Ara531

Welcome to MFP!! :D i'm sure you've already noticed the great support and encouragement, and all i'm going to do is offer more! Good luck on your journey and if you stick with it I'm sure you'll see results, feel free to friend me! Again, Welcome!!

WELCOME TO MFP! Congrats on putting your mind to getting healthier! My personal philosophy is that if you set your mind to something(anything!) you can accomplish it with time and effort... and i think you're more than able to accomplish your goals once you set your mind to it! Good luck :D feel free to friend me if you'd…

Welcome! Congrats on taking hold of your lifestyle! this is a great way to do it! At times it'll be tough, but there's a great deal of support and encouragement here! I know you can do anything you set your mind to, so good luck! feel free to friend me if you'd like.

well, here's a delayed welcome! You can do anything you set your mind to it... so congrats on setting your mind to the right thing! You can do it!

Well, if i'm on at home or on a treadmill i like to watch t.v. or listen to music, so i'm usually absent minded, but if i'm at a gym(and i usually am) I try to invision what i'll look like when i'm healthier, in better shape, and skinnier. And of course, exactly what most of you have commented which is what my ex will…

WELCOME! haha there's a great support and encouragement system here, and i think you'll find just what you're looking for! feel free to friend me! and congratulations on taking hold of your life i know you can do it! :)

CONGRATULATIONSS!!! :D keep up the good work! i hope that i'll be able to do that eventually!

thank you! and yeah, it really helps me when i don't think i can go on any longer (during workouts AND in general, life) you have a favorite?

Thanks amber :) yeah i don't know why, but it's really hard for me to work out at home... and i don't have a very good neighborhood to walk or run in.. :( do you have any ideas or anything you do for at home??? your welcome! wow... that is soo amazing! what are some of your favorite meals to prepare to achieve that low cal…

Thannks for the help! i got it figured out now!! :)

Hilarious!! haha was this original?

This was taken and edited by one of my really close friends at a Gospel Fest. I parted my hair to a different side and pinned tha tpink hat on top, and she and another one of my friends couldn't get enough of taking pics haha that sounds really self centered, but i was having a really bad day that day and it was really…

totally agree i'm about to go see them perform with the Foo Fighters (another AMAZING band) and i'm pretty sure Endgame has some of their best songs.

Death Cab for Cutie : Codes and Keys The Decembrists : The King is Dead Pan!c at the Disco : Vices & Virtues & (though it's not new) The Killers : Hot Fuss love love love it everys single song on it!

a bikini. but my stomachs too big and my arms are too floppy and my thighs aren't toned enough :( but hopefully after loosing some weight, i can!! :)

YOU CAN DO IT!!! :D just put forth effort and believe you can do it!!

Thank you! good luck to you as well! i know you all can do this! question: how do you get the scale pictures and add them to your signature?

Welcome!! that is awesome! it's great when your friends can help, i don't know what i'd do without them!

well, i'm ciarra! and welcome as well! Thanks :) i would like to loose arouns 10 - 20 lbs by August, but continue to maintain it (which will be the harder part for me.) This is really a first step for me, writting down all that i eat... and then i'm going to try my best to start attending a couple different exercise…