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!

Hello, I am Aprylle~

I have been attempting to jump on the weight loss wagon for about five years now.... following the birth of my first child whom I cannot place the blame. I totally lost all of my childbearing weight only to gain it back again. THIS IS  THE FINAL STRAW!  This is my first week of calorie count. Honestly, I joined this  group out of acceptance..! I am newly thirty as of July.  Landmark birthdays are usually the ones that motivate me to "do something"! So here I am.

1. I've been a vegetarian for 5 years now and it seems to keep me on a steady weight. I've used it as a cover up from a possible e/d.

2. No history with this site yet. I'm still a newbie.

3.  Reason 4 joining is to get motivated again for that size 00.

4. I'm a private person and really would rather keep personal info. personal. No offence.Though, you can see what I look like I just don't like personal stuff out there in no where land.

Hi everyone!!!

1. History with weight loss:

I was always the super skinny girl, never had to watch what I ate or exercise until my 20s, when the weight started piling on. Because I had always been thin I didn't know how to diet successfully. I really piled on more weight in my early 30s. When I turned 33 I wanted to have a great year but I was 20-30 lbs heavier than where I am comfortable and super unhappy.

Then it just changed ....  I was tired of being unhappy. My whole perspective changed ... I wanted to be happy and needed to make it happen for myself.

I lost some weight just due to the bare bones basics of healthy eating I already knew about, but wanted to lose more and wanted to be able to sustain it.

Hence how I found CC and then my education started. I learned that healthy food can be delicious and you can still have your treats. I learned the meaning of calories and how much I should be eating. The weight slid off.

I lost 30 lbs in 6 months and have kept it off for a year now. I completely changed my attitude towards food. I educated myself about health.

I have never felt better.

2. History with Calorie Count:

Joined in May 2007 and haven't looked back!!

3. Reason for joining this group:

I am in my 30s!

4. Some interesting details about yourself:

I am getting married next week!!!

Hi, I'm Lulu. I am 32 years old. I am a Stay at Home mom (I formed a stay at home moms group if anyone is interested) of four children. My oldest is 4, boy/girl twins who just turned 3 and the baby is four months. I had an emotional pregnancy and gained ALOT of weight. I joined CC a few months ago because I need to lose fifty pounds. I am a shortie so every pound counts. I am working on the Couch to 5k program, currently on week 4. It is super hard but I am going to make it!  I think I am concentrating more on exercise right now than diet. One thing at a time. Nice to "meet" you all!

Hello everyone.  I just turned 31 and have 3 kids ages 14 girl, 10 boy, 4 boy.  I never had a problem with losing weight when I was younger.  I was always too skinny, not by choice.  I had to eat a lot of calories to even maintain weight.  After my 3rd child I have had no problem gaining weight.  I found myself just sitting around every night not really doing anything but watching tv and eating junk food.  Also I found that the portion sizes I was used to eating I was still eating.  Not good especially since the kids all were yelling at me for taking up the whole couch every night! 

My close family is the only support I get because whenever I mention it to anyone they say, "Why are you trying to lose weight you look ok to me" or something along those lines and sure tight fitting jeans can do a lot.  But as soon as I get that bathing suit on I feel really bad about myself for letting this happen.

I'm 5'7" and when I started diet and exercise I was 141 lbs.  Not huge to some people I know, but enough for me.  My goal weight is somewhere around 130 but muscle weight of course is more so I don't know.  I just want to have my nice body back.  I eat between 1300 - 1700 calories per day and walk or bicycle most days and also do pilates or exercise ball exercises to build back the muscle that I have lost. 

My husband and I are going on our first trip to Mexico in March so that seems like enough time to do it with hard work.  I am glad to be a part of this group because I need a lot of encouragement.  It's much easier to sit on the couch and eat extra butter popcorn!!!!

Hi all. I am soon to be 32 years old, newly married with a beautiful 7 yr old daughter. My husband is in the military and we just relocated to Illinois in June from  sunny, beautiful California. Since then I have been out of work, eating from depression and boredom so I've put even more weight on my already overburdened frame. I'm 5'5" and 180lbs, my goal is to be down to 130 by June 2009 for our 1 yr anniversary trip/honeymoon. I just started Calorie Counter + today and I can't wait to get started. I joined this site because although I have an amazing husband who supports my decision to live a healthier lifestyle but would love me even if I didn't, I need other people in my life that are going through the same thing to talk to as well.

