Hey All, I'm Paula, a 23 year old second year medical student at the University of Utah, with a chief complaint of... just kidding!
I'm currently engaged, and can't wait to marry my wonderful fiance in June. Med school has been a lot of fun, but it has also been really hard on my waistline, and I'd like to lose some of that weight I gained before my wedding! In my spare time (which there really isn't much of), I have fun reading, cooking, playing the piano or guitar, and really anything where I get to spend time with friend and fam.
I'm very excited to start practicing what I preach, I'm sick of feeling like a hypocrite regarding my own health! Lets do this!

I'm a 25 year old 3rd year medical student. I'm planning on going into psychiatry. I put on a few pounds in college, and then even more in medical school. I'm trying to get down to my pre-college weight. In what spare time I do have I like to cook, watch movies, and read.

Hi I am Abhi. A second year Biomed Informatics fellow at Harvard Medical School. I am 37 and have packed pounds of weight through medical school and residency. I have been yo yoing with my weight loss efforts for quite sometime now. Its time I go on a consistent downward spiral on that one. Professionally I am a trained anesthesiologist and have a business degree, several years of work experience in the healthcare business and technology sub-sectors. While going through some of my high school pictures, recently, my dad in law (an interventional cardiologist) decided that if I went back to my high school weight, there was a neat sum of money in it for me (yes, bait me with a wager). Its a challenge; its not about the money (although that too is welcome), its about my prestige - I have to prove to them that I can do it. It's deadlined too, I cannot take forever. We planned on one year, which sounded reasonable. I have a distance to go, but I am well on my way.

I recently decided to go vegan (have been a moderate meat eater). I came across the Esselstyn Diet (for heart disease risk reduction) - works wonders with the weight aspect as well. And the over reaching aim here is to make a lifestyle of it, not limit it to just weight loss. I see beautiful results and the results help me to make more effort.

The last time I met my husband, the look on his face was that of amazement - I had lost 10 lbs since we met (he is in CA, me in MA). I want to see that look on more faces - I like it. Its worth it. :-)

Abhi
(Are we all girls here :-))

Hi, everyone. I am a family physician, also serving as medical director of a community health center. I have spent the last 12 years focusing on school, residency, and building a practice, and my attention to diet and exercise has suffered. I am excited to get started with this program.

I'm a 35 year old family physician mother of 4. After giving my "you can make healthy food changes and incorporate regular exercise into your life" spiel for the umpteenth time last year, it occurred to me that I was not doing 'what I preached.' I am in no means in tip-top shape, but I am working on become more fit (and toned!) and eating even healthier. I joined this site for 2 reasons: to learn about myself and my habits and to experience tools that I might be able to share with others. Everything in life is always a journey...

3rd year EM resident, 6 months until the "real" world. Put on over 30 lbs in residency. I've been on this site since April last year. Stopped gaining weight around that time and now I'm trying to move in the other direction. My wife (yes I'm a guy) has also joined MFP and we are counting calories together. Her support is making a huge difference. Good to see the other people on the site. My wife (also an MD) has had a clinic patient lose over 75 lbs after he found this website on his own. I figured that if a random person can find MFP, follow his calories and have success then there is no reason that I can't.

This group doesn't appear to be very active, but I thought I would introduce myself and see if anyone else is interested in actively posting.

My name is Beth, and I am older than most of you (55), married with 6 children and 5 grandchildren, chief medical officer of a large community health center in MA, and on the faculty of a FM residency program.

I have always been heavy, childbearing added even more weight. I lost over 75 lb with WW about 12 years ago, then regained during a stressful time at work. I lost 75 lb again, this time with WW Online, about 2 years ago, and now I'm focusing on maintaining my weight. Recent stressors have resulted in gaining 10 lb, and I thought I would try MFP as an alternative to WW Online, to lose this gained weight. I absolutely do NOT want to go back to where I have spent most of my adult life!

I spend a great deal of time advising my patients to lose weight. Only a few of them can afford WW, even WW Online, so I am hopeful that MFP may be a valuable free option for those who do have internet access (most do, even though they are all low income).

I hope you other docs and medical students come back to the group so we can actively help each other out!

Hey! I'm a fourth year med student. It used to be easier to exercise and eat well... Then there was med school... Then Step 1... Then clerkships... Then Step 2. The excuses never stopped, so I finally decided I just needed to start jogging and eating well again or it was never going to happen.

Hi all! I am a surgery resident (LOVE trauma and vascular). I'm using MFP to help me maintain my 73 pound weight loss.
I went to medical school at Ohio University and have lived in Ohio my entire life.

I am *trying*to love running and am getting better at it. I am a vegetarian, married with no kids.

Its great to see other docs on here!

Checking back in...hit a plateau back in the Spring but have maintained a 20 lb weight loss. Struggling with workouts during the winter. Here's to a healthy new year!