Hobbies/Interests: hiking with friends, reading, drawing, jogging
Height: 5'2"
Eye/Hair Color: dark brown and dark brown
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: sometime around 2010? I've been off and on since high school
Starting Weight: 182
Present Weight: 180
Goal Weight: 130 - since I'm short with small bone structure I may like to be even smaller than this, but this is where I would like to start
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: insecurity and being a perfectionist. when I get off plan, I tend to go REALLY off plan. I need to find more moderation, and not have a bad mindset about food
Following any specific plan: Weight Watchers. Just doing it at home for free with tools I have found online. I'm also slowly transitioning to being vegetarian/mostly vegan
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Finding moderation so I don't completely fall off the wagon. And changing the focus of my diet from animal products to plants, which is helping me have a better relationship with food and helping overall with my health, not just with weight loss
Anything else you would like to share with us: I'm in love with Jesus. (And Harry Potter.) I love science and really bad puns, and I have the best friends I could have ever asked for. Feel free to add me as a buddy or PM me if you just want someone on here for extra support!
Marital Status: Single (In a committed relationship: 1 yr. & 3 mo. atm)
Children/Ages: None
Occupation: College Student
Pets: A 13 yr. old cat named Nibbles <3
Hobbies/Interests: Light gaming (I used to game a lot last year before I started college), reading, binge-watching shows on Netflix, watching movies with my boyfriend, blogging, and history.
Height: 5'7"
Eye/Hair Color: D. Brown/Black
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: June 22, 2015
Starting Weight: 286
Present Weight: 276.6
Goal Weight: 200 - This is my first big goal weight. Ultimate goal is 170.
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Currently nothing. I changed my diet a month before I started and I have the willpower to exercise often. The only thing that may alter my progress is the start of Fall semester. Let's hope that doesn't happen, though :-)
Following any specific plan: No plans. Just logging my food and calorie intake into the MyFitnessPal app and cardio 3-4 times a week.
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I am actually doing this for the long run. I no longer want to "lose weight." I want this to be a life-long change. I won't be a slave to fad diets like the past. I will be eating regularly and more often with smaller portions.
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: FOREVER.... But mostly since 29th June 2015
Starting Weight: 319?
Present Weight: 308
Goal Weight: 170
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: I Must get under 280... It haunts me....
Following any specific plan: Healthy eating/ Calorie Counting/ regular but short bouts of exercise
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I am older, and closer to hitting that big 30 and still morbidly huge. I have a better feeling about this time.... I am ready... it is all about changing my life now.
Anything else you would like to share with us: I really need to community support this time from people aho actually understand.
Hobbies/Interests: reading, following politics, running, kayaking
Height: 5'6"
Eye/Hair Color: blue/brown
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: May 2014
Starting Weight: 153 (lost down to 139 then gained back up to 168)
Present Weight: 155
Goal Weight: 127
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: stopping myself from bingeing on junk food
Following any specific plan: Ideal Protein, South Beach
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Last time I was able to stick to IP easily, but this time it's been a huge mental battle
Anything else you would like to share with us: Trying to figure out a balance for exercise and diet. My least favorite thing about IP is how lethargic I feel some days and not being able to exercise, which is why I'm trying to switch to South Beach
Geographical location: the coast of South Carolina, USA
Age: 20
Marital status: Single
Children/Ages: None
Occupation: Student and Sales Associate
Pets: My lovely diva rabbit Flopsy (certainly explains my user name!)
Hobbies/Interests: Playing/watching just about all sports, Reading, Watching TV, Hanging out with friends, playing video games and board games, and watching some anime.
Height 5'5"
Eye/Hair color: Brown/Blonde
Starting date of weight loss journey: July 17th 2015 I guess!
Starting weight: 235.6
Present weight: 235.6
Goal weight: 135
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weight loss: Stress eating
Following any specific plan: Not really, just calorie counting, healthier eating choices, and consistent exercise.
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I actually like myself and my body, so I'm in a much better place mentally than before.
Anything else you would like to share with us: I'm pescatarian, I love animals, and I love making new friends!
Eye/Hair Color: blue eyes/ right now my hair is reddish dark brown
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: July 15th 2015 (very recent)
Starting Weight: 168.5
Present Weight: 165.5
Goal Weight: 120's/115 (i felt most comfortable when I was hovering around 117) but right now I'd really just like to get out of the 160's
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Medications, my work schedule, working out (because I've never been athletic)
Following any specific plan: Beck Diet for Life, once I've mastered the CBT Diet skills I'm going to follow either weight watchers or Tone It Up (I haven't decided yet). But right now I feel like I don't have the skills to follow any diet plan because, well I clearly haven't been able to for a while now.
