**New Member forum Meet N Greet**

Hi :)  Calorie~Count ~ Glad I found it ~ Glad U found it ~ Looking forward to getting to know each other :) 

Don't forget to set up a Profile & add friends you meet & share stuff in common ~ you can keep in touch with your friends through each other's Journals here ~ one of the waaaay coolest features here :)

I hope everyone will find this a nice friendly place to introduce yourself, welcome others, chit & chat a bit :)  Now, for a shameless plug...  please feel welcome to visit the chat shack here in the Lounge anytime ~ next best thing to a live chatroom for now ;) 

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Please copy the list below into a new post and add your information so we can all get to know each other!!   It's up to you how much you want to share.


1. Calorie Count Name (user id):
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:
3. Age & Sex:
4. General Location:
5. Married? Single?
6. Kids? Furbabies?
7. Favorite color?
8. Favorite movie?
9. Hobbies?
10. Favorite Snack?
11. Favorite Beverage?
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?
15. How did you find Calorie Count?
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?


edit: debolded the list but freel free to *bold* your Q's or your A's ;)

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):bonniekate89 2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:Kate 3. Age & Sex: 18 ,Female 4. General Location:Eastern USA 5. Married? Single? single 6. Kids? Furbabies?none 7. Favorite color?purple or green 8. Favorite movie?Umm- hard... anything fast and action packed 9. Hobbies? piano, teaching, choir, doula, sewing, dancing 10. Favorite Snack? pretzels or starburts 11. Favorite Beverage? orange juice/ coffee 12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? my brain 13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 130 lb 14. Least Favorite Household Chore? dishes 15. How did you find Calorie Count?surfing the internet 16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share: Naahhh- ask me!! :-)

 

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): nulles anxietes
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: whatever you feel like (nothing mean though!)
3. Age & Sex: 18, female
4. General Location: anywhere (i move around and have a varried life - but i guess school takes up most of the year)
5. Married? Single? single
6. Kids? Furbabies? noooo. though i would like a pet
7. Favorite color? depends. rotten apple is pretty nice (the colour). so is yellow.
8. Favorite movie? snatch, paprika
9. Hobbies? shopping, watching my weight (hopefully!), anime, strolling, coffee houses, gymnastics, swimming. and many more
10. Favorite Snack? apples are pretty good. but i adore home made bread with feta cheese
11. Favorite Beverage? cherry juice! or ribena
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? not eating early on and then binging during dinner. also excersising (how can i be bothered to go for a jog??)
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? no more belly fat! i want to see some abs!
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? haha i haven't done household chores in ages.
15. How did you find Calorie Count? it is wonderfully useful :)
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? mmm...yeah sure... I currently live in Austria, but am moving to America for uni. I'm nervous to go back because I haven't actually lived there in a while. I know I will be fine, but my health might suffer!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Nissa79
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Nissa
3. Age & Sex: 29/F
4. General Location: Canada
5. Married? Single?: Single
6. Kids? Furbabies?: None of the above
7. Favorite color?: Blue, Green, Brown
8. Favorite movie?: Hrm...
9. Hobbies?: SCA, Internet Radio, History, Sewing, gaming, etc.. Okay so there are a lot
10. Favorite Snack?: McD's Fries.... Bad bad me.  Healthy snack, sugar peas
11. Favorite Beverage?: Water, Orange/Strawberry juice
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?: Impluse eatting
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?: 170ish lbs and to be able to ride a bike to work and hike in the mountains
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?: Dishes
15. How did you find Calorie Count?: GoogleFu
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): ISOB4LIFE
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: ISOB
3. Age & Sex: 23/F
4. General Location: PA
5. Married? Single? Happily married
6. Kids? Furbabies? 2 beautiful little boys ages 3 & 18months
7. Favorite color? Green, I love the great outdoors.
8. Favorite movie? Spirited Away
9. Hobbies? Cycling w/ my family.
10. Favorite Snack? It's not healthy, but I love anything dipped in guacamole.
11. Favorite Beverage? Crystal Light. The little 2 go packets are life savers for me.
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? I am recovering from an ED. I am determined to lose this weight the right
way but find that it's very difficult not to revert when I face dissapointments.
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?I started at 145 at the beggining of this year & I am currently 136 (this is the smallest I've been since I got pregnant
with my first son).
I'd like to get down to 120 lbs. It was the smallest I ever was with my ED
and I want to prove to myself that I can do it the healthy way.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Anything in the kitchen or bathroom.
15. How did you find Calorie Count? A friend from Open Diary.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I'm really hoping to find a weight loss twin. But I don't want to talk to anyone who dealing w/ an ED because it is very triggering for me.

