Welcome to the Group

Welcome! We would love get to know you, so please tell us a little bit about yourself. You can choose any format you'd like, but most of us here share some or all of the following details:

1. History with weight loss:
2. History with Calorie Count:
3. Reason for joining this group:
4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:

And now just go ahead and make that first post!

Hey everyone!

My name is Maya. I'm new to this site. Last year, I weighed in at 160 and lost 30 pounds. This summer, I was traveling/ vacationing for 3-4 months and I gained a bit back. I'm currently 144 and I still have 24 more pounds to go. I wanted to create a team to motivate each other to lose our weight for good!! I hope you all are with me and a driven to get healthy. Best of luck to all of you on your weight loss. If anyone has any questions/ comments, let me know.

Hi, my name is Lynn. I'm been counting calories for a year and a half now. I started off at 226 pounds, in March of last year, and after working hard on losing the weight. I've lost over 78 pounds and still counting on losing more.
Current weight is 146.... Hope it doesn't change .. TOM :0) 

I've been known about this sight, and was here before, and lost all my info. Well I thought that if my account here was non active for a year or more, then I will lose it, but I guess not. Found an old post I posted a while back still floating around. Anyway... I lost track of what I was doing.. (Fell off the wagon), and didn't come back until I had it down pat. Here I am a year later.. My reason for joining this group is. I've been trying to push pass the fact that I don't like the way I look naked, and not only that. I just want to get to the point of where... I love everything about me... Go I feel this group will give me the tools and the support I need in moving forward on that.

Interesting thing about me. I'm a mother of 3, and is getting married sometime next year. No date has been set, but the month is June.. I love lifting weights. I am a family caregiver.. I give care to families who needs me.. Not only that.. My biggest client for the past month has been my great uncle. He has cancer, and I work closely with him and the doctor to make sure he gets the best care.  I have 4 dogs, and one of them just had puppies.. Out of all 9 of the puppies.. 4 of them if not 5 have blues eyes, and I love each and everyone of them.. I hate to give them away, and since x mas times is on they way... We are trying to find families who wants to bring home a puppy for x mas for there child. We are only giving away 6 of them... I love family, and I am very supportive, and I always put God first.. My love for him is greater than ever.. I go by... Let go and let god have.. This weight loss would have never been possible. He is the reason why I lost the amount of weight I've lost.

Thank you for having me...

~Lynn

Hey All,

 

This seems like a cool group.  My name is Marie.  I began having weight issues during college.  Working and school work and putting my health on the back burner...not good at all.

I joined this summer.  I have more than 100lbs to loose.  But that's okay!!  I'm well on my way.  I've already lost about 30lbs.

 

I've recently went back to school  Major:Quality Assurance.  Thinking of going to USC for post grad Major: Industrial Engineering

 

 

Hi Everyone,

      My name is Michael.  I am 39 soon to be 40.   Ever since college I have been putting on and taking off the pounds but for the last few years, the scale only seems to go in on direction - Up.  I have not been a big fan of calorie counts just watching what I eat and exercising more if I need to.  However with today demands and busy schedule, that is harder to do.  I joined this group because I want to lose over 100 pounds and know I need some help.  So --- Help from anyone who can help me.  I do know that the only one who can truely help you is yourself but I thought some other people might help.  I am married with 3 kids, a dog and cat.  Love the outdoors although I never seem to get out as much as I would like.  Always seems to tied to a computer at some point in time.  Spend hours trying to figure out who I got by without the internet.  By summer time I want to be able to take the shirt off and not be scare small children.  :]  

Hello Everyone...and Happy New Years!

I am back on CC...I started last January in an effort to figure out my eating habits/calorie intake/etc. and started working out on a regular and consistent basis.   I kept up with the eating right and working out part and lost 30lbs.  I am back on CC to re-assess my food intake (esp. after the binging of the holiday season) and get back on track for this year.  I really just want to loose another 15lbs by April 13th, which is just in time for my cruise to the Caribbean, I need to just tone up a few trouble spots and of course Look Better Naked!

