**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 ;) 

Please don't wait on the hostess ~ to meet & greet or to chat away.  {{{huggles}}}

Only other guidelines, methinks ~ please no snowball or fist fights ~ bubbles & snuggles are encouraged ;)  

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. laurenaddict

2. Eppie

3. 46 and female

4. Texas

5. Married

6. no kids 4 furbabbies

7. purple

8. pretty woman and Thomas Crown Affair

9. reading, music, want to learn to play the violin

10. cheese

11. ice tea with lemon

12.myself

14. sweeping

15.  google

16.  I love being spontaneous

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Jadisqueen

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

3. Age & Sex: 31 and female

4. General Location: Massachusetts

5. Married? Single? commited relationship

6. Kids? Furbabies? 1 daughter and 2 cats

7. Favorite color? Blue

8. Favorite movie? Coyote Ugly

9. Hobbies? scrapbooking

10. Favorite Snack? sliced bananas and strawberries

11. Favorite Beverage? Ice water with freashly squeezed lemon

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? getting bumbed about how I look which causes me to want to eat (bigtime comfort eater!) 

14. Least Favorite Household Chore? putting clothes away 

15. How did you find Calorie Count? surfed the net with the question calorie counting diets and stumbled across it! 

1. Sinderella9111

2. Sinders is ok :)

3. 27 F

4. Chicagoland area

5. married...4 years on the 11th!

6. 2 kids, 3 1/2 and alomst 6 months.... 1 dog 4 years

7. Green

8. Swingers

9. hobbies...CC (now) scrapbooking, playing on Pogo, reading

10. swedish fish ;)

11. Diet pepsi... closest thing to dessert lately!

12. finding the time to workout with out constant interuptions

13. I want to be happy in clothes, i want to wear them, not the other way around!

14. bathrooms

15. internet search on cal. counting.

16. It's a long road ahead, but a lot to gain and lose by doing it right

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):shmh
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Susan
3. Age & Sex: 37, female
4. General Location:Ontario
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies? 2 kittens
7. Favorite color? green
8. Favorite movie? Pride and Prejudice
9. Hobbies? Snowmobiling
10. Favorite Snack? hickory sticks
11. Favorite Beverage? coors light beer
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? exercise
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 96 lbs, jogging 5 miles a day
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? vacuum
15. How did you find Calorie Count? a friend
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? happy to be on track, I am as determined as I was when I quit smoking 2 years ago and 90 lbs ago.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Christine1979
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Christine
3. Age & Sex: 27, female
4. General Location: Los Angeles (but Chicago is still my true love)
5. Married? Single? in a relationship
6. Kids? Furbabies? neither . . .  I can barely take care of plants!
7. Favorite color? red
8. Favorite movie? Heathers, Shawshank Redemption
9. Hobbies? reading, cooking, finding new things to do in LA
10. Favorite Snack? anything salty (I need to work on that, I know)
11. Favorite Beverage? tea
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? I love cooking . . .  and eating it
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? To get back to my weight before I gave up smoking (and still not have any cigarettes of course)
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Folding laundry
15. How did you find Calorie Count? I did a search for how many calories are in a pound on Google.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? Quitting smoking was a piece of cake, but I'm really struggling with this weight loss thing!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): bearaide
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:becky
3. Age & Sex: almost 41...female
4. General Location:western new york state
5. Married? Single?divorced, but with a wonderful man at the moment, been dating 4.5 months and looking good for the future
6. Kids? Furbabies?4 kids, 1 daughter in law, and 1 awesome grandson
7. Favorite color?blues, pinks, reds
8. Favorite movie?depends on my mood, like comedies and romance...lifetime movie network is a staple in my house
9. Hobbies?volunteer work, helping my kids, we live on a farm and they show animals at the county fairs
10. Favorite Snack?most favorite is kettle corn...but tend to eat healthy for the most part
11. Favorite Beverage?dunkin donuts coffee with cream and sugar!!!
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?at the moment limited mobility due to knee injury, waiting on surgery to repair ligament
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?try to get back down to 200, but prefer below that number some day
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?dusting..mom instilled in me on a weekly basis growing up, and choose to rebel still
15. How did you find Calorie Count?search engine
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? enjoy country music, have pets around, my roommate has a baby girl that is 3 weeks older than my grandson and she helps me not miss him so much, have bouts of depression that i wish would never haunt me another day in my life....planning a cruise for November 2007, yeah!!!!

