Hi guys! This group is perfect for me as my entire motivation to lose weight/tone up is to get back my summer body I had last year! (and maybe be a lil smaller still *maybe*) Like on my dp.

I'm Natalie, from the UK, 5'3 and I'm 8st 13 at the moment (125lbs). In summer I am really lucky to be going away with my boyfriend for a week, with my family for a week, and then a week away with my friends too. Also, being in the UK we are taking full advantage of the summer's Olympics!! So I'm down in London for a week too, soooo many pictures will be taken

So basically that's my motivation and my goal is to reach the 8st mark by the time I go away on July 3rd. It may seem a smaller amount but it all counts the same x
Good luck to everyone :-)!

Love the group name, what a great goal to work for. My name is Katie, I'm from Australia. I'm pretty active and love my exercise but unfortunately I love to eat too. I really need to work on balancing the two and making better choices with food. My other hurdle is loosing motivation, I tend to be really good for a week, then a bit relaxed the next week, so I kinda go two steps forward one step back.

I've just returned from an overseas trip where I put on 2kg's (4.4 pounds) in 4 days, so I'm motivated and ready to go.

Looking forward to sharing with like minded people. I love MFP as it makes you accountable for your choices in food and shows you exactly where you've gone wrong.

Hi Anna, Hi Kate, And everyone else

My name is Emma and I am from Australia as well. I don't like exercise very much and I LOVE food which is not a good combination. I have gained 10kgs since this time last year. My goal weight is also 65kg (171cm) but I wouldn't complain if I lost a bit more too. If Anna can do it, so can I!

My main problem is fast food. I love fast food. I really need some help to get motivated to start exercising and to stay away from bad foods! I would be very grateful if that support came from this group.

Thanks everyone.

Hello,

I'm Kalie. I live in Maine, orginally from Ohio. I'm very active now and I eat really well. I have a few more inches to lose.... I can't say I need to lose weight because my number on the scale doesn't move much or often. I really enjoy learning new recipes and workout ideas from other MFP users. This will be a fun four week journey with ya'll.

This sounds great- count me in! I'm Jamie, from Virginia. I've been traveling a fair amount these last few weeks, and trying to maintain any kind of structure when you're out of your usual environment is pretty tough- I've gained 10 lbs in the last two months alone! Could use some focus and support to help me shed some weight and get back on track. . . Looking forward to it, everyone!!

Hello everyone! My name is Janis ans I live in the Palm Springs area in Cali. I've never joined a group before and am looking forward to exchanging motivational support and ideas with a group of like minded friends! :happy:

Hi Everyone,

Love the idea A little bit about me. I have been up and down on the scale since mid twenties and yo yo dieting. In there I have had 3 kids and was determined to lose the weight and this time keep it off by the time I reached 40 (turned in April). After my last child October 2010, I started my journey. As of February 2012 I lost all my weight and am at goal. I lost 98 lbs in total and have managed to keep it off thus far by watching my portions, tracking everything and running. I need to join a group to keep me motivated, this looks like it is

Leslie

Yeah!! Love the group name! I have 5 pounds to lose, determined and focused!

Hi! This is a great challenge! I'm joining in an effort to stay motivated on my weight loss journey. I've been on my journey almost 4 years now just to lose 38lbs....yeah I know it shouldn't have taken me this long but life happens. Now that my view has changed to this being a LIFESTYLE change its become easier to cope with the downfalls I have from time to time. Those things happen naturally...just got to get back on track the next day

At my heaviest I was 171lbs (2007). I was about 168lbs when I started my journey (2008). I'm currently 148lbs and my goal is 130lbs (or wherever my body is comfortable). Hoping to lose the other 18lbs in 2012!

hi there i have been on an ongoing battle this last while.. and the description soooo says it for me.. Im Melanie 40 years old.. and i have been losing weight my entire life.. Right now have had scale going WRONG way.. Need to get my sexy back.. so this is perfect.. I Aim to lose 10 pounds before June 13th so far its not happening so well.. so hope you all can motivate me back into it.. I have been walking/biking and doing yardwork every day for last 2 weeks.. and Monday plan on starting adding in some workout dvds... this morning my weight is 154.6 sadly In October i was 145 i really want to get to 140 but taking baby steps have not ever been lower then the 145.. soooo here i am.....

Hi everybody! I just joined MFP this month and this will be my first group. I'm 5'11" and right now I weight 231 pounds. And I am SO. SICK. OF. IT. Every spring I promise myself that this time, for real, this will be the bikini summer. And it looks like it's yet again another non-bikini summer. So I want to turn this around and I thought joining this group would be a good way to kick it off. My biggest problem is eating sweets, and I (stupidly) volunteered to bring 150 cupcakes to a work meeting last night so I spent last night and this morning eating leftovers every few hours. Needless to say I am pretty pissed off with myself, and I'm tired of setbacks like this undoing any bit of progress I make. I figure that maybe making my food journal public might motivate me more to not eat so much crappy stuff.

I don't really have a goal weight for this challenge; I plan to weigh myself on Monday morning and then weight myself again at the end of the challenge. When I weigh myself daily or even every few days, I start to become discouraged when the number doesn't drop fast enough, and it just leads to unhealthy obsession with the scale. My goal is simply to do what I'm supposed to do and stay within my calories every day, no excuses. And to exercise at LEAST 5 days out of the week, even if it's only 20 minutes on the elliptical machine. I'm looking forward to this! I just want to feel (and look) killer-awesome :smokin:

Hey! My name is Rachel. I'm from Michigan. I have been on this weight loss journey since Jan. 30 2012. So far i've lost almost 40 lbs! I had been exercising, but lately I have not due to some health issues. Now that I am feeling better I need the motivation to start working out again. I figure this seems like the place to do it! I would love to lose 10 lbs By June 21st (if not a little more )
Good luck everyone!

And feel free to add me for more support! :flowerforyou:

Hi Everyone!

My name is Leonie and this is the first group that I have joined, so I am super excited about this. I live in Southwest Florida and I have a 5 year old son. I would like to be healthier for him. My goal is to be 161 lbs and I am more focused on this being a lifestyle change for me. Not so much concerned about the overall number but how my body looks and the way I feel. I live on the third floor so I am looking forward to making it up the flights of stairs with no breaks and still having some breath left when I reach the top. Lol, Rocky theme song is playing in my head right now.
#Team get it right, keep it tight

hey everyone! im new to this website and thought this group would be awesome to join! this past year i have slowly lost 25 pounds thanks to weight watchers points plus! In January i was 124lbs from being 150lbs the previous january (2011)...without ever going to the gym! this past January i started going to the gym again and have been going 4-6 times a week since then, which is awesome! ....but i am now 133lbs since starting the gym..i know some of it could be muscle weight, but i want to get down to 120lbs. by the way i'm 18 years old and 5'4.. which isn't that tall. My main problem is that i over-eat after working out because I use to think because i just worked out then i could eat more.. which isn't technically always true, point blank^. lets all get SEXYYY by summer!!!