**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. Calorie Count Name (user id): keeshaballard
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Keesha
3. Age & Sex: 27 Female
4. General Location: Indiana
5. Married? Single? Single
6. Kids? Furbabies? Kids
7. Favorite color? Red
8. Favorite movie? The Color Purple
9. Hobbies? Reading
10. Favorite Snack? Nature Valley Oats 'N Honey
11. Favorite Beverage? Apple Juice
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Love to eat...
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 166lbs./130lbs.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Dishes
15. How did you find Calorie Count? Search on google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? How do I add my friend to my friends list?

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  Tuck2family
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Tuck
3. Age & Sex:  44 and Female
4. General Location: Iowa
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies? Kids 3
7. Favorite color? Red
8. Favorite movie?  Gone with the Wind
9. Hobbies?  Internet
10. Favorite Snack? Frosting...yes I said frosting..!
11. Favorite Beverage? Vodka
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Interferring with social life
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 168/125
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Dusting
15. How did you find Calorie Count? Search the internet
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  Determined to win this time.. looking for support!  Add me to your friends list!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): qcmama
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: qcmama works for me
3. Age & Sex: 27 year old female
4. General Location: Iowa
5. Married? Single? engaged
6. Kids? Furbabies? my pets are my kids right now--two cats and a very furry dog
7. Favorite color? green and blue
8. Favorite movie? Best in Show and Team America
9. Hobbies? camping, live concerts, the Cubbies!
10. Favorite Snack? popcorn
11. Favorite Beverage? coffee, water, beer, and wine
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? beer and wine :)
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? to be tight and toned
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? folding laundry and putting it away--ugh!
15. How did you find Calorie Count? google :)
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I'm really glad to have found CC--keeping track of what I actually put into my body has been eye-opening. No more mindless munching!!

Tuck! Just saw you on the board! I live in Davenport too!! It's nice to see someone else in the area on here. Good luck with the vodka vice--I've got a beer one myself. If you can say one thing about the midwest--we like our alcohol lol!!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): FLAMINGUTENSILS
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:ARY
3. Age & Sex: 27-F
4. General Location:PALM BEACH, FL
5. Married? Single?COMPLICATED
6. Kids? Furbabies?PROUD PARENT
7. Favorite color? PURPLE
8. Favorite movie? BETTER OFF DEAD
9. Hobbies? POOL PLAYING, DANCING, COOKING
10. Favorite Snack? GRAPE TOMATOES
11. Favorite Beverage? DR PEPPER
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? GETTING UP OUT OF RUT TO EXCERSICE
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 125 LBS
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? DISHES/OVEN CLEANING
15. How did you find Calorie Count? I DECIDED TO START CALORIE COUNTING ON MY OWN TO TRY AND LOSE WHEIGHT, AND THIS SITE WAS NUMBER ONE ON THE SEARCH ENGINE
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I HAVE LOST 9 LBS SINCE I JOINED! YAY!!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):cdavis0402
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: cd
3. Age & Sex: 43 / Female
4. General Location: Maryland
5. Married? Single? Married 23 yrs
6. Kids? Furbabies? 3 sons; 1 dog
7. Favorite color? blue
8. Favorite movie? Somethings Gotta Give
9. Hobbies? Boating, Entertaining
10. Favorite Snack? anything salty and crunchy
11. Favorite Beverage? cocktails
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? myself
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? Goal weight 140 (35 pds to go); Fitness Goal to exercise daily.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Mopping Floors
15. How did you find Calorie Count? through a chat group on prevention.com
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? CC is an awesome resource!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): broker_nyc
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: NJ
3. Age & Sex: 40 Female
4. General Location: New York City
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies? Cat
7. Favorite color? Orange
8. Favorite movie? The Devil Wears Prada
9. Hobbies? Visiting Open houses, renovating homes, dancing
10. Favorite Snack? frozen yogurt
11. Favorite Beverage? water
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? motivation to work out alone
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 130
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Laundry
15. How did you find Calorie Count? google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? So happy I found this site... what a great way to get accurate information.  Thanks!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): lizzey
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:Lizzey
3. Age & Sex:  20/Female
4. General Location: Alabama
5. Married? Single? Single (engaged soon?)
6. Kids? Furbabies? A Bearded Dragon, Moonshine
7. Favorite color? Pink
8. Favorite movie? I don't have a favorite... Chicago maybe?
9. Hobbies? Flag Football, Ceramics, Sewing
10. Favorite Snack? Popcorn
11. Favorite Beverage? Coke
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? I snack too much and don't have time to exercise like I would like
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 130s
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Mopping
15. How did you find Calorie Count? google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? not right now :)