Hello everyone,

I tried to go through this sting to see if anyone was from the Pacific Northwest, but there are just too many postings to go through.  So anyone from Washington?

1. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: TG253
2. Age & Sex: 35 / F
3. General Location: Washington State

Figured I try to connect with some of you here in WA or anywhere else!  Always nice to meet new people (or screen names) :)

~TG253

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):csthomas

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

3. Age & Sex: 27, lady

4. General Location: Rocky Mountains

5. Married? Single? Married

6. Kids? Furbabies? 3 cats - 2 grey and 1 black

7. Favorite color? Mmm...orange and red...today

8. Favorite movie? I heart Huckabees, Goonies

9. Hobbies? Lots of art and crafting, sewing, painting, research

10. Favorite Snack? French Fries

11. Favorite Beverage? Coffee anything

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?
      My lack of motivation and ability to see the big picture.

13. Weight/Fitness Goal?
      I started at 148 and I want to get down to 137 by January.   
      Then, to 132, which I think might be my normal weight.

14. Least Favorite Household Chore?
      Washing the silverware by hand.

15. How did you find Calorie Count?
      I've been using it on my own for the last year but now I'm
      committed to doing this right this time.

16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?
      I'm a vegetarian and always looking to swap creative recipes
      with other animal-friendly folks.

welcome

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Cacca77
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Cac
3. Age & Sex: 29, female
4. General Location: Australian Capital Territory
5. Married? Single? De-facto but engaged
6. Kids? Furbabies? 2 sons under 5
7. Favorite color? Brown
8. Favorite movie? sliding doors, practical magic, the very thought of you, forces of nature or love and sex.  (i cant narrow them down to one, sorry)
9. Hobbies? reading, puzzles, movies, just taken up gardening
10. Favorite Snack? im sorry to say chips, mainly doritos
11. Favorite Beverage? water, i dont drink much else, vodka if im at a party i guess, stolli's.
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? kids, time, motivation, eating habits
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 65 kgs
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? dusting, i just dont do it! :)
15. How did you find Calorie Count? google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? im not good with numbers and i dont know how to count calories. i hope this helps.

Shannon

41 female would like to lose 10 pounds and just found this site so looking forward to reading and I love that you can add the activities you do and the food and get an idea of what you have consumed calorie wise.  130 present weight would like to get to 120 by xmas...

1.RichardAlbert

2.Richard

3.64, Male

4. Strasburg, Virginia

5.Widowed

6.3 grown children, 14 grandchildren, 1 cat, 1 dog

7.blue

8.Canery Row (like the music)

9.Antiques, wine and art

10.Jalapeno Smokehouse Almonds

11.Wine (can no longer drink due to meds I'm on) water

12.Motivation

13.272/165

14.I have it done.

15.Nurse

16.My wife (Betty) was a wonderful cook. I really miss her cooking, but I miss her more. I don't know how to cook and all the classes that I seen are for advanced cooking, nothing basic. I could really tell you some stories about mistakes I've made in the kitchen. Have a wonderful day all.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):seashel
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: anything

3. Age & Sex: 39 (40 in a week), Female
4. General Location: LA, CA (Signal Hill near Long Beach)
5. Married? Single? Married 10 years to wonderfully sweet guy
6. Kids? Furbabies? 12 yr old step daughter, Katharine, Mini Schnauzer Captain Duke, can't have kids of my own

7. Favorite color? All Primaries
8. Favorite movie? One that makes me laugh and cry
9. Hobbies? Sailing, Boating, making canvas & cushions for boats
10. Favorite Snack? Peanut m&m's
11. Favorite Beverage? diet coke
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? ME
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 110, Healthy
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? cleaning the tub/shower
15. How did you find Calorie Count? searching for calories for a baked potato on yahoooooo
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? i'm a bossy, know-it-all, whiner (per my family) who is loving, kind, and generous (also per my family)

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): apointe
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Ashley 

3. Age & Sex: 25 / female

4. General Location: New York City 

5. Married? Single? dating

6. Kids? Furbabies? nada!

7. Favorite color? green

8. Favorite movie? Way too many to count. Pretty Woman, Center Stage, The American President, Empire Records ...

9. Hobbies? ballet, reading, playing sports (soccer, football, basketball), walking around the city, crafting, trying to teach myself to sew, reading 

10. Favorite Snack? peanut butter

11. Favorite Beverage? diet coke 

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? having enough time in the day to exercise

