Who's on Team 20?

I'm Barbara I live in Allen TX. I'm a victim of the education budget battles at this time so I am an unemployed teacher. I make rag dolls to keep myself busy and because I love dolls. Check them out at cuddlesandcurls.etsy.com.

I have lost 13lbs so far and have 16lbs to go and I absolutely can't believe it. I've been trying to loose these pounds since my last child was born and she's 15 now. Nothing has worked for me like MFP. It makes it all so clear for me.

Thanks for starting this thread Gemma!

Hi Gemma!

I'm Brandy and I am a 31 year old single mom to a handsome 5 year old little boy (I'm a little biased). I work in the accounting department for an apartment locator here in Texas, and I absolutely LOVE my job!!!

I have battled weight my whole life. It started young for me, while my older sister was perfection on 2 legs. My parents constantly told me, "You should be more like your sister." So I ate my feelings. I'm now committed to stopping this cycle, getting emotionally healthy as well as physically healthy. I've been working on the emotional part for the last year, and I'm finally in a place where I KNOW I can do this physically!

My all time goal is to do a tri-athalon. I don't care where I finish, I just want to finish and not die while trying. I want to show my son what really living healthfully is. I don't want to feel like I turned 31 and everything is falling apart. I'm not that old!!!! I want him to be proud of his mom and I want him to know that anyone can achieve anything, all they have to do is apply themselves. I also want to lose this weight because I'm tired of having to shop in the plus sizes and the clothes not fitting right. I want to FEEL attractive (yes it is a state of mind, however if you have 100 lbs of fat on you, your mind is affected) in clothes.

Sorry for the novel, but it's nice to meet you all!

Brandy

Hi Team 20! My name is Shanna - wife for 20 years, mother to 2 (16 & 18) and I teach a K-1 combination class at a small Christian school in the San Diego area. I have struggled with my weight my whole life and even went as far as to have a lap band put in place about 5 years ago - lost a lot of weight quickly (about 70 lbs in 5 months) but then it slipped and needed to be removed. Long story short...gained it all back PLUS about 40 more. Ugh! Anyway...I'm in it for the long haul and I've lost about 89 lbs since January! I'm currently doing P90X plus additional cardio for exercise. August is going to be a GREAT month and I look forward to getting to know each of you!! GO TEAM!!

:flowerforyou: Shanna