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): ratinhat88
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Lucia
3. Age & Sex: 19, female
4. General Location: NC
5. Married? Single? Living with boyfriend, we've been together for  five years but aren't married.
6. Kids? Furbabies? One furbaby--a guinea pig named Rickets.
7. Favorite color? Purple and dark red
8. Favorite movie? The Green Mile
9. Hobbies? Singing, playing guitar, writing, working out, hanging out with my old man, eating.  I love to eat and try out new recipes.
10. Favorite Snack? Peanut butter and jelly
11. Favorite Beverage? Diet Coke
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Finding time to go to the gym, seeing as how I'm a student and always going to school and studying.
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? Maintain my weight and stay in smokin' shape.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? All of them.  Probably laundry.
15. How did you find Calorie Count? Looking up calories for something online.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I love this website!  I love the support everyone offers each other.  It's so motivating!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  soy_vey
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:  Mariah
3. Age & Sex: 21, female
4. General Location: The lovely state of Oregon
5. Married? Single? Single
6. Kids? Furbabies? Nein. I have a few plants but I think I'm killing those too..
7. Favorite color? Dark reds, purple, shades of gray
8. Favorite movie? I love so many.. I'm a huge documentary fan.
9. Hobbies? Reading, hiking, long walks, politics.
10. Favorite Snack? watermelon
11. Favorite Beverage? Coffee, chai tea lattes.
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? I eat when I'm bored.
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 125 lbs.. 3.5 more to go!
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Washing the bathroom floor/scrubbing the tub
15. How did you find Calorie Count? By accident when I was searching for calorie counts of random foods.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  I love this website!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): egrabowski

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

3. Age & Sex: 42, Male

4. General Location: New Hampshire, US

5. Married? Single? Happily married

6. Kids? Furbabies?2 Kids (daughter 13, son 15)

7. Favorite color? earth colors (greys, browns, tans, greens)

8. Favorite movie? any 007 movie

9. Hobbies? Computers, Guitar, Video Games

10. Favorite Snack? mmm pizza

11. Favorite Beverage? Stoli vodka, club soda & lime

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Not exercising enough

13. Weight/Fitness Goal? My current weight (157) but more muscle, flatter tummy

14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Weed Trimming

15. How did you find Calorie Count? google

16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~hbash8
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:~~~~~~HaRRiEt
3. Age & Sex: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Soon 2 be 22

4. Location~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chicagoland Area
5. Married? Single?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Single
6. Kids? Furbabies?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NoNe
7. Favorite color?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Blue
8. Favorite movie?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Too many!

