need a pick me up....jump on board :-)

I will send a friend request. I am an RN, work full time, have a 4 1/2 yr old girl and a husband with a super busy job. I'm very motivated and not into eating extremely low cal diets, just sensible. I need to get my chol/LDL's down and so I'm in this for health and to lose weight. I have a very busy job too so my biggest problem is finding time to exercise. I've already lost 12 lbs and about 20 more to go.

It's a roller coaster but anyone thy tea he's out for motivation and direction can get it done!! Send a request LMF510
Lisa

You can add me.

- I have a question about this starving yourself thing!! My goal is 1200 calories - I eat at least 1200 if not more - but then I work out so my net may be less then 1200 calories. I will have eaten somewhere around 1400 calories. I don't own a HRM - so my workout calories are all GUESTIMATES from this site. So would you say I AM STARVING MYSELF. I feel like I eat all day long. I have breakfast, a mid morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, after school snack and then dinner and even dessert. I just do not always net over the 1200. I have found myself actually working out so I can eat more. Please let me know if I am STARVING???---

So I am not new to MFP, as I have lost over 20 pounds so far and have 10 more to go. I have been on a roll for months and doing good, but have noticed I am feeling the pull of not wanting to exercise as much and my calories creeping up a bit more. I have also noticed less enthusiams and posting from my group of friends as in past months lately. I am sure it is because summer is almost here, we have all been at it since the new year and it is getting somewhat hum drum.

I need a new level of motivation, re-kindle the fire and some major butting kicking at this time. I need some additional friends who are eager, vocal and willing to ride this thing out!! ARE YOU WITH ME??? :-)

39 year old professional, mother of 5 year old (stinker) and have a great husband who has lost over 30 pounds since January. I was a professional couch potato....and I would declare every day national potato day if I could (I have a slight issue with french fries). I can sling some wicked sarcasm, so bring it on :-)

Really need additional friends who are in this for health reasons, to be strong and happy. NOT TO BE THIN OR HYPERFOCUSED ON THE SCALE!!! If you are going to starve yourself and eat under 1200 calories regularly, then you probably don't want to friend me because I cannot support that.
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I'll send you a friend request. I've been on here a few months but only been really focused in the last month or so. I haven't lost any weight yet - I lost 3kg then put it back on again. I started a new exercise programme on 1st of May and have been better with my eating so hoping that will start to give me some results but I haven't yet weighed myself, thought I'd wait for the 2week mark.

I almost always eat over 1200cals, that's my MFP set limit but I do some form of exercise almost every day so that I can eat a bit more. Lately i have been eating over 1200 but given my exercise cals I have been netting much less, today it's 671! But I'm not hungry, I'm certainly not starving myself so on those days as long as I have eaten over 1200 despite exercise giving me more I can eat, I choose not to.

I eat breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. If I've exercised a lot that day I eat more if I'm hungry, or I have the extra cals sitting there in case I want dessert (like a protein shake or frozen yoghurt), but if I don't feel like it, I won't eat anything else.

Currently 68kgs or 150lbs (sorry I'm in New Zealand and we use the metric system!)
Goal weight 60kgs or 132lbs

So I wanna lose 18lbs in total. That's not a great deal but it's definitely fighting to stay put so it's been a battle for me!

No drama here!! Just uncertain and wanted to make sure I was not starving myself and not aware that I was!! still new to this whole program!! I have heard people say they would not be friends with someon who ate less than 1200 calories and just wanted to make sure - I was not doing that!! I eat over 1200 and work out almost daily!! I do take a day off every week. :flowerforyou: