100 lb Club Bios

[SmallSteps]

First name: Belinda

Geographical location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Age: 05/09/1967

Marital Status: Married to DH Bruce

Children/Ages: Jennifer 25 years old

Occupation: Telecommunications

Pets: I have a min pin named Kody and four spoiled kitty cats, Sassy, Prissy, Jack and Jill.

Hobbies/Interests: Photography, Needlepoint, Genealogy and Graveyard Rabbit

Height: 5 foot 6

Eye/Hair Color: Blue and Brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Started again 10/31/2011

Starting Weight: 298.6

Present Weight: 256.8

Goal Weight: 170 (Then I will re-examine my goals)

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Myself

Following any specific plan: Calorie counting and exercise

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I am more determined, I am doing it the right way, and I have added exercise and am doing it religously.

Anything else you would like to share with us:

[suzukigurl]

First name: Julie

Geographical location: Chicago Burbs

Age:33

Marital Status:Married

Children/Ages:1 Boy 2years old

Occupation: RN

Pets: 2 Dogs

Hobbies/Interests: Scrapbooking, paper crafting & reading (mostly about vampires, YES I AM A TWI-MOM)

Height: 5' 7"

Eye/Hair Color: Hazel / Brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Jan 18th 2012

Starting Weight:285LBS

Present Weight:267LBS

Goal Weight:175LBS

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: I love to eat, I eat when I'm Happy, I eat when I'm Sad, & I eat just to eat!

Following any specific plan:No specific marketed plan, just doing what I feel I need to do for me.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Not only do I need to do this for myself & my health, but I need to do this for my SON!

Anything else you would like to share with us: I typed this earlier for another forum and really think it represents who I am and my journey this time around so I wanted to add it here!

Hi, my name is Julie and I have a long journey ahead of me as well, but I NEED to do this! I have a total of 110 lbs to lose to put me at a place I feel I will be comfortable and be able to maintain.

A little about me: I have been a Registered Nurse for over 5 years but about a year ago decided I needed to focus on my son who had just turned 2. I am now a stay at home Mommy, which has brought it's own challenges with it but I really LOVE being able to be with my little man.

About 3 weeks ago I decided to dust off my scale and just about cried when I saw what I weighted 285lbs OMG!!! I weighed 295 when I had my son and couldn't believe I weighed that much (even thought deep down I knew the # wasn't going to be good) I told myself I needed to do something, for Me, My Son, & my overall health. I simply been trying to make better choices when choosing what I put into my mouth. Just today I decided to start keeping a food journal and that is how I came upon this site.

So here is how things have gone so far: Right around Jan 18th I was at 285lbs as of today I am at 267lbs! Not to bad for not having followed any specific diet! I have not incorporated any exercise routine yet (besides chasing around my son LOL), but I have decided to start some type of exercise routine after I have lost 25lbs (I have named this program BABY STEPS since thats what I tell myself every day. Baby step to my goal one pound at a time. My mini goals are set at 25lbs, after I reach each mini goal I will do something special just for me, and my overall goal is losing the 110lbs which will put me at 175lbs. Once I reach that ( and I WILL GET THERE) I will decide where I need to got from there.

I am very happy to have found this site, it just might be that little extra I need to get me to where I need to be! I would love to make some new friends who I can take this journey with!

[GemIAm]

First name: Amy

Geographical location: Middle of Washington State (God's Country)

Age: 41

Marital Status: Married for 16 awesome years

Children/Ages: 2..."Trauma" is a 17 yr old male, "Drama" is a 12 yr old female

Occupation: Data Geek (Research Analyst)

Pets: Many....all rescues! Currently 2 horses, a dog & 4 cats

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, Horses/horseback riding, traveling, dancing (when I'm smaller)

Height: 5'3"

Eye/Hair Color: Green/Brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: THIS TIME: Jan 14, 2012

Starting Weight: 278 lbs (heaviest ever)

Present Weight: 263

Goal Weight: 175

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Finding something i can stick to and maintaining after loss! Changing my relationship to my body and expressing my emotions instead of sedating myself with fat and carbs.

Following any specific plan: Fourth week on the Ideal Protein diet through my doctor's office.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I have a coach through Ideal Protein, my kids are old enough to be supportive and understanding when I flee the room while they eat pizza/nachos etc. I also think being a part of this supportive online community will help.

Anything else you would like to share with us: In January I hit my "rock bottom"...tying my shoes and breathing at the same time was hard. My size 22 pants were tight. I had gotten too big to want to go out an work with my horses - and that was not acceptable.
***Huge, horrible awakening that I have gotten so big that I now need to lose over 100 lbs...that is like losing my whole 12 year old off of my body!***

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[HappyNurse2005]

First name: Rose

Geographical location: Virginia

Age: 30

Marital Status: divorced looking for my husband upgrade!

Children/Ages: four kids, ranging from 4-11 years old

Occupation: labor and delivery nurse, graduate student---going for masters degree in nursing to become a certified nurse midwife

Pets: one cat
Hobbies/Interests: not much time for hobbies outside of kids, school, and work! reading, facebook, friends, photography

Height: 5'2

Eye/Hair Color:

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: this time? February 3rd, 2012
Starting Weight: 207.7 on feb 3rd (BMI 37.9)

Present Weight: 202.6 this morning! lost 5.1 pounds in five days! i know its hte initial weight loss, my body's "wheres the food???" reaction, but its nice getting started motivation! (BMI 37.0)

Goal Weight: 105 (BMI 19.2)---though this is the goal, i'd settle for 105-115. i feel like i am short enough that 105 is an attainable, not skeletal weight

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: being too busy to cook healthy, i dont know how to cook much at all, the fact that i love good food, maintaining when it gets hard

Following any specific plan: calorie counting. 1200-1400 or so a day. cardio when i can. i'm a member of a gym, but just too busy many of the time!

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: many reasons, although some are superficial they are my reasons. first of all, i am single and afraid i wont get a new husband ever if im fat! im going to be moving from being a nurse to a more professional practitioner role, and want to be a healthy example for my patients. im embarrassed by how i look.

Anything else you would like to share with us: i am afraid of failure

[Jinxy]

First name: Sherry

Geographical location: Florida

Age: 31

Marital Status: Married

Children/Ages: 2 kids, Stepson (18) and a son (8 almost 9)

Occupation: College student/homemaker/mom

Pets: A cat named Reecee

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, family tree, computer games(sometimes), tv. I'm hoping to change this or find more hobbies to add to the list.

Height: 5'4

Eye/Hair Color: Blue and light brown (blondish highlights)

Starting Date of Weight loss Journey: Feb. 16th 2012 (or sooner)

Starting Weight: 278

Present Weight: 278

Goal Weight: 145

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weight loss: Overeating, night grazing (cravings get me a lot a night),and I'm hoping to add new foods to my list.

Following any specific plan: Counting calories (I have an app on my tablet), adding more exercise to my schedule, walking more, drinking more water, and adding healthier foods to my eating list.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I have a very long lists of why: I'm tired of being tired, I'm tired of not being able to fit clothes, I'm tired of only having a few clothes to wear because of this, I'm tired of people looking at me and me thinking they are putting me down because of my weight, I want to be able to fit comfortably in a roller coaster again (haven't been on one in 2 to 3 years now because of almost not fitting into a seat once, embarrassing! ), I want to be able to get my wedding ring reduced instead of extended, because of my health, I am hoping that this might help with my PCOS so that I can get pregnant again, and most of all I want my kids to be proud of me for this.

Anything else you would like to share with us: Like the poster before me I too am afraid of failure and I don't like to disappoint anyone including myself.