Hello, Everyone!  I am halfway between 32 and 33, living in Rome, Georgia, with my husband of 9 years (in October), and our four dogs: Elyzabeth, Napoleon, Phoebe-Jo, and Lauren.

I came across Calorie Count when doing a Google search for accepting myself. My body?  Hmmm.  We have a love/hate relationship. Unfortunately, more hate than love.  I am currently 5'7 and weight, as of this morning, 156.8 pounds.

I have had weight and body-image issues for as long as I can remember.  When I was a senior in high school in 1994, my doctor diagnosed me with a hypothyroidism.  I was placed on medicine and told to eat three times a day and drink a lot of water. I spend the summer before college walking and doing what the doctor instructed and I lost 30 pounds, going from 190 pounds to 160.  I have been up and down since.

I maintained this first loss for about 2 years, then I met the love of my life, Fred. I was comforable with him and over the course of our year and a half relationship, I gained up to 180.  On May 23, 1997, my beloved Fred was killed in a motor vehicle accident.  In my grief, I stopped eating pretty much.  I went from 180 to 160. 

In November 1998, I met my wonderful husband, Donnie.  I maintained this weight for a while, but then got comfortable with him and gained, and gained...when we were married in October 1999, I weight in at my all-time highest of 225 pounds.  We did not have any health insurance, so I was unable to maintain my thryoid prescription and this was not helping.

In 2002 or 2003, when Metabolife because a hot item, I started taking it.  I dropped again to 160.  I walked, watched what I ate, and maintained this loss until early 2004, I started gaining again.  When we moved from New York State to Georgia in June of 2004, I was back up to 180.  Donnie was driving a truck and had weird hours.  When we moved into our first home in February 2005, I found myself again at 225. 

This time I carried this weight until when in June of 2006, I was driving down the road in Rome, and saw a sign outside a tae kwon do school that was for Plus-size women.  It was a class called Kick, punch, and crunch.  That Friday, I stopped by the school and meet with Master Seo.  I wanted to join kick punch and crunch.  He managed to talk me into taking regular tae kwon do, too.  From that day until late last year, I was at tkd all of the time, concentrating more on kick punch, than on class.  Through this, and watching what I ate, and drinking water, I went from 225 to 153.  A size 20w to a 10/12!

I have since changed jobs and cannot go to class every night.  Also, I am now a brown belt, and just over 2 years from obtaining my black belt in Tae kwon do.  I have gone back up a little bit.  I still drink my water, and try really hard to watch what I eat without depriving myself.

I am happy to be at the weight that I am, but I still don't like myself.  I want a flatter tummy.  I am severly self-conscious of my body.  I am a little extreme in the way I eat.  I doubt I take in 2000 calories a day.  I am now panicked because I am going up on the scale again.  I see myself as nothing other than that 225 pound woman who feels realy ugly. 

I don't think I am here to necessarily lose weight.  I would still like a flatter tummy.  2 years of tkd has toned up my body and given me muscles I did not know that I could have, but I still have a fat tummy.  I keep telling myself if I can get it off, I will be an amazing martial artists.  I have developed strength and balance through tae kwon do, but I still don't like myself.

I am hopeful that I will someday learn to like, and dare I say even love myself.  I want to look in the mirror and see myself as pretty.  I want to appreciate my body.  I want to have a day where I don't think about how big I think I feel or look.  I want to feel like I am worth something.  I am sick of feeling less than.

I want to use my knowledge of my beloved tae kwon do to empower young girls and help them to love their bodies.  I need to love my own first.

I think that is all for today.

 

Teresa (kickchick1012)

Hello all, I've just turned 39 and am not looking forward to 40 at all. I'm 175 with a hw of 212 and gw of 135

I was a very thin child (due to the way my mother cooked for us) I didn't gain weight until after the birth of my 3rd child. I lost the extra pounds from that pg the wrong way, had a 4th child and lost that weight in the wrong way as well. PPD hit after the birth of my 4th and I BALLOONED to an all time high of 212 (a 94 lb gain) I lost the first 10 without even trying and yo yo'd back and forth for two years, this June I got serious. I've lost 37 lbs total and have 40 left. I found CC in early July and have been addicted ever since. I joined this group because I've been looking for 30 somethings since my first post, this may be mean but I'm tired of getting posts from tweenys or 20 somethings that are just not within my realm of experience. We have gained such wonderful knowledge that only time and experience can give. I work full time outside the home in the dream career of my life. I am a civil servant in the Judicial System. (I love going to work) I am married to the love of my life and father of my 4 wonderful and very different boys. I wanted a girl but god said no, for now. I would like another child and hope for another boy. I have two dogs. Prinny and Mufasa (lhasa apso breeds) I'm at a crossroads of sort, we are at the point where we need to care for our parents and our children, we are moving to a farm to help care for dh parents (Alzheimer's). So I am very busy and loving every minute of it.

