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Hey!! I'm Katie. I'm almost 30 years old (just a few weeks away). I have two daughters (one is almost 3, and the other is almost 1). I'm a registered nurse and work night shift. I am engaged to be married but we still have not decided on a date. I always say we can get married when I lose weight. I guess that means I better get to it!

I'm Kate, 37, married with a 2 year old daughter. I'm an RN and work 7a-7p 3 days a week...those are the days I don't exercise because a 12 hour shift is enough for me!

I was 160 pounds when I met my husband in May 1998, and my weight has just gone up and up and up since then. (Even though I'm 5'4", I have a large frame, so 160 is a great weight for me.) My high was just over a year ago at 288. I'm definitely an emotional eater. I've done a lot of different diets before but I know that a true lifestyle change is the only thing that will work for me.

Happy to be part of this group!

Hi My name is Keshia and I'm 23. After undergrad, I taught for 2 years in rural Louisiana and loved it. Now, I've just relocated to the east coast. I'm starting graduate school for my doctorate in clinical psychology in August and I'm more than thrilled. I've always struggled with my weight because I was diagnosed with PCOS at 13 (an unfortunate hormonal disorder that kind of causes weight gain). I'm determined to healthier and stronger than I've ever been. I love to travel, scrapbook (mostly about my travels), and go to concerts/museums/live performances. I look forward to getting to know you all even better :happy: Cheers!

My name is Janice and I'm a 42 year old mother of 4. My oldest is 22 and my youngest 3. I moved last November here to Southern Cal because of a new job I accepted. I love antiques, reading, gardening, traveling & playing black jack. (lol) I'm tired of not recognizing that person staring back at me from the mirror and want to be in better shape physically and mentally. I want to look nice and sexy and feel comfortable in my clothes. Most important to me, because I have a spirit that won't sit still, I want to be able to actively participate in all the fun and exciting things I've not been able to do that I sooooo want to do. I've lost 27 pounds so far and just recently 14 since joining MFP. I'm headed to a new beginning and look forward to chatting with each and every one of ya!

Hi from Arizona! I'm 29 years old and a stay at home mom. I have two kiddos,. Noah is 4 and Noelle Victoria is 3 and married to Braulio, it will be 7 years this September 4th. I am at my highest weight, weighing in at almost 280 something! I joined a gym and have been trying to eating less hoping for some results. I have tried Atkins before and although it worked.. I don't think that is something I can do for the rest of my life. I am really looking for a life long change. Add me as a friend,.. I need all the support I can get!

Hi, I'm Ann and live in California. I have two children, a boy 14, and a girl 10. My daughter is my motivator. She is making sure we exercise every day and that I drink enough water.

I am tired of being fat! When I went over the 200 lb mark I basically went into hiding. I would see people I knew while out and would make a point of going the opposite direction. It has been very isolating. I want my life back and I think MFP is going to help me do that!

Good luck to all and I look forward to reading about every ones progress.

Okay, finally have some time. My name is Melanie. I have a 13 year old daughter, have been married for 23 years. I'm originally from Puerto Rico but came to Richmond, Virginia to get a Master's degree and ended up with a Mister also. Which was very unexpected as I already had plane tickets for my way home. I truly couldn't wait to get home and ended up living here for the last 25 years. I will be 48 in November. Hubby is 51. It looks like I'm an elder in this thread I work P/T as a Forensic Scientist since my daughter turned 5 and started school. I was F/T before that. I like my job and have wonderful co-workers even though they are getting younger and younger as the years go by... I have Rheumatoid Arthritis since Winter ' 88. It was really bad when I first got it but with time, patience and a lot trial and error it is under semi-control. I ended up with both hips and a shoulder replaced, my wrists are almost fused and a pain in the butt ankle that keeps giving me the fits. On the other hand I can tell when it is going to rain or snow...
I was never the excercise type person even though I never had weight issues, I was 125 when I got married at 24. After RA, weight kept going up and up. Activity was almost none for a long time and my metabolism went to the dump ergo I reached 231 last year. I have been out of breath every time I even remotely do anything, I need a C-Pap which I don't use, my mom had a triple bypass last Nov. and my sugar kept going up and down, borderline diabetes with a everyone in my family with it. All those things finally woke me up that I had to do something soon.
So I started MFP at the end of march with my Ipod app. It's working great. I don't know if I was ready for it or what but I'm actually not finding it that difficult. I have done every diet in the world and they never worked right. I was losing so slowly that I got frustrated very easily. Except for nutrisystem, I did really well on that but I was still in my 20's and my metabolism wasn't shot yet. Nowadays, I couldn't afford it plus I wanted to do it right, been able to share with my family and not be "food isolated".
Okay, this post went too long. I don't think you guys wanted to know everything! in the first post.
Later,

Mel

Hi, I'm Jen, I'm 20. I'm a pre-med student majoring in Biology and Psychology. I've been overweight since before I can remember and I've been trying to lose it for about that long. I haven't been under 200lbs in...forever. Right now I'm at 213.5lbs, hoping to lose it fairly quickly before I get back to school..Who knows