Hey everyone,

I'm a junior in a private college in Florida. I'm majoring in Psychology and thinking about double majoring in business. I've had an eatind disorder for 9 years and I struggle with it a lot lately, I've never weighed this much in my life and I'd like to get down to 130, so 25 pounds. Starting tomorrow I'm going to get back on track, keep up with my food diary, my feelings and what i'm eating. I'm hopefully going to hit the gym tomorrow at school and meet some new people and I'm looking for zumba classes near my town as well, I hear it's a great workout.

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Ambyr

Hi guys!

I'm a junior at a private art college in Chicago. I was a photo major up until about two weeks ago when I switched to Early Childhood Education.

I have a number of reasons to lose weight (listed in a notebook I take everywhere for a little extra personal support throughout the day) but I think the main reasons are that I have pretty low self esteem and have some extra stress eating around people. For example, anytime I'm out with friends I always wait for them to finish their food first even if they order more than I do. Oh, and when friends come over I won't ever lean on them if I'm tired or rest against them in any way with my full weight on them (like putting my legs on their lap, I always make sure I'm not relaxed so I can keep some of it off of them...) Also, I want to stop having to shop in the plus size section. It's not somewhere I personally want to be, especially because I'm only 19.

Like I said though, a lot of reasons (and a lot that I don't think other people have. Maybe they do? It'd be nice to know I'm not the only person who does stuff like this!)

I joined MFP about a month ago and since then I'm down about 15 lbs somehow (I think my starting weight was overestimated a little because the scale I started with was pretty old/faulty.) Since then I've been watching what I eat and trying to exercise at least 15 minutes a day and hopefully for 30. I've heard/read that an hour a day is best but I have asthma which makes things like that more difficult than they should have to be.

I'm 5' 9" and my starting weight was (cringe!) 240. I'm down to 225 now and am not sure where I'd like my goal weight to be...somewhere below 150 for a rough estimate.

Oh! And my name is Jackie. Nice to meet you!

Hi my name is Hannah and I'm a nursing student at Northeastern University in Boston.
My goal weight is 170 right now but it all really depends on how I look and feel. I want to lose weight so I can feel better physically and mentally. I also want to be able to set a good example for my patients one day. How can I take care of others if I can't properly care for myself?
Any other nursing majors here?

Hey! My names Brittany and I'm a sophomore studying biomedical engineering. I've been overweight basically since the 5th grade, but have stayed really active by playing varsity basketball and track in high school and then a year of college track. This past year my course load got to heavy so I had to let sports go :frown: . As a result my waistline has become very unhappy with me. I'd like to be healthier and lose the weight so that I can feel good about myself and hopefully inspire my parents (who are also overweight) to change their ways. I'm 5'10 and hope to lose about 40 lbs.

Hello! My name is Megan and I am a freshman at Miami University (of ohio). I signed up for my first ever warrior dash this summer so I joined mfp so I can try to eat better and get back into shape! I have started weight lifting and plan to start running as soon as the weather starts to warm up again :flowerforyou:

Hey Guys .. I am Teja , Recently received my 'Doctor' tag .. and planning to get that changed to ' Surgeon ' soon .. Have been overweight most of my age .. I have actually started to lose some after getting here on MFP ( yeah..Me losing some pounds never happened before ) .. Planning to shed more than 60 lbs ..And Why do I want to lose ?? .. C'mon ..I am a doctor now..and people expect me to be in shape ..:D

My name is Steph. I'm a Graphic Design student in UK. I want to lose weight to be healthy and to look like a 20 year old should! Im a mum to a 2 year old little boy and and since getting pregnant I've gained 4 stone! I'm here to lose it all! Good luck everyone! xx

Hi! I'm a first year Ph.D. student in New Jersey, and I'm studying Criminal Justice. I also work part-time (in addition to full-time studies and research), so my schedule is a bit crazy. I've been doing Zumba for Wii and the Brazilian Butt Lift workout program at home to burn calories.

Feel free to add me for support!

Hi I just started posting today. I'm a first year university student at the University of Toronto (Canada). I'm going for a bachelor of arts in the social sciences. I'm looking to major in sociology with a minor in anthropology and religion. But after my four years, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

Question, do any of you use the gym at your school? I occasionally go, and the set up at my school is a cardio centre up stairs, and weight machines downstairs with a few cardio machines as well. I find that all the girls go upstairs to the cardio area, but I like to use weights in my workouts, to gain some lean muscle. But then I end up being all alone surrounded by a bunch of guys. It can ge a bit awkward, and then I become a bit self conscious. (I think I'm the queen of the world, and obviously all the guys in the gym would be looking at me because I'm hot:laugh:). And because of my self consciousness, I don't workout as hard as I can because I don't want to get sweaty in front of all these guys (stupid, I know). So I was just wondering, How other people handle the gym situation.

Hi guys, I'm Andrea

I'm a full time Industrial Engineering student also working for a minor in Mathematics. I also work full time 34 hours a week or more. Its tough trying to stay healthy with so much stress and such a hectic schedule.

I'm looking to get in shape to keep up with my super fit boyfriend. He's supported me through some extremely stressful and difficult times this last year. He's taken such good care of me it's time I started taking care of myself.