Hello everyone!  Ok let's see:

1. History with weight loss:

I was very skinny throughout high school.  In my early 20's the weight starting piling on.  I think I've tried just about every diet looking for the quick fix.  Some of them worked but were only temporary solutions.  The weight came back each time plus some.

2. History with Calorie Count:

Joined in Feb. 08 at 148 lbs.

3. Reason for joining this group:

I'm 38 and would like to talk to others with similar issues.

4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:

I have 4 children.  My oldest is a 9 yr. old daughter and I also have 7 1/2 yr. old triplets (a boy and 2 girls)!

Hi to All, 

My name is Linda I have been w/CC since July,  I weighed in at 167 on my birthday March 19.  trying to get back down to 135 where I felt the best. currently at 149  5' 7" .  I joined this group b/cause I am 30 something.  I am married I have 2 kids 14 and 12.  And my dog (Hummer)   

Hi Everyone,

I am Karen and I joined cc in July (I think) I have recently lost 100lbs and I feel unbelievable! Now I feel the real fight is on to maintain what I have done but not to loose any more weight. I started at 230 and now I am 127-132 on average. I have a 12 year old daughter and I manage a pub. I am interested in talking with people my age who are struggling with weight issues. I love reading the different forums as I will often be thinking about something or have a question and I will see someone with the same question or thought and I find it really comforting to know that there are people out there just like me. 

I lost my first twenty pounds in high school and did fairly well until I discovered alcohol.  And then it was pretty much over until I quit drinking.  I slowly gained and gained over the years, never truly giving up healthy eating and excercise, but consuming more than I was burning.  So, I quit alcohol, started eating healthy, and easily lost twenty pounds.  Then I went back on the booze and gained five back.  So now I've quit drinking again but can't stop with the binge eating and the brownies.  Grrr!  So I'm coming in here at 174, and would really like to get to 150.  I mean, of couse, 133 (CC goal weight) would be great, but it seems WAY down there.  So I'm just gonna work on 150 for now.

I have three large dogs and two cats, which definitely puts me in the category of one of those crazy animal people (only one dog is really mine, the others technically belong to my man but are weaseling their way into my heart). 

Thanks to everyone who posts here, by the way.  I, too, am not much of a poster, but I read everyone else's posts and its very helpful.

 

Hello to all the new members, great to have new friends my age to chat with.

weezy1975, 100 lbs THATS INCREDIBLE. How'd you lose the weight? I always like to hear other's weight loss journeys. I have a 12 yr old boy, I feel for ya. hee hee

Hi everyone. I have been a member at CC for a while now just been a silent lurker i guess. My history with weight loss is just about typical. I was a bean pole as a teen even after i had my first pregnancy at 17. I got married shortly after into a very bad marriage, well the weight came on slowly but it piled up fast. He was abuse and very possesive. I finally got away, but the weight stayed with me. After i left i was 180. I stayed that way until i met my second husband 4 years ago, unfortunately i lost my sister in an accident and more weight crept on. Not to mention more health problems for myself. This past February I just had enough of looking in the mirror and decided to change myself. I was 245 then, the most that i have ever weighed. It is now September and it is about 5 months later and i am down to 191. I want to get to 155 or 160. I think that is about right for my height. Some days are better than others, i do still hear my ex telling me how ugly and fat i am, and i do hear that one guy tell me "yeah you would be hot if you only could lose that weight".But I still keep going everyday.

More about my family, let's see I am married of course to a wonderful man. I am 34, i have one daughter, and am a stay at home mom/homeschool teacher.

I am not sure if I am doing this properly.  I joined CC just yesterday.  I have read through alot of posts and I hear all of you.  Mine seems typical these days.  I was thin until the birth of my first child at 23, then after a few years, more like 6 or so I finally dropped all the baby weight.  I had the world in my fingers.  I was single with a 6 yr old and very thin.  Then when I was 29 I met and married a man who was abusive and so on.  I have 3 more children for a total of 4.  However, because he was so abusive, I had to go through surgery after surgery to fix the damage to my back and body.  I figured that since I was fat from giving birth to a set a of twins and another single child.    Now I am 39 and rounding 40 quick and I have finally decided that its about time I get off my butt and lose the weight, or at least some of it.  I am very unhappy with the way I look so I decided that since I am about 100 lbs over weight that I would shoot for 100 lbs or less but at the very least 80 lbs.  I am 5'9 so my current weight is 237 im just sit about it.  I am hoping that anyone who reads this might be of some help on how to do this.  Any idea besides the obvious.  Please advise.