9. Hobbies?~~~~~~~~~~ Sports, shopping, parties, friends, restaurants
10. Favorite Snack?~~~~~~~~~Yoplait fat free KEY LIME PIE! I love it
11. Favorite Beverage?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?~~~~~~~~~~~~Working/family biz
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?~~~~~~~~~~~~~Reach my ultimate goal in one year
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bathrooms
15. How did you find Calorie Count?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Googling
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? ~~~~~~~~~~~~I'll get back to ya!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  havok011
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: havok011
3. Age & Sex: 23 M
4. General Location: VA
5. Married? Single?  Single
6. Kids? Furbabies?  Not that I know of
7. Favorite color?    babyblue
8. Favorite movie?   SLC Punk
9. Hobbies?  Gym
10. Favorite Snack?  Granola Bars
11. Favorite Beverage? V8
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  Lose another 20 - 30lbs
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?  Mowing the yard
15. How did you find Calorie Count?  Bored at work and decided to surf the web
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):z_1983
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:Z
3. Age & Sex: 23, Female
4. General Location:Washington
5. Married? Single?Boyfriend
6. Kids? Furbabies?None
7. Favorite color?many....Pink, black,gold,red.....
8. Favorite movie?Gladiator, Braveheart, 300, Martial Arts movies
9. Hobbies??? trying to make it working out..:)
10. Favorite Snack?chips
11. Favorite Beverage?red wine
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? motivation, portion control
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? lose 18 pounds
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? putting laundry away
15. How did you find Calorie Count?surfing the net
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Norris0706
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Norris
3. Age & Sex: 28 female
4. General Location: Canada
5. Married? Single? Almost engaged
6. Kids? Furbabies? Nothing
7. Favorite color? Blue
8. Favorite movie? A Room with a View
9. Hobbies? WEights, running, flute
10. Favorite Snack? Very hard but probably yogurt and grape nuts
11. Favorite Beverage? Diet Grape Crush
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Not giving in to cravings
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? I'm going to do my first Figure Competition next year!!
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Laundry
15. How did you find Calorie Count? looking up calories on the internet
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? Not really

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Bether_Gee
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Beth or Bethers is fine, I get both.
3. Age & Sex: 22, female
4. General Location: Minnesota
5. Married? Single? In a relationship
6. Kids? Furbabies? none.
7. Favorite color? Black and red
8. Favorite movie? Almost Famous
9. Hobbies? Reading, watching movies, going to concerts
10. Favorite Snack? popcorn
11. Favorite Beverage? v8 and green tea
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? No motivation
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? To lose 20 lbs, and feel sexy ina bathing suit!
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? dishes
15. How did you find Calorie Count? I was looking for healthy recipes
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I am very excited about this website!

1. Clover29

2. Mary

3. 45 Female

4. Virginia, USA

5. Married (24 1/2 years)

6. 5 Kids, all grown... 8 grand Kids

7. Green

8. Always.... Holly Hunter, Richard Dryfus

9.  Used to be fishing... now trying to loose weight I guess.... Not much else I can  do at this point.

10. fat free yogurt rasberry and white chocolate 0 Fat 0 Sugar and only 60 cal

11. Ice Water.... LOTS AND LOTS of ICE

12. Replacement Hip and broken body and spirit...

13 to get to be 135 lb by  April 19,2009 My 26th Wedding anniversery

14. Dusting

15.  As a pop up on my home page... Thought I would take a look and that was that.

16.  I am realy new at all of this any any helpful hints would be a god send at this point.  Their is no one in my home with a weight problem except me  260 lb and only 5 foot five makes me the odd man out.  My husband is 5'9 and 135 lb my youngest son 22 is 5'11 and 155 lb.  My other children live in other states.  I have no friends or family here... we just moved here a year ago and I have not made any friends due to my phyical problems and while we are at it I feel to ugly and fat to try and go out and make any friends...

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):fibbles
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:fee
3. Age & Sex: 47 female
4. General Location:n.z
5. Married? Single?relationship
6. Kids? Furbabies?2 children
7. Favorite color?blue
8. Favorite movie?titantic
9. Hobbies?walkin and gardening,sport
10. Favorite Snack?cheese
11. Favorite Beverage?coffee
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?cheese
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?60kg
14. Least Favorite Household Chore. cleaning the shower
15. How did you find Calorie Count?my daughter
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):fibbles
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:fee
3. Age & Sex: 47 female
4. General Location:n.z
5. Married? Single?relationship
6. Kids? Furbabies?2 children
7. Favorite color?blue
8. Favorite movie?titantic
9. Hobbies?walkin and gardening,sport
10. Favorite Snack?cheese
11. Favorite Beverage?coffee
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?cheese
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?60kg
14. Least Favorite Household Chore. cleaning the shower
15. How did you find Calorie Count?my daughter
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?