Welcome Barb !

Hello @Paula9498

I am vegetarian for 7 years. I have been vegan during covid but otherwise find it too difficult socially. I find vegan people inspiring

I am just above my maintenance range so I aim to lose 1-2kg then maintain.

Hi, y’all! I live in Aiken SC and am happy to be here. I’ve been away from MFP for a bit. Just getting started with WFPB no oil due to being in a family with a strong history of heart disease. I look forward to learning with you all.

Howdy y'all! Joined up a few weeks ago but I always forget about the community section of MFP!

I've been vegan for ten years but I was definitely a junk food vegan for a long while :") decided to start taking my health seriously last year to lose some weight, get fit and strong and to help deal with my PCOS and mental health struggles! I've been feeling so much better since I've become more health focussed it's lovely!

Hope everyone is having a good day ❤️

I’ve been using MyFitnessPall for a long time on and off to track various nutrition and health aspects. I have been overweight a long time but years of diet industry mentality gave me a terrible relationship with food, so I have spent years unpicking that, and I’m definitely in a better place with it now.

I’m now peri menopausal (yay….) and after a few very stressful years I want to get my health back, and in all honesty shift some weight. I’ve just tried trials for a couple of weight loss programs that were supposed to be not like the others but TBH, all smoke and mirrors and I was left very disappointed. This app has the best logging and tracking system I’ve used so I’m doubling down here and want to really make the most of it. So I’m going to try and lean in the community.

I am 45 (going on 25 in my head), vegan nearly 13 years now, I play roller derby, though, I have had to take a long break and just getting back in to it, but also looking to increase strength and fitness overall.

I work in tech, love rock/metal/electronic music, grow veg and try to live as sustainably as I can. I’ve no kids unless you count my cats and I live with my partner in Bristol, UK. If there is anyone out there who shares some interests with me and would like to buddy up, I would love that so please get in touch!

Looking forward to exploring the group a bit more and getting to know some of you!

@nita__nitro Welcome to the group!

Hey everyone I stumbled across this group and I’m excited to be here! I’m a vegan who just started back on a weight loss journey after packing on the pounds since the pandemic. I’m doing intermittent fasting as well, as this helped me lose and maintain weight loss for 4 years before falling off the wagon. Anyway looking forward to connecting and sharing recipes!

Hello I'm returning to MFP after being inactive for some time. I went vegan about a year ago and lost 25 lbs! I am working on improving overall health and fitness and also losing another 15lbs. Also my doctor says I need to lower blood sugar. (I do struggle with resisting goodies ha ha ). I have two adult children and two grandchildren and one barky little dog. I live in West Michigan. I see there are a couple of other new members from my area - yay. I have not been to the gym in the last year because life got really busy but I do plan to return in March. I'm looking forward to being in this group. I also hope to do more of the whole plant food approach to eating

Hi to all the newbies!! Welcome to the group.
We usually all chat in the Chat Room-what's on your mind thread https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10900048/chat-room-whats-on-your-mind#latest.
Hope to see you all there.

Welcome to both of you !

Hello! My name is also Eva, and I went pescatarian when I was a kid, then over time faded into ovo-lacto-vegetarianism. That went on for 25 years, until I finally made the full switch to veganism in January 2020. I don't know why that took me so long!!

Technically, I am not overweight but I feel better in my skin when I weigh about five or six kilos less than what the scale said this morning, so here I am. I know my "problem" is working a desk job and indulging in chocolate whenever I get stressed about deadlines... and my portion sizes have grown way beyond reasonable.

Finally, I want to work out more, and since I need to hold myself accountable, I am posting my plan here:
Monday - beginner's ballet (75 min)
Tuesday - spin class (120 min)
Wednesday - back health / deep work (45 min) in the morning and/or vinyasa yoga (90 min) in the evening
Thursday - rest day or vinyasa yoga (90 min), depending on what I did on Wednesday
Friday - ashtanga or vinyasa yoga (90 min)
Saturday or Sunday - run (30 to 45 min)
The other weekend day is a rest day.

However I will be missing spin class tomorrow and next week because of birthdays. I will either take a spin class on Wednesday or Friday, or go for an extra run or a gym session on the weekend. I should probably add gym sessions with weights somewhere in there, too... but I have a 30 day test membership at a yoga studio, so I will make the most of that, and then review my schedule.

Hello everyone I am a woman, in my forties, I live in France.

About food, I stopped dairy products about 10 years ago, then meat 9 years ago, then (almost) all animal products 8 years ago.
I have multiple sclerosis since 2007, so there have been ups and downs, but for several years now I am quite in peace.
I'm a bit obsessed with the idea of eating healthily, but I think in my case it's a way of being able to control something, so I don't blame myself too much and I do occasionally make a few exceptions.
I try to be as active as possible, even if I have to struggle with some limits.

Forgive me if I'm not reactive and sometimes respond with a delay (jetlag, time zone, you know and lot of work sometimes)

Nice to meet you all!