Regards,

Gina

Hi, I'm Kristen

I like the idea of this group ... who doesn't want to look better naked?? I have always been slightly overweight but as I gain it all over my body, it doesn't really show a lot. However, it seems as I am getting older that its starting to show more in the love handles and stomach (I usually carry most of my weight in my lower half). I am determined to lose 25 pounds by the summer. I am currently at 175 and hope to 150. Once I reach that goal I will try for another 10-15 pounds, but I'm going with baby steps for now.

Looking forward to you guys helping me and to give any help I can!

Hi everbody,

My goal is to lose fat and gain musle. I am 6' 185 pounds and have been counting calories and working out alot. I am down from 230.

Hello, Everyone!

I actually found this site through Runner's World. I originally wanted to just use it to track calories, but then it was suggested by the site that I would do well with support groups, and I'm loving it! My history with weight loss is somewhat complicated.  I'm 5'7," 26 and athletic.  I didn't really struggle with my weight these past three years b/c I had to maintain a 130 average in order to compete as a lightweight rower.  I finally quit this past fall after training at the elite level for 4 years and - mainly from being burned out. I quickly put on all the weight that took me forever to lose!  I haven't stepped on the scale yet, but I will venture to it tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I'm around 145 now.  I'd like to lose around 15-17 pounds by my birthday, May 8th.  I think that would be a nice birthday present to myself.

 

 

My goal, since the first of the year,  is to drop the pounds that have accumulated around my waste.  On Jan 1 I weighed 187, and when I stepped on the scales for my regular Sunday weigh-in I was 176, so the 1600 calorie daily limit and the 6-day-per-week sessions on the treadmill seem to be paying off.  I have a small frame and want to get back down to around 150-155 lbs.  I write in a journal almost every day which helps to pat me on the back when I stick to my goals and also serves to get me back on track when I stray.  While a daily food journal can be a pain in the neck, it really helps to remind me of what I've eaten all day.

I'm 26, 5' 3", 145lbs.

As a kid I was skinny and short.

Up to the age of thirdteen I was a normal weight.

Fourteen I stopped being active and I started to gain.

By fifteen I was five pounds over the healthy range (like I am now).

I started working before my sixteenth birthday. I was 15 pounds overweight.

By seventeen I was 35lbs overweight. October 1999 I was 180.

 

January 2000 I didn't even weight myself I was so huge. But by the pictures I was definately pushing 200!

Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, the weight started to drop. For the life of me I don't know what I did. I barely noticed but for people telling me that I looked good. That motivated me to diet. That and dating, really.

So I started starving myself. I binged and purged too. I got back down to 165-155 ish most of the time.

2001 I was 19 and I started to get really depressed. I dropped back down to 140-145 all the way until 2003 when I met my boyfriend.

After a whirlwind nine-month courtship we moved in together. That was when I gained another 20lbs from stress-eating and doing my binging, but not my starvation diets. I loved him, but I had never been that close to anyone and I have issues, so it was stressful.

I broke up with him and moved away and lost ten lbs.

I moved back cause I missed him and realized that I had better face my closeness phobias. Throughout our relationship I have been anywhere from 130-167. My weight loss/gain has been for varied reasons from inspiration to fear.

I know I binge eat to ground myself because I'm nuts. So, I approach my diet as such.

I just joined calorie count at the beginning of my diet, March 8th. I am supposed to eat 1300 calories a day to reach my goal of 120lbs by July 13th, 2009.

I joined this group because I look okay in clothes. By medical standards I am less than 5lbs overweight and in perfect health. But when I see my body naked or in a bikini...I cringe. I am a flabby flabberton.

I hate exercise cause I was forced to do it as a kid, but there are a few kind of exercise I like now. Yoga, hula-hooping, rebounding, and walking and biking to places (not as exercise necessarily, but to use my body). I hoped to find a group that will make me feel motivated to tone up and tighten up and look better, not just in clothes, but out of them as well!