 

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  astevens69
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: astev
3. Age & Sex: 39/F
4. General Location: Oregon
5. Married? Single?  Married to the most wonderful man!
6. Kids? Furbabies? 4 kids (Boy: 20, Girl: 12, Boy: 9, Boy: 8) 2 dogs, 3 cats, 4 chickens
7. Favorite color? purple = eggplant
8. Favorite movie?  most cartoons
9. Hobbies?  tae kwon do, roller skating, art
10. Favorite Snack?  mangos
11. Favorite Beverage?  ice tea
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  emotional eating
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  I would like to weigh around 115, and my goal is to compete in Oregon Games in figure skating (not a hard goal, very attainable)
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?  The ones I have to do
15. How did you find Calorie Count?  googling calories portions counting
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  I would really like to find a buddie or two that will be on me about the binge/emotional eating, not in a bad way, but an encouraging way, help me find the triggers.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): jennkp
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Jenn
3. Age & Sex: 42 - Female
4. General Location: Hawaii
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies? 4 kids and 2 dogs
7. Favorite color? Black
8. Favorite movie? Revenge
9. Hobbies? Graphics, Crafts, Sewing, Reading
10. Favorite Snack? Cake & Ice Cream
11. Favorite Beverage? Coffee
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Bad eating habits, lack of exercise
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? I want to lower my blood pressure, ease back pain, loose weight and feel better and be healthier
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? dishes
15. How did you find Calorie Count? While searching to see how many calories a McDonald's salad had.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I hope to actually stick to a plan this time and meet new people in the process.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  beautifulbamagirl
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:  bamagirl
3. Age & Sex:   35 female
4. General Location:  Birmingham, AL
5. Married? Single?  Divorcing
6. Kids? Furbabies?   3 kids (2 boys and a girl)  (and 10 cats, rabbit, bird, fish)
7. Favorite color?  passionate purple
8. Favorite movie?  Erin Brockavich
9. Hobbies?  Crafting
10. Favorite Snack?  Dorritos
11. Favorite Beverage?  Sweet Tea
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  Having the money to buy the healthy stuff especially with kids.
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  loss at least 50 lbs. and tone muscle
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?  folding clothes
15. How did you find Calorie Count?  surfing the web
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  I started this diet a week ago and today is the beginning of my second week.  I have lost exactly 4 pounds and have gone to the gym at least 4-5 times.  I'm excited.  My boyfriend is on a diet as well and I'm using it as a competition, plus he weighs less than me and I don't like that.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  DanaKate
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:  Dana is fine, or even DK.  I'm not picky.
3. Age & Sex:   38 Female
4. General Location:  Pennsylvania
5. Married? Single?  Neither.. not married, but living with my SO.
6. Kids? Furbabies?  An airheaded cat.
7. Favorite color?  Green
8. Favorite movie?  LotR, the entire trilogy.
9. Hobbies?  MMOs, movies, books, anime.  I'm sorta halfway teaching myself Japanese.  Every now and then.

