[diary]

First name: Sarah

Geographical location: Indiana

Age:28

Marital Status: Divorced

Children/Ages:NA

Occupation:RN

Pets:None

Hobbies/Interests:Reading, writing, talking to my peeps, hanging out with my family

Height:5'5"

Eye/Hair Color:Brown/Brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: December 17th, 2008

Starting Weight:216

Present Weight:215.2

Goal Weight:140

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Chronic overeater/emotional eater

Following any specific plan: not really - joined a gym and have a trainer

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I am sick of being overweight and ready to make the changes necessary!

Anything else you would like to share with us: I will have to get back to you on that one!

[PiperNCalliesMom]

First name: Jennifer

Geographical location: Florida

Age: 27

Marital Status: Married

Children/Ages: 2 girls 4 and almost 2

Occupation: Registered Nurse

Pets: German Shepperd Ariel

Hobbies/Interests: Computer games, reading, writing stories, my family

Height: 5-7

Eye/Hair Color: Green eyes and red hair (I wish naturally)

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: June 25th

Starting Weight: 226

Present Weight: 210

Goal Weight: 155

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Sticking to my goals when tempted

Following any specific plan: Not really

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: My mom is overweight and diabetic. She within the last month had a toe removed because of the diabetes and was in danger of losing her leg. I am more determined to lose weight now so I never have to go through anything that she has.

Anything else you would like to share with us: I need a lot of help. I have always been "the fat girl" and I am tired of it. I just really need someone to chat with that is going through similar things.

[tahiti]

First name: TAHANY

Geographical location: SUAMICO, WI

Age: 22

Marital Status: MARRIED

Children/Ages: 1 GIRL, 10 MONTHS OLD BORN 2-27-08

Occupation: STAY AT HOME MOM

Pets: KITTY, XENA

Hobbies/Interests: SPENDING TIME AT HOME, PHOTOGRAPHY, WATCHING MOVIES

Height: 5'8

Eye/Hair Color: BROWN/BROWN

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: JAN 1ST

Starting Weight: 256

Present Weight: 256... GIMME A BREAK I JUST GOT STARTED

Goal Weight: 170ISH IN 2 YEARS

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: DIABETIC, INSULIN DEPENDANT, BAD HABITS AND IM LAZY AND UNMOTIVATED

Following any specific plan: NOPE, JUST TRYING TO LIVE HEALTHIER IN GENERAL

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I HAVE A CHILD THAT I NEED TO LIVE AND BE HEALTHY FOR

Anything else you would like to share with us: IM EXCITED TO DO THIS AND REALLY TRUELY HOPE I CAN STICK WITH IT THIS TIME!

[leighish]

Welcome everybody!

[Lucia]

First name: Luci

Geographical location: Miami, FL

Age: 28

Marital Status: MARRIED

Children/Ages: N/A

Occupation: Research Assistant in Grad School

Pets: N/A

Hobbies/Interests: Learning about different cultures, Alternative Music, Psychology

Height: 5'1 (or maybe just 5 foot, I'm a shortie )

Eye/Hair Color: BROWN/RED-Burgundy Shade

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Jan 1st

Starting Weight: 135

Present Weight: 135

Goal Weight: 115 hopefully by June-July

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Graving foods that are bad; eating sweets, not being able to say "no" when my husband offers me something to it.

Following any specific plan: No, but I am trying to not eat bread and sweets amd junk food-thus pretty much made me gain weight.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I don't feel okay with the way I look, it does not flatter me. I look .etter smaller/

Anything else you would like to share with us: I'm looking forward to reach my goal and let everyone know about it

[ella13]

First name: Ella

Geographical location: Albuquerque, NM (for now)

Age:28

Marital Status: Happily Married

Children/Ages:none

Occupation:college instructor

Pets: 3 dogs, a boxer, a pug and a chihuahua

Hobbies/Interests: hiking, reading, trying to get into running but I don't always love it....I don't have much free time

Height: 5'7"

Eye/Hair Color: green/blond

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: January '08

Starting Weight: 155

Present Weight:142

Goal Weight:118

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: STRESS and lack of time

Following any specific plan: low GI and watching calories

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Nothing really it's a slow march.

[kelly315]

First name: Kelly

Geographical location: Columbus Ohio

Age: 22

Marital Status: Engaged

Children/Ages: nope

Occupation: student

Pets: a hamster named Tribble

Hobbies/Interests: ? Lots of stuff.