I make couture and historical corsets and work in a clothing boutique for a living. I have a second job at an organic farm. I have two cats Synderella, 13, and Seraph, 8. I live with my boyfriend again in a beautiful house and our relationship is doing really well-lots of communication, support and trust going around between both of us these days! I have a little sister who is married and step-mom to a beautiful three year old, my niece, Natalee, whom I adore. And I have a brother who is about to move back and I'm very excited. My mom lives in Coronado, Ca, My Dad in  Elmo, Tx, My sister+her family, myself, and soon to be my brother in Nashville, Tn.

I'm going hiking in about an hour.

Now you know all about me.

 

 

Hi,to everyone in this group. I'm 23, 5'7",current weight 130lbs.

I feel like i was on some diet all my life! When i was in high school i was quite depressed and started gaining weight.As a result i became huge! I stopped weighing myself,because i was scared of the scale... That's when i decided that i need to be fit-even though i was constantly disappointed by my effords and tried all kinds of diets i could find! For the last 5 years i managed to loose about 15lbs.

I was not pleased with my progress-there were times when i simply gave up and ate everything i wanted...Then i would hate myself and start some diet and loose everything i gained.... So,as a result i i stopped the diets...and now i try to avoid a lot of foods. This actually works for me-for the last 2 weeks i managed to loose 8 pounds which is a huge success compared to my previous experience...

I recently joined CC and according to my plan i will reach my goal of 115lbs. in June. I am very happy that i found CC,because it is quite useful and i can manage planning my meals and exercise and keep track of my progress... And the reason to join this group is because i really hate the way i look without clothes! I hope that will change in the near future :)Here i hope to find the motivation to continue my epic fight with the extra pounds i have!

I live by the sea and my home town is a summer resort,so you can imagine how difficult summer can be for me! All those people with perfect bodies,walking down the streets only with swimming suits can do wonders to your self-esteem!!! I have one sister, a cat and a shar-pei,named Wrinkle, who is even lazier than me. :) he hates to get dirty and wet,so i have quite a problem when i try to take him for a walk on the beach! In the end, i am usually running on the beach and he is waiting me on the alley-quite comical you may say! :) I'm a student-major marketing-and during summer i work in a firm distributing beverages in my home town. So,that's almost all about me...

Good luck to everyone with their goals :)

 

Hi, everyone!!!!

 My name is Marti. I am 22 (soon to be 23) and I have been married a couple years to a wonderful man. I also have the most amazing 10 month old son, riley, ever!!! lol Well just so you know some of my stats: my current weight is 125, when i joined calorie count I was 132 pounds. My goal weight is 119pounds.

1. History with weight loss: I have struggled with my weight ever since I was a teen and even though my highest weight was 145 (before prego), that was far too high for my build since I am a small framed 5ft 8 in person. I have found that I look better at around 119lbs...I tend to look toned and healthy at that weight whereas any higher and I start to look fat lol.
2. History with Calorie Count: I am fairly new to calorie count. I joined a few weeks ago and am now taking the time to try and find the group that is right for me.
3. Reason for joining this group: Well I would love to have the support of others in my quest to get back down to my best weight ever and I would honestly love to finally feel confident in myself whether its in public or in the bedroom (my lack of self esteem tends to get in the way of a normal love life for a married couple lol).
4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests: Well, I have been working on cars ever since I was a little girl (thanks to the fact that my father is a mechanic who never had a son lol) and I absolutely love it!!! Although that isn't my job, it IS my favorite hobby :-D 

Hey I'm B, female and 24. I'm 5'4", around 145lbs (crappy scale) and my goal is 120/125lbs. My measurements are B-36 W-28 H-37. IT sounds vain I know but I want to stop being the "chubby, cute" girl and be the "hot, sexy" girl. And I want to do this by summer!! {for sure this time not like last summer!} I feel like I am stuck at this weight and that for some reason I will never loose it! Any help will be very appreciated! :D. I joined CC to loose weight and get in shape before I went to Europe with my boyfriend. I got down to 135 but gained it all back while I was there (you can read my journal entry about that!!!) Im very into creative things like painting and drawing. I also like swimming but just cant seem to find the motivation to get to the pool! Plus I feel I little shy right now in by bathing suit.

