Well hello captain and team mates; I'm Juliette, 20, and from Louisiana. Not married, but plan on not being a "fat" bride. I want to have kids just not until I'm healthy, i struggles with my weight as a kid up until highschool ibwas oddly plump, then my curves came in then after high school I started cosmetology school and got really depressed and gained am few pounds still wasn't at my heaviest. It wasn't until I met my s.o almost 2 years ago and became to comfy around him (so the doctor says) and put on alot of weight. We had a picture taken of us while sitting and that was my slap I'm the face i hated that picture but I've lost 26 pounds with MFP so far; and hope to lose another 30-50 in this challenge. 50 pounds woupd also meet my goal weight of 135. I can not wait for this challenge to start and to get to know all of you (: feel free to add me:D

Hey everyone! I'm Lisa, I live in north Georgia, and I'm 23. I'm not married, but I have a boyfriend I've been dating over 6 years.

Weight has always been an issue for me.. starting in elementary school I was one of the bigger kids, then it carried on through middle school and high school til I got up to 215. Finally in 9th grade I lost about 30 pounds and was really happy with the way I looked. I stayed around 180 for a year until i met my boyfriend and put on about 70 pounds!!! The combination of getting comfortable and not having a scale did a number on me. 246 was my highest, and I decided I'd had enough. Over 2 years, I lost another 50 pounds and got into the low 190s, but since I graduated college this year and was very stressed about trying to find a job, I regained about 20 pounds. It's so aggravating because I've been there already and know what I should do!! I'm still way under my highest weight though, so that's good. But I can't wait to see the scale way under my lowest adult weight (which was 176 right around my 16th birthday)! Getting to my goal weight has been something I've always wanted so badly, but never succeeded at. Most of the time if I set my mind to something, I can acheive it and I don't see why this should be any different!

Right now my 14s are snug, in the lower 190s 12s fit me good, and ultimately I want to be in a size 4/6. 154 or so is my goal.

I'm excited about this challenge!

Well hello brown team! My name is Frankie. I'm 26 and married for 5 years with no kids. My goal is to get back to my high school weight of 140-145 since at that time my asthma wasn't a problem. During my first year of college the weight started creeping up until today where I'm 281. In November, my husband and I decided that we were tired of being tired and vowed to make a change. So we signed up to MFP and started watching our food and working out more. Within a month I have lost 9 lbs and look forward to that number increasing. The overall goal is to loose 100 lbs in a year. I look forward to seeing everyone get closer to their goal and support each other along the way. We're all in this together.

Happy losing every one!

Shanna..where in central texas we just moved back to utah from WACO!!

Jennysmission- I'm in Temple Tx ! lol not that far from you.

Hello everyone!

I am Julie, or - Jules... I will answer to both. I am 37... married for 15 years... 3 children. I have been overweight since I hit puberty. Friggin hormones. BAH! I had a couple of 'a-ha' moments last year. First - I had to travel for business. It was the first time I had been on a plane in years. I had to get a seatbelt extender. That was mortifying all by itself - but then there was also the reaction of the jerkwad next to me. :frown: Second - and most eye-opening... There was local woman that needed a kidney transplant. My blood type matched. I filled out all the paperwork. Then I got to this section about weight. I discovered that you cannot donate organs if you are considered morbidly obese. I could not help this woman and it broke my heart. What if that had been my child? Or a relative?

So - I decided to make a change. I found MFP through my sister (THANK YOU SIS!!) and I found Zumba (THANK YOU INFOMERCIALS!!!). I am now an MFP and Zumba addict! That in addition to the family, full-time job, and working on finishing my degree has me very busy now!

I plan to lose at least 86 more pounds. I would like to get most of this done by June 2012. I will have a 20 year HS reunion and in December 2012 I am going on my 2nd cruise. I have no illusions about a bikini but I would like to at least look decent in a one piece!

LET'S DO THIS THANG!!!

Posted 2 more blogs. Can you guys subscribe to my blog? That is oging to be our main for of communication for the challenge. Thanks :flowerforyou:

thats weird i sent you one sunday. and i just got ur request now. i love computers lol

Thats what Im saying. Come on brown team lets post our intros so we can all get to know each other. This is Juliette 320 your team co-captain! Yea!! to subscribe to the blog just click on mine and go to subscribe under the picture on the right. Go Brown Team!! Gonna start the vote for our name tomarow. Look for the blog on it.

i sent request to everybody. most of them added me but so far not many responses to emails, posts or blogs. Not sure what we need to do in order to get everyone going?