Height: 5'4", pretty short

Eye/Hair Color: brown brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: August 12, 2008

Starting Weight: 288

Present Weight: 230

Goal Weight: 188 (for now)

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: I always was a binge eater before

Following any specific plan: calorie counting

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Everything. No Guilt is a big one.

Anything else you would like to share with us: I've been at 3FC for a while now, and I love it!

[AussieShell]

First name: Shelly

Geographical location: Melbourne, Australia

Age: 27

Marital Status: single

Children/Ages: none

Occupation: admin/tourism industry

Pets: a kitty

Hobbies/Interests: travelling, photography, football, writing, web design

Height: 174cm, 5'9"

Eye/Hair Color: brown/dark brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Started 3 years ago, lost 30kgs/66lbs in the first year then slowly put on 10kgs/22lbs over the next 2 years, so am back to trying to lose it again. So long story short, 1st Jan 2009

Starting Weight: 130kgs/286lbs in 2005. New starting weight as of 2009 is 115kgs/253lbs

Present Weight: just started

Goal Weight: 75kgs/165lbs

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: changing my mindset and getting motivation to do exercise.

Following any specific plan: Low carbs, healthy eating, exercise

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: When I last tried 2 years ago, I did pretty well for a bit, so hope to get back into that mindset, that's what is preventing me from succeeding atm.

Anything else you would like to share with us:
I thought I'd join this forum as it would be good to go through this with some support instead of feeling like I'm whinging to my friends about it hahaha.

[heartface]

First name: Anni

Geographical location: Desertland, USA

Age: 25

Marital Status: In a relationship

Children/Ages: 1 girilla aged 3.5

Occupation: SAHM & soon to be vintage/diy business lady

Pets: Coming soon

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, finding new music, gallivanting, breakdancing, yodeling, garage sales, vintage shops, makeup & hair stuff, cherry coke zero.

Height: 5'4"

Eye/Hair Color: Greenish Hazel/Growing out Dyed Black hair

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: TBD

Starting Weight: 225 lbs

Goal Weight: 160-140 lbs

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Reprogram myself to listen to my body and stop when i'm full...chuck the old "clean your plate and have seconds" mentality i grew up on.

Following any specific plan: Exercise every day for at least 30 mins, drink 20 oz of water every 2-3 hours, pay attention to every bite and stop when i have that satisfied feeling, eat mostly raw and lightly cooked foods.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I finally realized(thank Mitch!) that I own my self and now all I have to do is hone it.

Anything else you would like to share with us: WAR APPLES

[Deetle Erin 2009]

First name: Erin

Geographical location: Lansing, MI

Age: 28 (29 in nine days)

Marital Status: Divorced & single

Children/Ages: none

Occupation: Home Health Aide / MSU student (taking the spring semester off)

Pets: A 3 yo pitbull named Caesar

Hobbies/Interests: Genealogy, fishing, camping, hitting the town with friends, billards, and traveling out of Michigan.

Height: 5' 6"

Eye/Hair Color: blue/brown w/ blonde streaks

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Today Jan. 5, 2009

Starting Weight: 226.5 lbs

Goal Weight: 145 lbs right now

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Fountain pop & Coffee (I like a little coffee w/ my cream & sugar).

Following any specific plan: Go to the gym, dust off the workout dvds, use to program “fitday”, create a health meal plan, drink tons of water.

Flat out.. I hate water. Always have. Growing up, our tap water was horrible (and sometimes crunchy). When you filled a glass, it literally took a minute for it to become clear. I usually drank pop. Tons of pop. Recently, I tried Dasani (a coca-cola product w/ minerals) & loved it. So, tomorrow I'm picking up a case and we'll see what happens.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I have nothing else to do so I can dedicate the time and attention.

Anything else you would like to share with us: I plan on taking before pics but won’t show them until I hit my goal.

[2009goal]

First name: Jessica

Geographical location: West Texas

Age: 25

Marital Status: Single

Children/Ages: none

Occupation: Editor

Pets: 2 pom dogs, Male "kitty"4 years old female "bibi" 9 month puppy

Hobbies/Interests: Bowling, reading, dancing, spending time with family and friends

Height: 5'3

Eye/Hair Color: Dark brown with highlights

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: 01-05-09

Starting Weight: 280

Present Weight: 280

Goal Weight: 180

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: learning how to eat right

Following any specific plan: Calorie counting, curves, and alli

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: never tried before this will be my first time

Anything else you would like to share with us: I've always been happy with myself I just want to make sure that by the time I hit 30 I'm still healthy. If I don't caree of myself now, when will I start??