10. Favorite Snack?  I'm not picky here either.  Sometimes salt, sometimes sweet.  Usually salt, though.
11. Favorite Beverage?  Milk, 2%.
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  Myself.  Most of the time I just don't care.  But then I get depressed if I don't fit into something or if the styles of clothes are horrid on my body shape (as they currently are).  Lately I've been getting worried about cardiovascular disease and experiencing palpitations (which is probably due to an anxiety disorder, but my concerns about possible heart attacks trigger them like a vicious cycle).
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  I'd really just like to have more energy.  And walk down an aisle in a store without knocking fifty things over with the corner of my hip.  And be able to buckle an airplane seatbelt--thank god I'm not terribly afraid of flying, because not buckling up when it won't fit actually makes me a little nervous.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?  All of them.
15. How did you find Calorie Count?  Google.  I needed to look up the subway info since I'm starting to write down what I eat.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  Hm.  Not really.  I'm usually kind of anti-social.

I've been on this site for 2 weeks and I just saw this post!  Here it is...

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): jjbolt
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: JJ
3. Age & Sex: 35 Female
4. General Location: Atlanta
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies? 1 daughter
7. Favorite color? Blue
8. Favorite movie? too many to write just one...
9. Hobbies? swimming, biking, road trips
10. Favorite Snack? cheese!
11. Favorite Beverage? diet coke
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? motivation... sticking to it!
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? i want to lose 30 lbs by the end of this year
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? dishes
15. How did you find Calorie Count? web search
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? i'm a twin, left-handed, red-headed girl... LOL... but seriously, i'm very easy going and would love to find friends on here to help keep me motivated! (all those things are true by the way )

~JJ~

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): thesuperbex
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: haha just bex, don't have to tell me i'm super >.<
3. Age & Sex: 20
4. General Location: currently CT but usually Rochester NY for Schoot at RIT
5. Married? Single? In a relationship for 3 years in august!
6. Kids? Furbabies? :( neither.  Gecko marty, and Betta Buddy ;)

7. Favorite color? brown? >.<
8. Favorite movie? almost famous
9. Hobbies? working currently.  and a good laugh with friends.  concerts and live music
10. Favorite Snack? currently jello cups with fruit
11. Favorite Beverage? if i'm being bad -- cherry coke!
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  my incredible love for food
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? to be back to my pre-college weight, as I'll be graduating in a year. 
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? err... vacuuming!
15. How did you find Calorie Count? google and thank goodness!
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  can't wait to get to know everyone!!

1. Prettibrown
2. PB
3. 21 y/o female
4. NJ
5. Single
6. A CHI-JACK PUPPY
7. Blue and green
8. 300, CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, all four saws, all 3 Pirates of  Caribbean, Mary Poppins and many more like them lol
9. Singing, Music, Family, my future, guitar
10. Chocolate anything
11. Cosmo
12. Motivation and support and time
13. 286 WANT TO LOSE 120LBS
14. MOPPING
15. ABOUT.COM
16. In need of that motivational support mainly.

 

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Bsktlady97
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: bsktlady97
3. Age & Sex: 42/F
4. General Location: Oahu, Hawaii
5. Married? Single? married
6. Kids? Furbabies? 3 (12 & 10 year old twins)
7. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Never seem to feel that my health is more important than getting kids to school,  or work, or volunteer activities, feel guilty to put myself and gym time first.
8. Weight/Fitness Goal? Current 189 goal according to this site 131 by April 2009 (sounds great to me)
9. Least Favorite Household Chore? cleaning the bathroom
10. How did you find Calorie Count? searching for sample meal plan

Question:  I feel like my problem is definitely carbs. I'm an addict.  I can't seem to have a SMALL piece of cake or just 1 cookie.  My children are very active and healthy and I hate to not let them have cookies, chips etc. in moderation.  They have conquered the moderation part but I haven't.  What are some tips that some have come up with in order to live in a house with cookies, ice cream, etc. ? 

