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*waves to all the new people to the group*
Hi! Good luck
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Checking in.. Zoe, 24 from West Auckland.
Need to lose around 15kg still.. joined MFP a while ago, hopping back on the band wagon now
Keen to meet up with any others in West Auckland. I want to start swimming again this week at west wave once or twice a week after work 0 -
Hi Zoe! Have you tried the TYR squad at West Wave? They are great!! BUT it is at 6am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I don't go any more (as I have 2 preschoolers) but they are awesome.0
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Hi, I'm Kate. I live in Auckland with my hubby and two kids. I have just found MFP and love it! Although am a bit obsessive about adding everything in and playing with all the functions. Looking at losing 6 kgs to get to my goal, and then maybe a couple more after that, or just maintain. I'll have to see how I feel.0
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Hey Everyone!!
Sooo happy to find an NZ group on here where we can talk about KG's and not lb's haha.
Im Renee, I'm 23 and live in Wellington, I'm a working Mum, so find it a little hard to balance spending time with my lil man and finding time to exercise. But thanks to MFP I have learnt to eat healthier, and the forums have shown me how to fit in exercise at home and work, so it's been helping alot!
I am 172cm and currently weigh 69kg. 18months ago I weighed 92kg, and over 6 months I lost a massive 27kg and got down to 65kg. (I slowly gained 12kg of that back). So my goal is basically to get back to the 65kg mark I was at a year ago. Only 4kg to go thanks to MFP!!
Feel free to add me as a friend so we can motivate eachother! All of my friends have slowly dropped off and stopped coming on here, so I find it hard to get motivated like I did before!
Hope everyone has an awesome week! Xx0 -
Hi, I've just joined after being inspired too by my friend Ange. I recently moved to Hamilton and would be rapt to have anyone who would like to add me for support, inspiration, success ..... 0
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I've also started swimming - I used to find it dead boring, but I bought an underwater MP3 player (pretty cheap - only $80!) and I listen to audio books while I do it. Before I know it, it's been an hour!
Oh my gosh, I have been praying for the day that someone invented one of these!! Where did you get it from? Xx0 -
Hi My name is Jenny, I live in Waiuku, just signed up to MFP and getting started today.
Had lost about 10kg with a high protein diet and got down to about 61kg however have let that creep up and this morning weighed in at 67.1kg.
Goal is to get back to 60kg also am wanting to increase my strength and I am currently using kettlebells to get there, and have one more day left to finish a challenge of 10,000 swings for January. then it will be on to something else
Nice to meet some other Kiwis0 -
sorry just checking out on how to add the ticker0
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Hey I'm in Rangiora too! And a teacher!0
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Hey guys...Yay a special place for us kiwis!
I'm Pauline. I'm 37 and live in Rangiora (just out of Christchurch). I work full time as a primary school teacher and also have 3 daughters 11, 7 and 5. Hubby helps out a lot with the kids since we both work :-)
I found MFP a while ago and joined 1st September 2011. I've lost 7kg so far! Yay! **does a dance** My goals and info are below.
I love food....and up until now have hated exercise for some time... I think I am coming around as I get fitter! I'd love you to add me as a friend!
PS I have my ticker in lbs as it looks better with bigger numbers lost! lol!
My goals are:
Start Weight:: 88.1kg (194.2 lb) 1st September 2011 HEIGHT IS :(5.3"/162cm)
Current Weight:: 81.0kg (178.6lb) 10th November
Goal 1: 80kg (176.4lb) by 15th November 2011
Goal 2: 75kg (165.3lb) by 31st December 2011
GOAL WEIGHT: 70kg (154.3lb) by 28th February 2012 (ticker is set for this)
Then maybe I might try for 65kg (143.3lb) by 31st May 20120 -
Hi I'm Kate, I live in Rangiora and am a teacher0
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Hey Everyone, I'm Becca, 29yr old, getting married this year, I'm a homemaker, I have a 7yr son, 8yr daughter, 2 dogs, 1 cat and a almost Hubby... I'm living in Rotorua. I've got a goal to lose 19kgs before August for my wedding, I've already lost 18kgs (since March last year)0
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Hey Everyone, I'm Becca, 29yr old, getting married this year, I'm a homemaker, I have a 7yr son, 8yr daughter, 2 dogs, 1 cat and a almost Hubby... I'm living in Rotorua. I've got a goal to lose 19kgs before August for my wedding, I've already lost 18kgs (since March last year)
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Hi everyone, I'm Louise, I'm 26 and live in Upper Hutt, Wellington. Started here on MFP last month. My starting weight was 101.5 kg but I've got down to 99.4 so far. Goal weight of 70kg so a little ways to go yet.0
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hi guys. just found this group. awesome
I'm a nursing student (finish in 4 months!)
been struggling with weight for a long time now.. i'm turning 30 this year and decided this is it.. enough is enough.. however i keep falling off the wagon! BADLY! i really really hope i can sort myself out this year and do it once and for all..
my goal is lose 35-40 kilos this year.. i might actually need to lose more!! that's nearly a whole person!! omg
feel free to add me. the more support the better.0 -
Great to find a Kiwi group on here. I'm Julia, live in the Nelson/Tasman area - is there anyone else in this area? It would be great to have someone to workout with :-) Been overweight since childhood and working on dropping 55kgs.0
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Hi, Is there anyone else in Nelson? I am 170cm, and started out at 79.5kg just before Christmas and I'm now 77. My goal is to be 70kg for my daughters wedding in Fiji at the end of July0
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Hi, I'm Bill(Ex-Texan),live in South Auckland for almost 8 years, I've struggled with my weight most of my life. I am 6ft 1 even though I haven't always been tall - in high school I was the shortest around 4ft something, looks to me I'm the only bloke on here but I could be wrong, anyway looks forward to sharing and fighting along with the rest of New Zealand. I will be honest I am a complete fool when it comes to reading Calories and etc rather its lbs or kilos. Anyway GO New Zealand!!0
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Welcome Bill
The thing to remember is that calories are a measure of energy (in this case provided by food, or used during exercise), and pounds and kilograms are a measure of weight - two completely separate things.