Thank you all because I know that this forum has given me the strenght to start this.

[tiggy123]

First name: Sanna

Geographical location: UK

Age: 26

Marital Status: in a relationship

Children/Ages: none

Occupation: market research

Pets: none

Hobbies/Interests: Gym, reading, cooking, and cosmetics

Height: 5'6

Eye/Hair Color: Grey&hazel/Blonde

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Jan 4th (new try)

Starting Weight: 167

Present Weight: 167

Goal Weight: about 125

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Not eating the same foods in the same quantities as my cheese and lasagna loving partner.

Following any specific plan: Not decided yet, I've tried caloriecounting before combined with Eat to Live and working out and got to my goal weight last autumn. I think I'll do the same again now, but try not to be too strict on myself so I won't regain the lost weight.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I've grown up and realised I'm only going to get depressed if I strive for absolute perfection, but when I look at photos from last year I see how good I looked when I was slim and much healthier too.

Anything else you would like to share with us: I'm so glad this forum exists, everyone seems lovely and you learn so much and I think it's fantastic for motivation.

[ntbubbles]

First name: Nicole

Geographical location: Atlanta, GA

Age: 25 (almost 26)

Marital Status: live in sin with BF

Children/Ages: none

Occupation: copywriter

Pets: Sophie (Siberian Husky), Bacchus and Apollo (fluffy grey kitties)

Hobbies/Interests: shopping, going to the movies, reading, eating out, horseback riding

Height: 5'3

Eye/Hair Color: blue/blonde (although I'm currently a brunette due to an ill-advised dye job)

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: January 1, 2009 (I've had some major weight lost before, but was happy with my size until a couple of months ago..so this is a new one!)

Starting Weight: 130

Present Weight: 130

Goal Weight: 115 (or when my jeans fit like they're supposed to!)

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: My boyfriend and I LOVE to eat out and have gotten into the habit of going out a couple of times a week. In the current economic situation, it's better for my waistline AND my wallet to cook at home! Also, I'm not a big fan of going to the gym so forcing myself to work out has always been a stuggle.

Following any specific plan: no... just exercise and try to eat well. I like to cook, so I'm challenging myself to come up with low-cal, healthy recipes at home.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Hmm...as of right now, nothing really. If I can stick to working out (trying an at-home plan of videos combined with walking the dog twice a day) for over 2 weeks, it will be different! That's why I'm here!

Anything else you would like to share with us: Nothing right now!

[tinypurplefishez]

First name: Katie

Geographical location: Midwest

Age: 20

Marital Status: single

Children/Ages: none

Occupation: full-time college student

Pets: 1 cat

Hobbies/Interests: reading, classic rock music, spending time with friends, watching tv shows on DVD

Height: between 5'9'' and 5'10''

Eye/Hair Color: blue/blonde

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: December 1, 2008

Starting Weight: 171

Present Weight: 162

Goal Weight: 135

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: emotional eating

Following any specific plan: Weight Watchers

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: this time I'm doing it for myself instead of to make someone else happy

Anything else you would like to share with us: Ive found that one of the best ways to tone my entire body is pole dancing. I took a class with my girlfriends just for the **** of it, and now I go every week. It is so fun to fool around on the pole with your friends not to mention it really increases your strength and flexibility.

[Patrice0327]

First name:Patrice

Geographical location: Tavares, FL

Age: 21

Marital Status: Engaged

Children/Ages: 0

Occupation: Nurse's aide

Pets:2 dogs

Hobbies/Interests: Taking pictures, reading, camping.

Height: 5'8"

Eye/Hair Color: Green eyes, Brown hair

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: January 5, 2009

Starting Weight: 285

Present Weight: 285

Goal Weight: 199

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Having to do it by myself.

Following any specific plan: Weight watchers

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I'm doing this for my and no one else. My wedding is coming up in May and I don't was people snickering at me during my wedding. I always wanted to be a size 14/16 for my wedding. I would be happy with that.

Anything else you would like to share with us:
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