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Real Name: Heather
Height : 5' 5"
HW: 160
CW: 134.5
GW:125
Age: 40
Sex: Female
Married: 15 years
No Children (just one crazy dog)
Diet Plan: Staying away from starches as much as possible. Increase exercise. Trying to get rid of bloated belly. Currently trying to keep carbs around 40 g a day.
My Weakness is: Pasta, Pizza, & Beer0 -
Real Name: Melanie
Height: 5'5"
HW: 186.5
CW: 151.2
GW: 135 ish. My main goal is 145 or healthy BMI.
Location- Ontario, Canada
Age: 36
Sex: F
Married with 3 children.
Diet Plan- Trying to eat 25-30 g of carbs per day roughly without counting religously, want a lifestyle not a diet. Will add exercise too, just been lazy about it! Been doing atkins since August 2011.
Super weakness
chips!0 -
Real Name: Steph
Height: 5'6"
HW: 180
CW: 146.5
GW: 140
UGW: 133
Location- Hitchin, Hertfordshire- UK
Age: 31
Sex: F
No children
Not married
Diet Plan- just keeping under 30g carbs per day. I eat plenty of meats & veg. But have been told I need to up my carb intake as I rarely hit 20g carbs, let alone 30g!
I have been using Wii's Your Shape to exercise this year but am going to start the 30 day shred next week.
I miss all the starchy carbs we can't have! Freshly baked bread the most!
I LOVE cheese and meat so find following a low carb lifestyle relatively easy (although I need to eat more apparently)0 -
Real Name: Linda
Height: 5'5"
HW: 148
CW: 139
GW: 123
UGW: What is this?
Location - Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Age: 43
Sex: F
Married with 2 grown stepdaughters (33 & 31) a son (23) and daughter (22)
Diet Plan - I have been just watching my calories, but have decided to try low carb again. Lost 45 on it in the past but in the past 5 years have put 25 of that back on.
My weakness - My mom lives with us and she is always baking cookies, muffins, biscuits, etc.!! Love me some pizza, too!
So happy someone in the general forums directed me here!0 -
Real name: Tara
Height: 5'3
HW: 230
CW: 205
GW: 160
UGW: 140
Location: okc, ok
Age: 27 - 28 in 6 days
Sex: female
Married for 4 years
Kids: daughter 3 yrs old
Diet plan: was just watching calories, just recently decide try lc/hf. Goin
To stay under 20 net carbs.
My weakness: not being diciplined on wkends.
Excited bout this forum and could really use some lc friends! Thx!0 -
Real Name: Dolli
Height: 5'2"
HW: 132lbs (I was 129 when I decided to get serious and stop eating crap foods hoping exercise would offset them)
CW: 125.5lbs, 29.4% BF (calipers at home)
GW: 113.5 lbs
UGW: less than 110lbs, 18% BF
Location- Las Vegas, NV
Age: 41
Sex: F
4 children
married
Diet Plan- Obtain most carbs from (in this order) vegetables, nuts, fruit, dairy, legumes, and then lastly grains and added sugars. Just by focusing on things this way, I am at about 90-110 g carbs per day with about 20 g fiber, so 70-90 g net carbs (that's how its done, right?). I am fairly satisfied with this level - I call it moderate carb, not sure if that is correct. I go up a little when I am running a lot, and I try to stay lower on weeks when I am not getting in as much exercise.
I am trying to increase my running distance, next race goal is a 10K, then after that running a half-marathon for time (I did my first one in Dec with a goal of simply finishing without injury or barfing). I have decided to add in calisthenics at home and the gym so even if I don't have time to run, I can still work out. Also I want to get into a bikini, and well, that is not going to happen without some crunches and other core work.
Weakness: Beer, chocolate, and cheddar cheese goldfish0 -
Real Name: Roxanne
Height: 5'4"
HW: 155lbs (that was over 5 years ago when I first entered college, I got down to 135 naturally over the next year)
CW: 128lbs
GW: 120lbs
Location- Atlanta, GA
Age: 23
Female
Single
Diet Plan - South Beach modified with a weekly day off... which is a little difficult for me since I HATE most veggies, but I've made it a week+ so far.
Working with a hip injury but doing insanity, would like to get back into yoga, and taking the occasional dance classes (super intense ones at that, hence the hip injury).
Weakness: Sugary mixed drinks, Lack of time to shop and cook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
Real Name: Callie
Height: 5'5"
HW: 212
CW: 201
GW: 150
UGW: 135
Location: Alaska
Age: 19
Sex: F
Diet Plan- Low Carb 0-30g a day
Super weakness- Chocolate and my desire to know what olive garden tastes like! Never been there!
I dont think carbs are bad, i think that some people can lose better lowering them! Im one of those! I tried low calorie/fat and It just wasnt working out for 6 months. Low carb has worked in the past. I just need to learn how to reintroduce them and know my limit!0 -
Height: 5'6.5
HW: 260
SW: 248
CW: 224
GW: 128-148
Location: Montana
Age: 31
Sex: F
Married: 8 years
Kids: ages 1, 2 & 5
Diet plan: 30 net carbs average. Never more than 50 per day.
Recent knee injury so not stepping back into the intense workouts until I'm under 200 (recently finished 30DS was on level 2 of BL Bootcamp)
Weakness: Chocolate (thank God for Atkins bars) and calories. Really working on getting those under control!
