Hi! My name is April. I am 5'6 and currently 149 lbs. I have a 3 year old daughter and a 9 month old son. I am trying to lose the extra baby weight and tone up. My stats on Day 1 are as follows:

Starting Weight: 149
Waist: 33"
Hips: 38"
Neck: 14"
Right Thigh: 23"
Left Thigh: 22 1/2"
Right Arm: 10 1/2"
Left Arm: 11"

I have a "Before" picture and if things go well, I will post at the end of the 30 days. I plan on measuring at the end of each level. Good luck to everyone!

Hello All!

My name is Renee. I am 42 years old, divorced with no children, but I have two beautiful dogs (in the picture). I started MFP in January and weighed 236 lbs. Today, i weigh 209 lbs. Eventuallly I would like to be around 160 lbs. I am 5'7" and for the first time in 8 years, am not wearing plus size clothes (great feeling).

I look forward to this journey!

Hi, I'm Lorena . 38, 2 kids, husband, a dog, a cat, a betta fish and a hermit crab. :laugh:

5'5"
150 last weigh
measurements as of last night: right arm 12, left arm 11.25 right thigh 22.50, left thight 23.0 waist 31.0 hips 39.0. I forgot to do my chest ..

I want to get back to the 130's. I'm a flabby mess; abs, what abs? Never had any, but I do see them trying now... I was a fat kid and teen; got up to 240, lost majority of it junior/senior year of high school; was in the 130s for a long time; got married, had baby, ballooned to 200 and birthed a 6lb 3oz baby boy... oopsie! LOL Got back to the 140's; surprise! Expecting my beautiful baby #2. Back up to 200 I go, out comes a 6lb 7oz baby girl.... oopsie again! I used pregnancy as a prime time to EAT! Took forever to even motivate to drop any after 2nd child. Finally got down to about 165, joined a challenge at work, got down to 139, held it for about a year, creeped 15 back on and now here I am!

Today when I get home and do my 30DS, it'll actually be my 3rd day. I'm sore! I'm only using 2lb weights! GAH!!! LOL

What was kind of cool was when I found the myfitnesspal app on my phone, I downloaded it and tried to sign up, but it had my email already associated w/an account. So I got on the computer, I had it reset my password, and then when I logged in and entered my current stats, it said congrats I lost 20 since last weigh in! So judging by that starting weight I must've signed up about 4 years or so ago.

Anyways, I'm a sugar and carb *kitten*. :laugh: Since restarting MFP, been going about a month, I've just been logging everything and eating well. I've cut out all yucky sugar and carbs. I was the person that most always had a hard candy in her mouth.. Fireballs are my go to, followed by jawbreakers, brachs cinnamon disks, butterscotch, never like jolly ranchers too much... you get the idea :laugh: I don't eat cinnamon toast crunch or cocoa pebbles as an 8p snack anymore.

I have incorporated skinny cow ice cream though. I couldn't feel totally jipped. So i guess those are probably some "bad sugar", but I've still came a long way! I usually have 1 a night, or the Dreyers fruit pop, 50cal.

My weight has went down about 3lbs since that month, now i've been in a stall. I'm presuming it has to do with the exercise and water retention/muscle shock or something.. I started walking every day then the rain messed that up for about 5 days. I've been walking during my lunch break, whereas for the past 6-9 months I had been parking at the marina and sleeping during my lunch break.

I do the wii fit plus , basically exclusively the hula to exhaustion then the jacknife and a few others.

I bought an 8lb medicine ball that I play catch with myself with.

Our dog has been the recepient of the benefit of the walks, too! Makes me feel good.

Other than that, I work full time, my muscles hurt because of 30DS, I always feel there's never enough time in my day to do what I need to do, but I've threatened the hubs, the 10 and and 7yr old with torturous things if they don't give me my 20+ minutes with 30DS now!

Look forward to getting to know everyone!

Hi I am Jennifer. 28 yrs old with 2 boys, 6 and 20 months. I am a aspiring photographer my weight is 175 and I am 5'1. Goal weight is 120. I have alot of medical problems and the medication messes with my weight loss

Hi all. My name is Kenya. I am a 27 year old mom of three. One boy (8) and two girls (5 & 22 months). I have been on this weight loss journey since March 2011. At that time, I weighed roughly 220lbs. Being 5'5, I was quite the butterball. Lol. No longer able to fit any of the clothes in my closet, I decided to go clothes shopping. When I walked into Kohls and realised that I was SQUEEZING into the largest size they had available, I knew something had to change. So I found MFP and Atkins. They both helped me to shed 43lbs. I fell off the wagon for a bit but am now back to lose these last 30-40 pounds. I am now calorie cutting to see how that works out for me.

