RoxanaDP wrote: »

Hello everybody,
My name is Roxana, I'm a 36 years old Romanian using the good old metric system, which will most likely make things interesting around here . This is my first time joining this challenge and I hope to see it through and that it will help infuse some much needed willpower into me, even if by brute force.
I'm quite active at the moment, spending 1 hour a day in the gym, 5 times a week. However, I am also a foodie, so we'll just have to see how that goes. Currently sitting at 64 kg, give or take 200-300 grams, at a height of 170 cm. I've lost 14 kg so far, since the start of June, current body fat 29%, down from 37% at my starting weight. I've reached a plateau I'm hoping to overcome.
Best of luck to all of you and I guess I'll see you for the sign-in.

I can only function in metric! I'm Dutch by birth, now living in France after some 30-odd years in UK. Was so happy to return to metric, never got used to stones, lbs (! What's that about?) and ozs. As for American cups, when measuring food from a recipe ... How big a cup???
I am also a foodie. Would be most happy to get my weight down to yours. I'm only a cm or so shorter than you, but weigh some 80 kg ... I'm also a bit older, 68, so it's not so easy. Good luck to all of us!

Hey all. 37 year old, Canadian mom of 3. I’ve been a part of UAC off and on over the past several years. I spent a good part of the last 3 months travelling and now I’m ready to settle back into routine and make my health a priority again.

Just re-joined MFP on Sept 30th after a few year absence (and gaining back a bunch of weight and then some). I'm now one week into counting my calories again and feeling great about it. This group is amazing so far to help me feel accountable for my weight-loss goals. I think I will actually be down several pounds by the end of the month. Thanks Rick & everyone else!!

Hi, all.

I am an Ottawa, Canada native.

I hit maintenance (135 lbs) last April (thanks to UAC / MFP), and am pleased to announce that here at the beginning of October, I am still within 4 pounds of that number. The highest I hit was day-after-homecoming from 2 weeks in UK, (140.2) where Hubby and I walked ~ 10 to 12 miles every day according to my Fitbit ... mostly up hill!

(Around Winchester, and the Cornwall coast near Lands End). Only 1.5 pounds up from the day we left on vacation. Some of that may have been salty airline food on the flight home, because a week-at-home later, PLUS weighing 4 hours earlier this morning compared to all of last week staying home (now that I am back to the office), I am already back to 138.5. That kind of change that fast HAS to be hydration resettle and / or digestive system finished processing an extra-large meal.

I am back here with UAC for at least October, mostly to confirm that my sense of portion sizes haven't shifted over time. So back to digital food scale and logging every day, and probably longer. I have always enjoyed this group!

I won't be in the Winner's Circle for October what with my late start - but I have the specific goal of getting back to 135 before mid-Nov at the latest, followed by working on finding that elusive balance between maintenance calorie intake and ongoing exercise/activity burn output. And keeping it there over the Holly Daze Silly-Season of late November through early January.

Hi, yourself, @KCJen ! Good to see you are still here too!!! If you feel like it, send me a note about hows-it-been-going over the summer.

I was WONDERING how close to grad-time you were now .... yay YOU!!!

Just back from a two-weeks out-of-country / 1 week back home vacation. Winchester UK and Land's End, Cornwall (southwest UK) I SOOOO don't want to be back in the office!

But back to reality now ... and back here to see if past 6 months of intake level has truly been about what I thought it was (refining personal Maintenance-For-Me balanced intake/exercise requirements and definitions)

Chinkiri wrote: »

RoxanaDP wrote: »

Hello everybody,
My name is Roxana, I'm a 36 years old Romanian using the good old metric system, which will most likely make things interesting around here . This is my first time joining this challenge and I hope to see it through and that it will help infuse some much needed willpower into me, even if by brute force.
I'm quite active at the moment, spending 1 hour a day in the gym, 5 times a week. However, I am also a foodie, so we'll just have to see how that goes. Currently sitting at 64 kg, give or take 200-300 grams, at a height of 170 cm. I've lost 14 kg so far, since the start of June, current body fat 29%, down from 37% at my starting weight. I've reached a plateau I'm hoping to overcome.
Best of luck to all of you and I guess I'll see you for the sign-in.

I can only function in metric! I'm Dutch by birth, now living in France after some 30-odd years in UK. Was so happy to return to metric, never got used to stones, lbs (! What's that about?) and ozs. As for American cups, when measuring food from a recipe ... How big a cup???
I am also a foodie. Would be most happy to get my weight down to yours. I'm only a cm or so shorter than you, but weigh some 80 kg ... I'm also a bit older, 68, so it's not so easy. Good luck to all of us!

Lovely to meet a fellow foodie! And since I've always had a lovely time in your beautiful birth county, I like you already!
The cup thing kills me every single time! Such a shame, since I love cooking and I found some great recipes over the years, which never turn out right
Personally, I've decided not to watch the scale anymore, I no longer care about the number of kilograms - since they can vary so much from one day to the other, especially for women, retaining water etc... I'm currently working towards a better fitness level, more energy and hopefully a better body shape than the pear I am currently.
Living in France is probably a hard thing for the figure, their food is the best in world, i.m.o... I don't know how the French do it, they all seem to eat and stay slim. I'd love me some of that type of metabolism
Best of luck!

Hi, I know I'm joining mid month but I feel I have to act now. I've been stagnent for the last 18 months, due to my own actions, and I need to get back on the waggon as I'm starting to creep back up. My starting weight was 213, my lowest was 162 and I'm currently at 170. Looking forward to getting back to doing what I know I can do!

Hi, I am joining at the end of the month just to stay accountable but I will participate in the game competition next month