have been determined stage 0 now, which is awesome! My life has been slowly returning back to normal with that, and I decided it was time to work on this lupron weight.

In the past, I have been a runner (that's how I got down to 145 pounds) and it is one of my favorite activities. I just started JM's 30 Day Shred to try to tone up all of my problem areas so that when the fat does come off, I don't look skinny-fat. lol.

So that's my life story.

I would love to join your group as well! I hope I'm not too late. I am going to a big family reunion over Labor Day weekend, and I want to look as fit as I was during my wedding 2 years ago.

I am 26 and my SW today is 138 (I have lost 2 pounds since starting to watch what I eat and exercise). I am a teacher, and I am dedicating this summer to a new, leaner me! I was always the "skinny girl" growing up, and I could eat whatever I wanted. Even in college, I didn't gain the usual "freshman 15." It was only after I graduated that I put on the pounds. Now I want to get back down to 125, which is a very healthy weight for me.

If there's still room, I would love to join. I really need some motivation.

Can I join..is there still room?

Count me in Please:) funny thing is I just decided yesterday to really make a change and become more healthy!

My name is Robin, I'm 36 and live in Michigan about 30 minutes from Detroit. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 14 years and we have 2 kids, my son is almost 13 and my daughter 10. I weigh in at 131 as of yesterday, but when I first started on this web-site a few months ago I was 135....just wasn't exercising regularly and I need to change that now! my goal is really to just lose 5-10 pounds and really tone up!

Hi Robin! I live in Michigan, too. About 2.5 hours west of Detroit in Kalamazoo!

yaaaah, another michigander:)!!!!

Hi everyone! I guess I was the first one to sign up for this challenge. My name is Katy and I'm 23 and from Massachusetts. I am a full time grad student and I work a couple of different part time jobs. My exercise of choice lately has been running, mostly since it's free. I rarely have a problem keeping up with an exercise regime, but I do struggle with making healthy food choices to the point where my eating often negates the exercise that I do. My highest weight on MFP was 215, and my current weight is 208.6.

Hello,

I would like to join your challenge lean by labor. It will help me stay on track and lose some weight. Its hard doing it by myself and staying motivated, I just joined this website and this will be a great way to start.



Thanks,

Laura