Hey everyone, I'm Jennifer. I just turned 20 march 21 and I am sick of struggling with my weight. I'm 5'9" and weigh 165. I've been insecure about my body since I can remember. I was a normal sized kid until I was about 10 when I got pretty chubby. When I hit 8th grade I decided to start taking laxatives and skip meals, sometimes go days with out eating. Eventually I stopped the laxatives and took pure ephedrine, ate very little, and exercised a lot. When I got sick of starving myself, I would purge on occasion. I looked good and was thin all through high school, and then I came to college and gained quite a bit of weight. I no longer have any eating disorders, I still exercise and I eat healthy, but I suck at portion control. I accept my body, and I'm in pretty good shape, but I wear a size 10 and I would my goal size is to be a 6 and weigh around 140lbs. I really don't want to struggle anymore, and I want to look hot!

I've been on calorie count on and off for about a year, and I've lost about 6lbs. But I haven't been that dedicated to watching my calories, and I really hope this group can help motivate me.

As for interesting details about me.... I'm 20 and I'm currently finishing up with my undergraduate prerequisites for chiropractic school (only 20 more hours to go after this semester!... and then another 4 years for chiropractic college), and i really want to have my weight and eating habits under control by the time I go to chiropractic school. I'm really into nutrition and I like to eat healthy, and I love learning about the body. It's just a really exciting subject to me, and I really want to me a model of health for my patients when I finish school and start practicing. I love exercising and I love learning about it. And I can't wait to be able to fix people's injuries and what not.

 

Haylo!

My name is Steph.  I'm 19, nearly 20 now, and I have been dieting since Summer last year, when I scared myself, reaching my worst weight of 215.  I knew then that I had to do something about it before it got any worse.  I started doing more exercise and got a new job that has me running around all the time.  The weight began to drop off, slowly, but for sure.  Then I found CC and started calorie counting.  I now have a calorie allowance of 1350 and am now down to 162.  My goal is to reach between 135-140.

The reason for joining this group, is that even though I have lost a lot of weight, and have dropped two clothing sizes in the last 6 months, I still find difficulty toning up and hate the way my body looks naked.  I've been told I look great clothed, but I'm terrified of my boyfriend seeing me naked now.  My belly has gone down, but won't tone up.  I'm hoping for that extra moral support and help if possible.

About me, I live with my parents still, have a dog and a cat that keep me on my toes and like to go biking when I have time, or if the weather's any good.  But I must admit, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer after work, writing my books.  I know that I could do with cutting back there.  Haha.

But that's me.  :)

Hi! My name is Meredith and I joined today to keep track of my intake for my doctor since I was recently diagnosed with a thyroid disorder. I am the mother of to beautiful little boys, age 7 1/2 and almost 2. After both of my pregnancies I lost the weight relatively easily, but in the last 4 months I have gained almost 64 pounds for absolutely no reason. I started out at a very unhealthy weight of 110 lbs (I am 5'10") before my pregnancies, and evened out as I got older to a much healthier 150-160. I eat an almost entirely whole foods diet, mostly whole grains, veggies, fruits and lean protein. At the time of my weight loss, I was maintaining an approximately 1600 calorie diet, so I lowered that to 1000 calories and still continued to gain rapidly. At a distressing weight of 222 I finally went to the doctor who told me I have a very under active thyroid. I was put on medication at the beginning of April and have lost 17 lbs in 3 weeks! I am 205 right now, which is still heavier than I have ever been (even at 9 months pregnant!), but its amazing how its just falling off! Hopefully it will come off as quickly as it went on, though I'm very willing to work as hard as I need to for as long as I need to to get back to where I was.

Just for the record, I have never judged my body by the size I wear. Being a very tall female with big boobs and large hips, sizes don't mean anything. As a teenager I had a drug problem and weighed 110 pounds, which was so drastically underweight for my height that I stopped having a period and I STILL wore a size 8 in pants and a 10 in dresses. There are a few girls on this site that are tall and comment on how they wanna be a size 0 or 2 and they need to know that these sizes are based on a 5'4" model. Don't worry about numbers, worry about how you feel and how toned your body is.

