Hi, My name is Angela. I am 24 years old, no kids, but Engaged to a wonderful man. I enjoy Video games, Movies, Zumba, and just about anything to do with being outside.

I had the lap band surgery in May of 2009, and didn't lose much just doing nothing. A lot of people think it's easy to lose with the surgery I have, but it isn't at all. I started out at 310lbs and after working on my food intake, and doing Zumba every day I am now down to 239.5lbs and losing. I want to be between 180lbs-190lbs by May of 2012.. We will see how that goes, and my Goal Weight is 155lbs.

I look forward to cyber-meeting everyone as well

Great to meet you all!

I am V, 44yrs old, and a 5th grade literacy teacher in Forks, WA.

I have been using MFP since Aug 2010 and I’m close to my first major goal of dropping 100 pounds. After reaching this goal, I will re-evaluate and set a new goal.

Right now my biggest challenge is finding time to get a full workout in after work. Are any of you dealing with the same issue and if so what have you found as a solution?

Hi I'm tameko, I have been not-married for 5 years now, we have 2 cats (Momo and Barnaby).

I think I need to lose about 20 more lbs of fat -- so maybe 25 lbs total.

Hello!! I am Carolyn...a 37 year old non-mom :ohwell:

It was not by choice naturally, but it was by choice to not go the adoption route. Been married to hubby for almost 7 years now, we have 2 beautiful dogs and 1 kitty. Happy little household :bigsmile:

love to be in a group where people are also not losing "pregnancy" weight. Alot of my friends compare themselves to me in the weight loss... ("you aren't fat, look at ME") ya, ok...but you had 2 kids!!! lol

I'm Stephanie, 26. I live with my boyfriend and our two cats, which are handfuls themselves.

I would like to explore the option of being a surrogate for the health benefits and be able to help someone else achieve something they want.

Great, if my bf and I decide to do it I'm calling you, he ONLY wants biological children (if we are going to do it at all) and I'm like *very* not interested in being pregnant.

But wait, what health benefits?

And Carolyn - I hear you. the other thing that annoys me is the constant talk about their little 'blessings', how proud they are of their children, how wonderful/horrible their children are, all of the "how do you exercise with children" questions/excuses (heck I don't know, tie them to a tree and lock them outside til you're done?). Not that all of them do it but some do.

Also - its your body. As long as you are healthy you should look the way you want to look, not the way someone else ("oh you shouldn't lose weight, you're already thin!") tells you to look.

Hi! I'm Winter, 32 years old, and I live in Chicago.

My sister (who already has a 2-year old), several friends, and both of my sisters-in-law are pregnant and/or just had babies.

I'm not even dating anyone.

I have at least 30 more pounds to lose, and am attempting to do so with clean eating and mostly raw foods. Then maybe I'll meet the man of my dreams, and we can produce some witty, caffeinated children together.

Or maybe I'll just look really good while babysitting my friends' and family's offspring, so they can go out and have a date night.

But anyway, hi!

Hi! I'm Winter, 32 years old, and I live in Chicago.

My sister (who already has a 2-year old), several friends, and both of my sisters-in-law are pregnant and/or just had babies.

I'm not even dating anyone.

Hi Winter, great to meet you. I love you username and it's nice to see another single person in the group.

V

Hi! I'm Winter, 32 years old, and I live in Chicago.

My sister (who already has a 2-year old), several friends, and both of my sisters-in-law are pregnant and/or just had babies.

I'm not even dating anyone.

Hi Winter, great to meet you. I love you username and it's nice to see another single person in the group.

V

Hi V! Thank you! Yay, singles!

Hi! My name is Nichole, I am 32 years old and live in the northwoods of Wisconsin. I am married (10 years) and have NO intention on having kids. I am VERY happily childfree!! I do, however, have 2 spoiled dogs. I am a bookkeeper and manager at a grocery store, and in my freetime I love to play piano and sing, read, write, and do nails (if I didn't love my job I would go to school to be a nail tech....I am addicted to nail art!).
I have a lot to lose:
SW/CW: 409
1stGW: 275
2ndGW: 199
A few years ago I lost a lot of weight (got down to 152) but then gained it all back. This time I am 100% focused and am determined to do this once and for all!
Feel free to send me a freind request....I would love to meet more people!

HI I'm Tracey.I'm 32 and I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Hypothyroidism, makes loosing weight an uphill struggle.

Currently i'm using a static bike on the lower resistance setting and Exerbest gym class workout on the wii. Both are low impact so no stress on my joints.

I have a blog http://tiredofbeing2tired.blogspot.com where i post a daily blog about how im coping, what im trying and what i find out about CFS alont the way.

I was recommended this site as i have wasted money on weight watchers and tescos diets both of which didnt loose me a single lbs but cost me lost of £££'s.

I'm also allergic to wheat, severely allergic to wheat and aspartame, which means alot of diet and none sugar food/drinks are a no go too.

Coping everyday and my husband stops my buying chocolate. To date I havent had a single peice of choclate single boxing 2011 to 1 month and counting. It's not easy tho, I crave chocolate everyday.

Hi my name is Kathy, just married my college sweetheart last September. We have been together since 1983, engaged since 1994, and finally married in 2011. We liked our independence but still being committed to each other, however, he almost died in November 2010 due to a tear in his Aorta. Totally shocked us and we live day to day knowing how short life is. We have no kids, but a happy household with 1 dog and 4 cats.

At one time I weighed 202 lbs, then I lost 52 lbs. and gained 30 of it back. When I lost the 52 lbs the first time around it was soooo easy, I followed everything to the T. Exercised, watched my calories, it just melted off! I am really struggling with the 2nd bout of the bulge battle. I know I can do this, but just fall apart by the end of the day. So discouraging.

A big problem I have right now is not being able to work out. I had foot surgery in November and just started physical therapy. I really miss working out and find it difficult just to maintain at this point. It's only been 13 wks and my doctor said I should be walking by 4 months. The end of February will bring it to 4 months and I am so looking foward to just taking a simple walk around my neighborhood with my husband and our dog!

I look forward to making new supportive MFP friends in this group, if it wasn't for MFP during the holiday's I probably would have gained the 20 lbs back!!

Hi everyone! I'm Rachel and I'm 27, been married for 7 1/2 years to my high school sweetheart. I am going to pull the bad childhood card, for my obesity. I hate to admit it but its true, I was an active kids, always riding bikes, playing tag, hide and seek, anything to get out of the house. Then middle school, is when I really started gaining weight, I was 5'2 and 120 pounds at age 13, which isn't bad, I was only a size 6, but that was still bigger than my friends. I started pigging out and my depression set in, I was 5'5 and about 180 at 16, my Jr. prom dress was a size 20. Then I met my husband at the end of my junior year (he went to a diff. high school), he thought I was hott, and that made my day, guys only thought I was friend material, no one tried to date me. I did manage to lose some weight, my sr. pom dress was a 18, my wedding dress a 16. I have for the past 8 years yo-yoed between size 14-20. I'm done! I'm going to seriously lose the weight and keep it off.

Oh, we have no kids, just cats. We want kids, it just hasn't happened yet (multiple miscarries), we are happy with just us, and no we don't feel like we are missing out on anything, because we don't have kids yet.