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Hi there!

I am Samantha, a currently unemployed struggling author living out the "glamorous" starving artist life. I decided to start my weight loss journey seriously after being denied sedation at my dentist's office due to high blood pressure. I have a bit of a phobia of the dentist, so that is completely unacceptable.

I am a big nerd and enjoy reading, writing, and video games - leading to a very sedentary lifestyle in the past. However, I have owned DDR for several years and have just purchased a few dancing games for the Wii as well as Wii fit plus. The way I look at it is if I can make exercise fun then I will be more likely to do it. I am looking forward to eventually being able to participate in athletic competitions.

I joined but my name is not on the list! ):

Hello everyone,
I am in the same boat as some of you who have already posted. I have around 20 lbs left to lose to get to where my trainer thinks I need to be. Won't be a big help for the weight loss goals of the group but will be supportive, friendly and a good listener.
Looking forward to interacting with all of you and making this a great group. Good luck to everyone. I'll make it short for now as I am just checking in here at work. Have a great evening.
Troy

Hi everyone!

My name is Regina and I am from HOT HOT HOT Arizona! I have 2 kids 5 & 2 and they keep me very busy. I am also a first grade teacher and LOVE it! I started losing weight in February when I was around 267 now I am almost in the hundreds and these last pounds to get there have been the hardest to lose. I am sooooo looking forward to getting to know everyone and reaching our goals together!

Hiii My name is Catherine, but everyone calls me Cat or Kitty, because I kick people who address me by my real name I never used to be a fatty, but some unfortunate events led to me eating my feelings and so here I am, age 20 and looking lardy. I'm studying law at University, and have lots of very skinny friends, which has led me to want to get back into my skinny jeans! My whole family are big, i would like to go back to being the one they try to force feed because i look 'too skinny'. I'm loving being a Slytherin. I already have Snape's wand and various other things, this just fuels my ambition to be thinner! I hope you all reach your goals. Cat x

Hello Slytherin - Ravenclaw Head of House here. Just sayin' hi so I can find you later! Good luck to you all and welcome! :bigsmile:

WOW this sounds like it's going to be really exciting

Good to meet all of you.

We all know Slytherin is going to rock this!

Edit: I am currently experimenting with Paleo, so whenever I find a particularly good recipe I will post it in here to share it with everyone

Good to meet all of you.

We all know Slytherin is going to rock this!

Edit: I am currently experimenting with Paleo, so whenever I find a particularly good recipe I will post it in here to share it with everyone

what is Paleo?

Hello and welcome my fellow Slytherins!! My name is Lesley and I’m a 25 year old Financial Aid Counselor at a University in Massachusetts. My kids include a 3 year old Bichon/Poodle mix named Sagan and a 7 month old blue budgie named Pippin. My fiancé and I just recently got engaged – May 20th to be exact. We were on vacation down in Florida and were at Disney. We stopped to get our picture taken in front of Cinderella’s Castle and he proposed. ^_^ One of the best days of my life! I have only been to Disney 3 times in my life (when I was 3, 6, and 25) and I have cried every single time.
As you can by the names of my ‘kids’, I’m a huge dork/geek. I am a very big into science - my B.S. is in Middle School Education and Science and my M.Ed, which I will finish in May 2011, is in Science in Education. I got my dog’s name from Carl Sagan who was an astronomer and was somewhat well known in the 70’s and early 80’s. I also enjoy reading (mostly sci-fi and fantasy stuff – as you can tell, my bird’s name I got from Lord of the Rings). I am currently reading The Song of Fire and Ice series… or as more recently known as The Game of Thrones series because of the HBO series. I started reading the books last year BEFORE I knew about the HBO show. It’s taken me a little while, but I’m finally on the 3rd book – A Storm of Swords – because I had so much school work this past year. Now I have a couple weeks off and I’m going full steam ahead and hoping to finish books 3, 4, and maybe even 5 before my classes start back up again. I have also decided that after I finish the Song of Fire and Ice series, I’m going to reread the Harry Potter series because the last time I read them was when the 7th book came out!! I think it’s time to geek over HP again, especially since we’re all doing this challenge.
I also have a blog that I’ve been keeping about my weight loss journey - http://feedsparingly.blogspot.com/. On here, for my very first entry, you can read my story about why I finally decided to get my butt in gear and get moving to lose this weight. I started the blog on July 6th, but started my weightloss journey before then. To make it easier on you all, here is the link to my first entry: http://feedsparingly.blogspot.com/2011/07/fire-under-my-that-i-needed.html.

As mentioned in a previous thread, I have been chosen by our Head of House, bubbles143, to be the first Prefect of Slytherin! Feel free to add me as a friend if you haven’t already! Just be sure to include a message with the friend request please! If you need any advice, support, motivation, do not hesitate to ask! Good Luck and I’m looking forward to working with all of you!

hi I'm kate I'm a 19 year old college student going for music ed and enjoying life playing my instruments! I'm trying to be healthier and lose weight because I have PCOS so I'm looking forward to helping bring the slytherins to victories.

:flowerforyou: Hi fellow Slytherins! My name is Lynn and I'm from Australia! I've been on MFP for a month or so now and have lost a few poundsbut have been losing more in measurements as I'm doing a lot of exercise and have been building muscle. Last year I was very fit for an old gal as I went on an Australian Pilgrmage to New Guinea and walked the Kokoda Track. It's a nasty walk (over 8 long days) but was a fabulous experience. Sadly I let myself go when I got back and gradually put back 23 of the 35 pounds I lost before going. Very frustrating as I've been yo yo dieting all my life! I have another challenge now so I am back! So still have 20 odd poinds to go. Sadly I wont contribute a huge amount to the team in terms of pounds lost but I will contribute with as much enthusiasm and encouragement as I can! All the best all!

How cool for you!! I am only on the first book. I downloaded it because it was on sale through Amazon (for my Kindle) and let it set on my library forever!! I didn't really know that the book was about or even the popularity of it.. I thought it was just another discounted book through Amazon... Once I started reading it, I was hooked. I have been reading all the Harry Potter books at the same time so I'm going pretty slow on the Game of Thrones... (I read Harry Potter at home and Game of Thrones on my iPhone Kindle app when I'm not at home).

I will definintely check out the TV series.. Sounds interesting!

Thanks for the encouargement Leslie, hope we can add somethingto the weigh in on Monday! Whoops I mean lose something! Re the Game of Thrones, I have unfortunatley not been into it or read the books. Might need to check that out. Good luck all!.

Are we doing any challenges or exercises as a group or do we simply check in on Mondays?

I think we should do some challenges!! I know I push myself so much more if I have a "challenge" or "goal"