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Hi everyone!  I just signed up and wanted to introduce myself.  I am Kim and I am still getting to know the site, and looking forward to being part of this community!

Hey Kim! I'm Jess and I just joined tonight. What are your goals/why? I'm always here if you need any encouragement, about anything!

Welcome to you both.

Hi!

Hey! I really hope I can stick with this :-P

I've been with the site for 2 weeks now and keeping the food log is like an addiction to me now. Its REALLy helpful to write down what you eat. I'm old and fat so I need to hear success stories. Hope you all create them!

hello and welcome.... :D

i agree with the poster above - log, log, log. this will help you keep track of how many calories you eat. it requires a bit of obessiveness, but it is worth it. once you get good at logging it doesn't take very long....

good luck... hope to see you on the formus!

Hello Kim, welcome to CC!

You're going to love all the free tools that will help you set goals and keep track.  Click on everything!  The library is especially good, as are the links on the Home page.  Be sure to do the Walkthrough!

I hope you're going to fill out your profile and keep a journal.

Thanks for the warm welcome!  I had a baby in April and still have 10 lbs to lose from that.  Before I got pregnant, however, I thought I should lose ten lbs.  So, my ultimate goal would be 20 lbs, but AT LEAST 10.  I will be starting my counting on Monday (tomorrow). 

Another goal of mine is to be more active.  It's such an adjustment with a new baby, and now I am back in school, so finding time for everything is a challenge.  I'm happy just to get in a shower every day :)

How about you, Jess?  What are your goals?

I'd like to lose twenty-twenty five pounds. That will put me on the lower end of my average BMI instead of borderline slightly overweight. Plus i really want to be healthy. But I'm totally doing it for me, not anyone else. I've realized thats the only time it's going to work. Not for my family, or friends, but me. The holidays are NOT going to be easy, but we can do it :-) I want to be comfortable in a bikini again! I'm only 18, but I have a really unhealthy lifestyle and being at college doesn't make that easier. So i'm going for the "reverse freshman 15" :)

UGH!  My modem conked out when I tried to post a reply, so sorry if it ends up coming up twice...

I still need to figure out if we can click on people and just email them directly..? 

Jess, our goals are very similar.  I, too, would love to be able to wear a bikini!  I also want to do this for me, although I'm sure my husband wouldn't mind ;)

Do you live on campus?  I always commuted to school, so I never had the peer pressure from people I lived with.  What school do you go to?  I went to Henry Ford (AA) and U of M-Dearborn (BA), and now I'm at Schoolcraft (prereqs for Nursing).  We're in SE Michigan, btw.

Welcome Kim and Jess!

Blessings to you both!

Yea i'm trying to figure that out too! I go to the university of georgia, and im a secondary english education major. It's very time consuming, already. Yea even though I'm losing the weight for me, my boyfriend has been very supportive. He's always been really athletic and I would like to join him in that. :-) So did you have a baby recently, or are you just trying to lose the weight now? Congrats either way :-) i love kids.

Jess

Welcome to all those who are new!  Balzy -- catsy22 has posted a thread under Weight Loss -- How did you lose all that weight?  that will have lots of those stories you are looking for.  Reading the stories of others who have lost 30+ pounds has been inspiring and motivating.  Check it out.

Welcome Kim!

Now all we require is your credit card....


kidding ;)

My 'lil girl was born in April this year.  She's so much fun!  

Oh gosh thats awesome! Whats her name? I had a bad calorie day today :-( I was doing so well and then I killed it with two cupcakes. ARGH

Her name is Lillian.  She's such a cutie!  I love when she laughs, it's the best sound I've ever heard! 

Don't worry about one bad calorie day.  Look at the bigger picture--you're just learning about how much food (and what types) you really should have.  I went over a little, too, but I was hungry! Oh, yeah, and the 2 Mt. Dews...oops.  I browsed some of the food categories and was amazed at how much healthy food we can eat :)  Hang in there!

Hi Kim.. I'm Maribel..

 Welcome!  Its great you've joined us here.  Personally it's a start to a whole new life.  Remeber Stay positive and modivated.  We  here to help each other out!  If you need any sort of support or advice, I'll try to help.

Good Luck!

Thanks for the encouragement Kim :-) I definitely needed it. On a completely different note than food, I traveled home for Thanksgiving today, and i missed my flight! But thank God I caught the next one so it was ok. I wish everyone safe travels!