You'll find most products here offer kilojoules (and sometimes calories too, but if only one it's kj) in the nutritional info. might be where you're getting confused? A rough conversion on the fly is 4kj = 1 calorie. more precisely it's 4.18.
There are a few other males on here if you look back through the thread.
Hope that helps. All the best for your journey.0 -
Welcome BillHi, I'm Bill(Ex-Texan),live in South Auckland for almost 8 years, I've struggled with my weight most of my life. I am 6ft 1 even though I haven't always been tall - in high school I was the shortest around 4ft something, looks to me I'm the only bloke on here but I could be wrong, anyway looks forward to sharing and fighting along with the rest of New Zealand. I will be honest I am a complete fool when it comes to reading Calories and etc rather its lbs or kilos. Anyway GO New Zealand!!
Good luck with your journey. You will find everyone is very supportive here.
An easy conversion from kilojoules to calories is multiply kj x 0.239 = cal0 -
Hi All,
Just joined up a couple hours ago. I am excited about this new journey I have embarked on. I am 40 with a one year old and a 14 year old. 10 -15 kilos to shed. So, who keen on an extra buddy? 0 -
Hi there - Heather here from Hamilton. I was on here last year for a while, lost some weight, put it back on. SIGH!
Early in January I completely changed my eating and went 'primal' - cut out all flour, wheat, grains, sugar. I'm pretty much living on meat, veges, a little fruit, nuts and seeds, and I feel great!!
I'm not currently diarying my food or counting calories at all, just making sure I each plenty!
Feel free to add me : ) Heather0 -
hello hello!!
My name is Lynette, I am a midwife in the waikato region. My goal is to lose about 30-35kg. Its already been a huge challenge for me - but now have the bribe of a wedding and a baby to keep my motivated!!
Would love some kiwi friends on here, to share the ups and downs of the classic kiwi diet and lifestyle!!0 -
Hi, I'm Zoe, 20yrs old living in Dunedin for uni (3rd year). I just joined MFP today! I put on 8kg over exam period and christmas so I'm looking to work that off and then a bit more =]
Current weight is 68kg and my goal is to be at 50kg and lower if I can, but I'm not really sure what weight will be best I'm only 5ft 2. So I want to lose around 15-20kg by my birthday in August, don't really know if that's realistic or not but I'm gonna go for it anyway =]
I'm a very shy person and avoid social situations so I'm hoping losing weight will help with that a bit by giving me more confidence, but mostly I just want to be healthy!
I'm looking for friends and motivation =] so feel free to add me!0 -
Hello!
I am Hayley and live in the South Waikato. Have been a member since December. I have recently reached my goal weight but am still here, trying to tone up and still here to support and encourage others on there journey.
Weightloss in journey not a destination 0 -
Hi everyone,im Sian,i live in Taranaki.I work on a dairy farm and love it
Anyone from down these ways?0 -
Hi,
Good to finally join a group close to home. I've been a member for a while now but keep flitting in and out of journal keeping. But have decided to finally loose the weight I've slowly gained over the last couple of years. Last year I kinda did the 21-day challenge by Damian Kristof and loved it! The diet is so healthy and I feel like I have so much energy, it has similarities to the paleo-diet and I have found that all my IBS symptoms have gone away since cutting out grains and most dairy products. I say-kinda though because I never completed the 21days, I think I made it up to about 15days and then it was my partners birthday so everything went up in the air.
I'm 27 years old, 1.52cm and around 60kg, my BMR is 1200 cals so really needing to keep my diet in check and do quite a bit of exercise in order to loose the weight. I'm not at all religious, but enjoy observing lent as a challenge. So, yesterday was Ash Wednesday that was the start of lent, and for it I have given up alcohol, anything containing refined sugar, e.g. cakes, chocolate, lollies, biscuits, etc. And so I really hope to hit my goal weight of 55kg for Easter!!! It's a steady weight loss, under 1kg per week, but hope that it's not too unrealistic.
Never been part of a group before, so hoping that I can make a few kiwi friends to keep me motivated and stay on track.
I live in Dunedin so feel free to add me as a friend if you're close by or even if you're a little bit further.
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Hi everyone, I am Dana, living in the chillaxed area of Henderson. Have to lose a massive amount of weight to get to my goal weight of 75kg. Looking forward to the newfound confidence that will come along with this journey
Love to meet anyone in the area!0 -
Hi All,
My name is Yvette, I'm an aussie (please don't hold it against me!) living in West Auckland. I've just joined mfp this week and am feeling really positive about it. I am 175cm and currently weigh 79kg's and my goal weight is 70kg's.
Look forward to getting to know some of you on here 0
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