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):lilithinwaiting

2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:lilith

3. Age & Sex: 53/F

4. General Location:Oklahoma

5. Married? Single? Married

6. Kids? Furbabies? 3 adult children and 7 grandchildren

7. Favorite color? smokey grape

8. Favorite movie? have several.. Immortal Beloved, pulp Fiction,Lemmony Snicketts, a  series of unfortunate events, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

9. Hobbies? geneolgy, walking, ancient language

10. Favorite Snack? almonds, peanuts, cheese, smoked oysters

11. Favorite Beverage? water with lemons and limes

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? motivation and controlling my binge eating episodes

13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 60 pounds by next april 2009

14. Least Favorite Household Chore? cooking

15. How did you find Calorie Count? search

16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?
I am an emotional eater and a binge eater..  pathetic really LOL I only crave sweets once in a while but I love meat, and salty things and a weakness for cheese.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):Misty227
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:Misty
3. Age & Sex: 27 Female
4. General Location:Texas Panhandle
5. Married? Single? Happily married for 9 years
6. Kids? Furbabies? 16 Month old daughter (light of my life) an 4 furbabies
7. Favorite color?Yellow
8. Favorite movie? Patch Adams, The Notebook, PS I Love You...
9. Hobbies?reading, cooking, playing with my daughter
10. Favorite Snack? Apples and PB
11. Favorite Beverage? good Old ICED TEA
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? I never can find the time to eat right or exercise...ok im lazy too
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?140 lbs would be great
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? dishes
15. How did you find Calorie Count?GOOGLE
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Hstanzel
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Heather
3. Age & Sex: 24/Female
4. General Location:Rochester NY
5. Married? Single? Involved
6. Kids? Furbabies? Pets
7. Favorite color? Green
8. Favorite movie? Juno
9. Hobbies?Exercising eating reading walking dog
10. Favorite Snack? Raspberry Juice Bar
11. Favorite Beverage?Chocolate Milk
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Boredom
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? Lose 20 lbs.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Vacuuming
15. How did you find Calorie Count? Typed lose weight in Google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I don't know what I ever did without this thing!!!!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): releached
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: releached, until I get to know you all :P
3. Age & Sex: 20 Male
4. General Location: Toronto
5. Married? Single? Single
6. Kids? Furbabies? None
7. Favorite color? Green/Black(although black is a shade >.<)
8. Favorite movie? Gladiator/Shawshenk Redemption
9. Hobbies? Rollerblading/Biking/Working out
10. Favorite Snack? Twizzlers/Taffy
11. Favorite Beverage? Iced Tea
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Eating properly
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 160-170 pounds of lean muscle.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Organizing anything.
15. How did you find Calorie Count? Google.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? None.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): aimbriggs
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: aim
3. Age & Sex: 31-f
4. General Location: RI
5. Married? Single? happily married
6. Kids? Furbabies? 1 son, 2 stepsons, 1 cat, 1 dog
7. Favorite color? PINK
8. Favorite movie? LOST DVD's
9. Hobbies? internet, reading, beach, snowboarding
10. Favorite Snack? pizza & french fries
11. Favorite Beverage? diet pepsi
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? motivation
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? Going to weigh 125 by 10-15-08
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? litter box!!!!!
15. How did you find Calorie Count? google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? nahhhhh

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): AnaYesenia
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Ana
3. Age & Sex: 21 Female
4. General Location: New York
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies? No Kids
7. Favorite color? Blue
8. Favorite movie? Rosario Tijeras
9. Hobbies? Go to the park or watch tv
10. Favorite Snack? Tortilla chips & salsa
11. Favorite Beverage? Coke
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Eating out too much
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 120 lbs
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Washing dishes
15. How did you find Calorie Count? Browsing
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I'm looking to get back on the wagon :) I was doing great... up until the end of last year.... my birthday, Thanksgiving, another birthday, Christmas, & New Year's. It's nice to see there are other people like me just trying to lose weight and be healthy.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):Buffedstuff