13. Weight/fitness goal? to get to 125lbs or a BMI in the "normal" range


14. Least Favorite Household Chore? none ... I LOVE cleaning 

15. How did you find Calorie Count? I don't remember at all, but I'm glad I did!

1. laurenaddict

2. eppie

3. 46; yes to sex

4. Texas

5. married

6 4 furbabies

7. purple

8. Pretty Woman, Thomas Crown Affair, Silence of the Lambs

9. reading, cooking, walking on the treadmill, playing with my furbabies

10. cheese

11. ice tea

12. me

13. BMI- normal, build my strength, 175 lbs

14. washing dishes

15.from another board

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Mel127
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Melinda
3. Age & Sex: 27 Female
4. General Location: California
5. Married? Single? Single
6. Kids? Furbabies? No kids.  Only neices & nephews. (I get to send them back:))
7. Favorite color? Purple
8. Favorite movie? Romance- The Notebook; Chick Flick - Divine Secrets of Ya-Ya Sisterhood
9. Hobbies? None.  TRIED to start knitting.
10. Favorite Snack? Ants on a log.
11. Favorite Beverage? Diet Lipton Green Tea
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? EXERCISING
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? I want to lose 100 lbs. and find some motivation to get up and move.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Thinking about cleaning! Once I do it I get into the groove and actually like it.
15. How did you find Calorie Count? I GOOGLED it.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  jaygal
2.  Name you prefer to be called in discussions:  Jayme
3.  Age & Sex:  29, Female
4.  General Location:  near Amarillo, Texas
5.  Married? Single?  Married
6.  Kids?  Furbabies?  Kids- Jaylea Aliera, 10; Gage Deyton, 7;  Bella Avri, 4
7.  Favorite color?  Pink and Purple...two is better than one right?
8.  Favorite movie?  That's hard to say.  I like a wide variety.  All time favorite.  MMMM???  Breakfast at Tiffanys
9.  Hobbies?  Goofing off on the computer, reading, watching TV.
10.  Favorite Snack?  Chocolate
11.  Favorite Beverage?  Dr. Pepper  (my downfall)
12.  Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  See #11.  Just kidding.  My biggest downfall is that I really don't like working out.  I like how I feel afterwords, but I absolutely hate the process.  I always feel like there is someting more important that I am supposed to be doing.
13.  Weight/Fitness Goal?  145...no more tummy flab!!!
14.  Least Favorite Household Chore?  Laundry and Dishes...tie for most hated.
15.  How did you find Calorie Count?  Just luck.  While I was looking at other fitness stuff online.
16.  Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  Not much else to share.  I am a full time Medical Laboratory Technology Student.  So time is also my enemy.
This is my second time to try to utilize this site for weight loss.  The first time I lost all my motivation and disappeared for a while.  But this time I am back and am serious about weight loss. 

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):qtrhrse15
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Colleen
3. Age & Sex:  41 and female
4. General Location:  midwest - Ralston, NE
5. Married? Single? divorced
6. Kids? Furbabies? 2 children a son who is 15 and a daughter who is 13 and a lab who is 3 1/2
7. Favorite color? blue
8. Favorite movie? Pride and Prejudice
9. Hobbies? horseback riding, reading and wine tasting
10. Favorite Snack? don't really have one
11. Favorite Beverage? cole classic but lately i have started drinking diet and its the pits
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Just doing it
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? to maintain at 105
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? cleaning the bathroom
15. How did you find Calorie Count? did a search and found it
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  not sure what is harder dating or dieting.....

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):

walkin_dude

2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:

uh . . . whatever :)  (i don't mean that literally)

3. Age & Sex:

41/M

4. General Location:

Catawba County, NC!

5. Married? Single?

single

6. Kids? Furbabies?

2 daughters

7. Favorite color?

 . . . green, maybe?

8. Favorite movie?

oh, man.  in no particular order:

• the usual suspects
• gladiator
• o brother where art thou
• the shawshank redemption
• conan the barbarian (best.  soundtrack.  ever!)
• seven samurai
• the man who would be king
• many, many more!
  

9. Hobbies?

• computer stuff
• motorcycle riding
• karaoke
• many, many more!
  

10. Favorite Snack?

peanuts, maybe?

11. Favorite Beverage?

nothing in particular

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?

nothing in particular

13. Weight/Fitness Goal?

wouldn't object to losing maybe 5 more pounds.  i'd like to bulk up a little in the chest/arms/shoulder areas and tone up my legs

14. Least Favorite Household Chore?

gotta be dusting

15. How did you find Calorie Count?

my little sis (nomoreexcuses) told me about it

16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

you'll just have to ask ;)