WOULD LOVE SOME LOW CARB FRIENDS :-)0 -
Hi! I am new here and just recently started doing the low carb thing. I would love to have some low carb friends!:happy:0
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Real Name: Anita
Height: 5' 5.5"
HW: 254.4
CW: 220.8
GW: 145
UGW: 145
Location: Somewhere near Seattle
Age: 46
Sex: F
Diet Plan- Low Carb 35 net carbs
My weakness is anything uuey and gouey, so I have to be careful when I make homemade LC treats because I can over do it some times!!!0 -
Real Name: Stacy
Height: 5'3"
HW: 179
CW: 172
GW: 130
UGW: TBD
Location- Los Angeles, CA
Age: 38
Sex: F
Children: 21 yo son, 13 yo daughter
Divorced
Diet Plan- Clean eating and low carb, still deciding just how low carb though. Just got George Stella's Livin Low Carb cookbook and am super excited!!
I'm also training for my first 5K coming up in March mixed in with some exercise dvd's, zumba classes, etc.
Weakness: chips & ice cream0 -
Hi everyone - I am new to the group.
Hello Everyone!
Real Name: Mindy
Height: 57"
HW: 257
CW: 248
GW: 175 (for now)
UGW: 155 (what the books say I should be)
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Age: 37
Sex: F
Two kids and an awesome husband
I have PCOS, IR, and Hypothyroid (Go me!)
Diet Plan - Right now - 1550 cal a day. I havent been paying attention to carbs but realize now that I need to or the stubborn weight isnt going to go anywhere. Yes, I have lost about 9lbs but that has been over a 7 month period and I have been at a standstill for about 4 months.
Exercise3 times per week. Currently doing C25K
Weakness - CARBS. especially chocolate and ice cream.0 -
I never did this..... whoops! I've only been here like a week anyway, so not too late!
Real Name: Gretchen
Height: 5' 7.5"
HW: 167
CW: 144
GW: 135
UGW: 130
Location: Tennessee, USA
Age: 32
Sex: F
No children
Married in 2010 to a wonderful guy! We have both put on weight since we met and got married, so now it's time I get it off!
Diet Plan: I lost my first 20 pounds doing low calorie but got burned out on the foods, and hit a stall. So I'm switching over to low carb and so far, so good! (I did low carb many years ago when it was really popular and had great success.)
Weakness: Sweets, pasta, and potatoes! No more of any of them for me!0 -
Been lurking for a little while. Hopefully I'm not too late!
Real Name: Taryn
Height: 5'11.75"
HW: 320 (11 years ago. Uggh!)
CW: 167
GW: 160
UGW: 155
Location: MD
Age: 36
Sex: F
Children: 15 year old son, 13 year old daughter.
Pets: 1 3 year old pitbull, and 1 8 year old pitbull/lab mix.
Divorced, single and not actively looking!!
Diet Plan- Atkins/ 10-30g a day. This is my 3rd time--have to approach maintenance as a WAY OF LIFE, not just a diet. I can NOT eat unlimited carbs EVER again!
Weakness - Almonds, macadamia nuts and peanut butter!
Would gladly welcome more supportive LC buddies!0 -
real name: Steve
Height : 6'
HW: 280
CW: 268
GW: 200
Location MD, USA
Age: 37
Sex: M
Children: 16 year old son, 11 year old daughter
Pets: none
Divorced, single. not looking
Diet Plan: Atkins
Weakness: Butter Pecan Ice Cream0 -
Hey everyone!! Day 1 for me after several weeks of 'will I, won't I' and plenty of low carb reading
Real Name: Lesley
Height: 5'4
HW: 162
CW: 156
GW: 133
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Age: 28
Sex: F
Children: 2 boys and a fiance
Diet plan: After several months of giving it my all calorie counting and working out 4 times a week with only a 6lb loss and very little change in body fat% I've decided to go low carb. Going to aim for around 30g carbs at first and see where it takes me.
Exercise: 3x week strength training, 2x week HIIT cardio
Weakness: pizza, 'posh' bread, chocolate
Feel free to add me as a fellow low carb'er ;-)0 -
Hi everyone!
Real Name: Serena
Height: 5' 2"
HW: 159
CW: 143
GW: 120
UGW: 115 (looking for a healthy BMI)
Location: Augusta, GA, USA
Age: 37
Sex: F
2 children ( 13 and 10)
Married for 16 years.
We have both put on weight since we got married, so now it's time to get it off! So we are doing this together. Although I have chosen LC and he is doing his own thing.
Diet plan: To stay between 30 - 40g. Seems to be a good place for me right now. I did LC years ago and it worked great. So doing it again.
Exercise: Doing cardio 4x a week and strength training 3x week. Hubby runs the routines to keep it fresh and new.
Weakness: Dr. Pepper
Hoping everyone has a great day!0 -
Real Name: Roxanne
Height: 5'8"
HW: 410lbs (that was in 2009)
CW: 248lbs
GW: 180lbs
Location- Stone Mountain, GA
Age: 38
Female
1 Son
Separated
Diet Plan -I was doing a High Protein Low Carb eating b4 I got pregnant which helped me lose about 150 lbs
I just need to get back in the swing of things, my son is 6 months so I can't use pregnancy as an excuse anymore.
Weakness: SUGARY anything0 -
Real Name: Andie
Height: 5'2
HW: 235
CW: 204
GW: 160
UGW: 130
Location: Florida
Age:44
Sex: female
1 fur child...crazy male cat
Single
Diet plan: no particular plan, gluten free and keep carbs between 50-100 closer to 50 most days...but closer to 100 on Saturday. Exercise (cardio and resistance) 5 days a week.
Weakness: Ice cream, Ice cream, Ice cream, chocolate, pizza and good ol' southern cooking...oh and ice cream.0