 

Hi Everyone! I am a memeber of a couple of other groups here on CC. This one has definately caught my attention though. One of the reasons I am so determined to lose the weight this time is I want to look HOT when I crawl into bed with my fiance!

I have lost the weight in the past. When I was in high school gym class I quit eating meat and droped 60 pounds. Then I got pregnant. Well two kids later and I am much heavier than I want to be.

I am a mother of two and stepmother to three. Although I am only 25 years old I often feel much older. So I am determined to get down to a healthy weight so I feel comfortable going out to the bars or clubs with my honey.

I am a stay at home mom. I like to read and am starting to enjoy getting outside and getting physical again. CC has been a huge help. I look forward to getting to know all of you! Good Luck!

Hi all!  I'm Lindsay and love the idea of looking better naked - who doesn't?!?  I'm pretty sure at one point I looked pretty good naked, but that has since changed.  (Hence why I'm on this site.  Ha.) 

Anyway, I gained my first bit of weight my first year in college back in 1998, lost it and then some and looked pretty good for quite a few years.  Then about 5-6 years ago I started packing it back on slowly, and couldn't figure out why - I was working out 4-5x a week and eating healthy.  What gives?  So as the years went on and I kept gaining weight, I kind of gave up on myself.  And now here I am - 240 pounds and really pissed off about it! 

But it turns out it wasn't all my fault - about 2 years ago I was diagnosed with two large brain aneurysms and a very large benign brain tumor.  All three things were sitting near or on top of my pituitary gland, which was causing it to overproduce all sorts of fun stuff - hormones and cortisol especially.  The hormones made me crabby and emotional - which made me overeat.  The cortisol is a natural steroid in your body - however, I was producing three times the normal amount a person my age should have!  So combine all of that crap with me giving up on myself and I found myself in weight-gain hell!

Fast forward to now - the aneurysms and tumor have been treated, I go in twice a year for follow ups and everything is looking great.  So now I'm motivated to really get it in gear - I have a new lease on life, right?  However, now I find out that I have high triglycerides and semi-high cholesterol.  Yay.  I'm on medicine for both, but this is ridiculous - I'm only 28!  I don't buy bad food at the grocery store, but do tend to lose all willpower when I'm eating out or at work.  I have a perfectly good gym in my apartment complex that's FREE, a Wii system at home, a dog to walk and plenty of Tae-Bo tapes to jump around to.  So what's my problem?! 

I'm here because I'm 28 years old, 5'6" and I weigh about 240 pounds.  That's not right.  I'm wasting the best years of my life being fat.  Almost all of my best friends are in shape, or pretty close to it, and look cute every time we go out.  I'm tired of shopping because let's face it - there's not much out there for the plus-sized girl unless you want to look like you're wearing some God-awful, polyester-potato-sack creation.  I'm also tired of being the funny, cool,      &nbs p;  pretty-faced girl (with the big boobs - geez) that every guy loves hanging around.  Just not in THAT way.  The date nights for me are getting far and few in between! 

I'm tired of letting my weight hold me back - I know what I can do because I was in shape once and I liked all of me then.  I like my body when it's in shape.  I'm strong, super curvy and have a pretty decent butt - and I'm proud of it!  So I have to find that girl again, because I know she's in here somewhere.  And I'm hoping by joining this site, I can do just that.  ;)

 

 

 

Hey Pandia! You are fired up girl! Good for you. Id like it if your attitude rubbed off on me. I am motivated but I think you'll put me to shame. Feel free to check out my profile and buddy me. We can keep each other motivated! Cant wait to get to know you! Good luck and keep that attitude goin and you will definately succeed.

Ha - I know, right?  Sometimes that crazy "I can do anything" attitude comes out!  I love it and wish it would come around when I really want to go eat Taco Bell, you know? 

I have just been trying to get to know this site.  I adore the Cal. Counter - that's awesome.  I've done that before and really works b/c it holds you accountable for every little thing you eat, as long as you're honest about it!

Good luck to you as well - let's keep each other posted on everything!