My weight as of today is 185lbs and I'm a size 12. My goal, once all is said and done, is to be in a 6/8 jean, and roughly 135-145 pounds.

Hi all, My name is Jenna. I'm married and we have one beautiful daughter who is 6. I have been on MFP for 10 months and I've lost over 100 pounds. I am 6'0" tall and all legs! I have been testing the maintenance thing recently when I got down to 20 pounds under a "healthy" weight range, but I haven't been successful at maintaining (I put 10 pounds back on) so I need some motivation to lose 10-20 pounds and keep it off. I have never been a big fan of exercise unless I'm on the elliptical but I can't just keep doing cardio, I need to tone these muscles! I have been living in the UK for the past 2 years but we are moving back to California this summer and I will be attending my 20 year High School reunion, so I plan to look HOT!!! 30DS, Ripped in 30, then??? Let's do this! x

Hey everyone! I'm Christine, I'm 5'11 and 237 starting weight. It makes me sound huge, but nobody EVER believes that's my weight, including my doctor. At my lowest as an adult I was 175 and got a lot of comments from family and friends that I looked sickly... so my goal at this point is 190 and re-evaluate from there.

I had an eating disorder as a child (age 13) so really struggle with finding a balance, but refuse to go back to that, so now I seem to have swung the opposite direction and not wanting to pay attention to what I eat at all.

Just had my beautiful little girl in August 2011, after a terrible pregnancy where I had lost 27 pounds due to hyperemesis. I figured it was a great motivator to keep on losing, and am determined to do so! My short term weightloss is 15 pounds by May 15th. I'm still nursing so too much of a weight loss too quickly can affect my milk supply, and we already have weight gain struggles for my daughter so I have to be careful!!

Just started the 30 day Shred yesterday, so I may be a day behind you.

I am 28, 5'-4" and 190 ish pounds. I have just progressively gained weight since college, and I am ready to wear tank tops and 2 piece swimming suits again!

Hi guys I'm Tasha and 38 years old. I'm 5'4 and 150. I would LOVE to lose 10 more lbs. lost 17lbs so far since January I have 2 boys 6 and 9, the best husband and 2 dogs and 2 cats. My 9 year old just told me today that he could tell I'm losing weight because my " boobies are SO much smaller"... It took everything in me not to put him in time out lol But hey he speaks the truth haha... Good luck everybody :happy:

Hey everyone!
I'm Samantha and I'm 30. I am 5'4'' and currently 180. I've lost right around 10 pounds since January, which seems too slow to me. I have PCOS so weight loss can be a struggle, plus I'm a teacher which means I overwork myself pretty regularly. However, I'm getting married in September so I WILL get down to a healthier weight! This is my second time doing the shred and I did a good job losing inches last time. I'm a day behind, so I just finished day 2! Excited to do this with all of you!

Hi Everyone!

I know that I am late to the party, but I'm Shay! I am 30 years old, and I live in sunny Florida. As indicated in my ticker, I currently weigh 170 pounds. My BMI indicates that I should be in 130-134 range being that I am 5'1. Given this information, my goal weight is 135. Hopefully shedding these pounds will enable me to accomplish my number one goal: Having a baby! I am new to the forum, so I will start JM 30 Day Shred on Monday and post my progress. Thanks in advance for supporting my efforts. We can do this!

HI, I am Christa. I am 42 yrs old. I weigh 184 and am 5' 10". I have 2 kids ages 18 and 16 from my first marriage and a 6 1/2 yr old from my second marriage. My husbands could not be any more different. I am so lucky to have the most thoughtful husband ever!!

I work as a receptionist at a Physiotherapy clinic with a Chiropractor and a Massage Therapist as well. I just got certified as a Nutrition and Wellness Specialist, so it's fun to help others reach their goals and to share all the info I've learned over the years.

I've always struggled with my weight but when I turned 38 I knew I had to change things. I lost 60 lbs and got down to 162...the lowest in my life. (everyone asked if i was ok and told me I looked sick) Last year I went thru a lot of crap and gained back 20+ lbs. I've been struggling ever since to lose it. My goal is 170. I'm so excited to have found MFP.