 

Michelle

Hi all!!  My name is Heather and I just turned 34--yikes!!  I have been a member of CC for quite a while, but have not participated much in the groups or "community" in general.  I had believed that I was "fat" since my teen years (when I was not overweight at all--rather, I was really active and on dance team).  I struggled with alcoholism for over 10 years.  In 2006, I came to a faith-based treatment program that saved my life, both physically and spiritually.  I am now finally dealing with the very real effects that long-term alcohol abuse had on my body--namely, it totally changed my metabolism.  I used to be bottom-heavy, but I now have fairly thin/muscular legs and carry most if not all of my extra weight "upstairs"--tummy, back, arms, its' so weird!!  Anyway, I weighed myself this a.m. and I currently weigh 191 which is about 60 pounds more than where I'd like to be.  I'm 5'4", and would like a fit and toned physique.  I'm looking forward to meeting y'all (I live in Texas, by the way ).  Also, I am a returning college student, and I work full-time at the aforementioned Christian treatment center.  I currently run the women's re-entry house there and work in administration.

Hey everyone.  Not much to tell, my name is Kenya and I will be turning 35 in about 2 weeks.  I joined CC about a year ago and fell off soon after.  During the short time I used CC I realized I had really bad eating habits and no kind of real exercise.  So now I am hitting 35 and I feel it is time to get myself together.  I carry the majority of my excess weight in the stomach area.  When I am not holding my stomach in (yes, I do that) I look like I could be about 4 months pregnant.  I realized my weight gain started when I started getting my Depo shot again.  So now I eat all of the time for no reason, it's like I am hungry all of the time.  So I am trying to control what I eat, instead of having a Haagen Dazs bar before bed, I try to eat an apple.  Basically, to make a long story short, I decided to start with CC again and stick with it. 

Hello!  Everyone,  It's Nice to meet all of you. 

Hi, 

As the nickname implies I am a restlessoul at heart.  I am happy to have found this website and this group.  Here's a bit about me:

1. History with weight loss:  I was always one of the bigger girls in school growing up and always felt ashamed.  Once done with high school and out in the working world a few years I discovered weightlifting which I absolutely LOVED.  I was muscular and toned. I joined a fire dept and became an internationally certified firefighter.   I felt good  and life was great. Fast forward ten years - married, working shift work, eating my way through life and no longer hanging out in a gym, I have gained enought weight to creep up over the 200lb mark (I'm 5'7").   I have been a weight watchers online member for about 6 years - at my best I had lost 25lbs, then some major personal crisis happened in my life - death of a family member.  I have not been able to make the connection work since.    I have a bookshelf (literally) full of diet & exercise books - and just can't seem to make it work.  

2. History with Calorie Count:  Stumbled upon CC while surfing diet sites one night.  What immediately grabbed my attention was that I actually get a true "nutritional breakdown" and oh yeah - its free??!!  Too good to be true ,  so good in fact that just this morning I cancelled that Weightwatchers membership.  Why pay when I have just as much info, if not more, for free?

3. Reason for joining this group:  Well, I'm over 30, and want to connect up with other people on this journey.   If there's other people out there like me I figure maybe we can help eachother over the hurdles?

4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:  As above - certified firefighter / EMT, which is almost embarrassing to admit because I have gained so much weight.   I work in industrial occupational Health and Safety now, currently a shift worker.  I was married last year at 33, no kids yet.  We have 2 dogs, one cat.  I love my garden and reading.  I like meeting new people and hope to make some new friends here.

Hello,

I am new to this website and so far have learned alot about the crap I eat.  I am a junk food junkie!! So there is my problem.  I am 6'2 and 208. I have 2 small children and a husband.  I have tried other weight loss websites but I have stuck to any of them for one reason or another. 

When I had my first child the baby weight came off easily, but with my second child the weight has not really gone anywhere, well anywhere good. 

To look at me (in clothes) I look pretty SKINNY, but I see myself naked and would like to look better, and feel better about myself.  So hopefully I can find with willpower to stick with this.

I  usually work out at home, with the WII and I really enjoy doing it.  I also use a pedometer at work--working at a busy orthopadeic office and constantly on my feet the calories add up.  So that is a little about me.. Thanks,