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I've never tried anything with CBT diet skills before and I've always responded really well to Cognitive Behavioural Therapies in the past so I feel as though this may be a turning point in the way I think about food. Also I'm getting married and I really do not want to look the way I look right now in my wedding dress, I want to be in the best shape of my life for my wedding.
Anything else you would like to share with us: I also have generalized anxiety disorder and Bipolar II so life can definitely get the best of me sometimes
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Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Boredom eating, junk food, getting off my ***
Following any specific plan: Just eating healthy....cooking more, going out less, lots of fresh ingredients & Daily burn, along with "park" workouts that I can do while my daughter plays
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I'm joining this website, something to hold me accountable.
Pets: a Labradoodle named Ginger and a yellow cat named Cinderella or Cinder for short.
Hobbies/Interests: Scrapbooking, painting, playing with my two youngest siblings, writing my novel that I will never finish...
Height: 5'3
Eye/Hair Color: hazel eyes, changing hair color- usually a red or brown of some sort
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: this time around, or the first time? Today, 7/21/15
Starting Weight: 244lbs
Present Weight: 244lbs
Goal Weight: 160lbs
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: My clinical depression, my pessimistic attitude, my binge eating, my focus.
Following any specific plan: I have tried them all then lost interest, so now I don't even know where to start
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: This community. I've never had a support system I could talk openly and honestly to. My family and boyfriend have not been supportive, just insulting everytime I have tried in the past.
Anything else you would like to share with us: In high school I was trim and beautiful, I just didn't see it. I was 150-165, but the way I was built made me look smaller in the waste and fuller where guys wanted it. All I saw was a number though, so I always thought I was fat. In college I became very seriously depressed, and it went untreated for over a year. During that time I put on nearly 100lbs due to my lack of exercise and very poor eating habits, not to mention my crutch of emotional eating. It has been two years now since I started treating my depression, but my eating habits and lifestyle choices still haven't changed very much. NOW I AM TIRED OF IT. MY BOYFRIEND OF 6 YEARS CHEATED ON ME WITH A COWORKER OF HIS BECAUSE HE SAYS SHE REMINDED HIM OD=F HOW I USED TO BE. I WANT TO SHOW HIM JUST HOW BIG OF A MISTAKE THAT WAS.
Hobbies/Interests: Baseball, video games, early childhood education, psychology, being weird, and kittens!
Height: 5"2
Eye/Hair Color: Green eyes, brown hair
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: First segment started 2012-2014. I lost about 50lbs. Then I took a year off because it was my first year of marriage and I got too comfortable haha. I gained about half back, and now here we are for leg two!
Starting Weight: 235lbs
Present Weight: 180-200lbs (my scale is broken atm)
Goal Weight: 150lb and I'll play it by ear from there.
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: stupid freakin' exercise. It's all stupid, and boring. And then you're sore and wish you had stayed home playing video games.
Following any specific plan: Low calorie.
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: In about a year my husband will be graduating and we will probably have to move to a new town, and we will start the next chapter of our lives. I'd like to start it as fit as possible.
Anything else you would like to share with us: I'm really good at responding to internet messages, so if you're looking for some fast support I'm not a bad option to try.
Marital Status: Longtime significant other / boyfriend / partner
Children/Ages:0
Occupation: Healthcare administration
Pets:4; 3 cats and 1 dog
Hobbies/Interests: Being outdoors, reading, used to be cooking and wine, less so on the current diet!!
Height: 5'4"
Eye/Hair Color: Blue / Blonde
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Birth?? Started current VLCD on 7/28.
Starting Weight: 212
Present Weight: 202
Goal Weight: 160
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Lack of impulse control and large role of food and drink in my social life
Following any specific plan: a Very Low Calorie Diet through physician, order my food from Nashua, "Weight Loss Systems"
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Being on such a controlled plan, and with someone watching on, is a huge change from anything I have done in the past!
Anything else you would like to share with us:
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Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Eating. Not putting off workouts.
Following any specific plan:60% Raw/Low carb/Lean protein
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past:I'm much more motivated. Don't want to put it off or it'll just get more difficult as I age.
Anything else you would like to share with us: Hello all!
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