Hi, everyone! I'm not so new, but climbing back on the wagon after having my first child in June.. I'm 5'6", obviously, and I'm currently at 176. I want to get back down to 135-140. This new group feature is really neat, I'm hoping it will help keep me motivated!

Hello All, I am 5'6 and I weigh 182 lbs. My year goal is to lose 35 lbs but my short time goal is to lose 20 lbs by May 20th. Don't know why I picked May 20th, just heard a lady say to be specific with your goals so May 20th just sound good:) look forward to chatting with everyone.

Hi everyone!
I'm 20 years old and I weigh around 159 lbs. My highest was at 168 and thats when I first joined mfp. My goal is to get around 130

Ooops, I posted my introduction in the other thread.

My name is Michelle, I'm 30yo and 5'6", and I've been trying to lose 35lbs (from 165 down to 130). I wouldn't mind losing 40 and getting down to 125, though!

When I met my husband ten years ago, I weighed maybe 110 pounds. I absolutely maintain that his cooking -- and not the five kids I birthed -- is completely responsible for my weight gain, LOL! 165 is the most I have ever weighed in my life, and it kind of freaked me out the day I realized, wow, I'm actually overweight. Before I just kind of blew it off.

I have been taking a kind of low key approach because I'm trying to make changes that I can stick to even after I reach my goal weight. Basically just eating smaller portions, three meals plus a snack every day, limiting junk food but not cutting it out completely, and drinking only water.

I exercise by jumping rope and doing crunches, and I HATE it! I really prefer walking, so I do that whenever I can get away from the house. Unfortunately it's getting hot here already.

I've only been doing this for a month, and I have already lost 10 pounds!

I am 5'6'' and 160lbs and just hit the big 40 this year. I would love to get to 145... although when I first got married 18 years ago I was probably around 130. I don't think that is realistic after 3 kids. I think that if I am in the 140s and eating healthy I will feel good. Wouldn't be bad to lose some arm flab either. Looking to find "friends" with similar goals...and people that I don't see in real life, haha.

It looks like I shall be the first in a couple months to introduce myself. I'm Kinzie. I'm 21 and 5'6". Currently I'm sitting at 180ish (although the scale was definitely a little below that the other morning!) My highest weight ever was 200lbs around March 2012. It scared me so much I changed my eating portions and lost an initial 10lbs. I started MFP a little over 2 weeks ago and my goal is around 140 although we'll definitely see when I get there if that's where I want to stay!

Im katey. Im a full time worker and a full time student so getting fitness in is difficult. when i started my sit down job 5 years ago i was around 175. currently i am at 240. im looking for motivation to keep me on track.