Greetings from just north of Chicago. I am 49 years old. I get to the gym 5 to 6 days a week. I coach and still play ice hockey. Trying to finally get good control of my nutrition.

my name is Mark, I am having success with calorie counting but i am coming up on 1 month and this is where the wheels fall off and i blow it. I pray that i wont do that this time and I will continue to work hard but it is tough. right now i am working out in the morning and it is good but it is the weekends that i want to eat and eat alot. unstructered time is tough and that is why the weekends are tough. I plan on changing for good if i keep this up everything is easier for me and i feel great when i am eating well. I want to keep on doing well because i have sleep apnea and if i keep up the weight loss it will go away and i will be fine. PRAY FOR ME

Awesome job on your weight loss

Ok Here goes... I'm Kyle and...

1. Where were you born?
Born in Scotland.

2. Where do you live at the moment?
Colchester, Essex - the oldest recorded town in England

3. Where else have you lived?
Hull (where I went to Uni), the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht & Maastricht), London & the Medway (UK)

4. What is your current occupation? What is your dream occupation?
Project Manager, work with large hotel chains implementing their distribution software. My dream job would be to produce the Eurovision Song Contest (or Swedish Melodifestivalen)

5. Tell us any 5 things about yourself
I speak umpteen European languages and used to be a commercial translator.
I've been to the Eurovision Song Contest twice (2000 & 2001)
I got married in 2010 and we had a red London Routemaster bus as our wedding transport.
I met my husband online and I proposed to him (on bended knee) at the top of the Empire State Building in New York city.
Pre-Internet days, I advertised for a German-speaking penpal in the pop/teen magazine Bravo and received over 500 responses! (I even got my picture in the local paper)


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Hi, I'm Sam. It's great to see some blokes here as we know that us men can be a quiet bunch that suffer in silence about many blokey issues. I am currently a teacher of 10-12 year olds, and live in Palmerston North, New Zealand. I am moving up to Auckland NZ soon to be with a wonderful woman who I adore. We met on this very website! My fitness and weight loss goals are to get back what I once had. After a distressing and hurtful end to a difficult and unloving marriage, I completely neglected my health. I became very depressed, and topped the scales at 109Kg in October 2011. I drank and ate my way to Hell quite literally. I now weigh in at 99.5Kg, and have about 15-20Kg left to lose before I reach my weight goal. My biggest challenge remains food, I love eating it. I have been a member here since late December 2011, and have managed quite well to curb my poor eating habits. I now run 4 times a week, and hope to build more speed and endurance as my body continues to remember how hard I can push it. My fitness goals are to eventually run a marathon. Short term, I would like to be able to run 5Km in sub 20 minutes, a 10Km in sub 50 minutes (like I used to 10 years ago). I am determined to do this despite the recent 3 month setback where I ruptured a disc in my lower back. It is all fixed now, and I am regaining much of my previous fitness. I log my runs on runkeeper.com where you may feel free to join me.

Men need much support, as we are not that great at reaching out socially with other men in this kind of way. Lets do it. :happy:

Hi im James from New Zealand and im 33 years old. I started weighing in at 97.7kg now im 87.6kg..I have two children and a beautiful wife. I have had two surgerys in my back and was a andscaper now im looking for a new career/job..I haven't been working for nearly 7 months..Before surgery I went to the gym every day and did weights every second day now im recovering so no excercise for me know...Pleased to see the is a male group
sweet as:bigsmile:

Hi, my name is Lee. I started myfitnesspal on Monday, May 12. I'm 6/ 1" and weighed almost exactly 300 lbs on Monday (but am down a couple of pounds since then). I should weigh under 185. I'm type 2 diabetic and have high blood pressure. I've lost 40 or 50 pounds on more than one occasion, but have never kept it off. I want to lose at least 115 pounds and keep it off, and get off my medication. I'm often an introvert, particularly in new situations, and don't like relying on others. But I know that those who get support from others have much higher success rates, so I'm interested in getting and giving support and encouragement.

Greetings fellow men of MFP. Name is Dave, from Ashburn Virginia, age 48 (almost 49), married with four kids. Would like to loose about 15 (more pounds), put on a lot of muscle, and generally stave off old age. I've always been fairly active through jogging, hiking, backpacking, etc. My nemesis is food, specifically junk (crap) food. When I am stressed or busy at work, I tend to eat stuff out of a box/bag/machine. The result is that while I am generally in decent shape, I'm about 20-25 lbs overweight. In October 2010 I discovered MFP while starting a period of increased fitness and nutrition. I lost 20 lbs and felt great. Unfortunately my job relocated (I now have a130 mile daily commute), my boss became more of a pain in the *kitten* than usual, my oldest son dropped out of college and moved back home, and my fitness program fell apart. Fast forward to end of March 2012. I had put the 20 lbs back on and looked awful. What to do? I dug up my old MFP password, started tracking everything, went back to the gym (the one advantage of my new office location is we have a fantastic fitness center), and took ownership of my weight. I'm down to my low from 2010/2011 and shooting to loose another 15lbs. While I certainly have no problem with the women on MFP, I do appreciate the notion of a group for men. Looking forward to talking to you all!

Dave