Hopefully you guys don't mind if I jump in. I don't have 40 lbs to lose (I'm down to about the last 20) but I started where a lot of you are or higher. I'm 29, 5'2", and 139 lbs today because I have been stress eating lol. And I am having to fight so much harder for these pounds to come off
I have just been counting calories with the Lose It App but think I may have to start trying to cut down on the carbs and see how that goes. It's tricky because I'm a vegetarian, have been for 16 years and I love me some carbs! Not as many noncarby protein options for us (I hate eggs and I refuse to give up my daily chobani no way)
I have been married for the last 6 years and have a crazy dog. I am almost done with my masters to be a nurse practitioner (good god I can't wait till August) I have been in school forever! I work full time doing 3 12 hour midnight shifts a week in addition to school which requires about 20 hours a week (during the day ugh HATE switching back and forth between a day and night schedule) of me doing clinicals. I currently see pts in an OB/GYN office and an urgent care for those hours this semester. Then I still have class 3 hours a week and all the reading, studying, papers etc that go along with it. So basically I have no life. It's like working a full time job, a part-time job, and having class, oh yeah and continuously flip flopping between being awake at night and being awake during the day. Awesome. And so ends the "woe is me" rant.
And I really want to lose weight before we start trying for kids (time is a ticking since my hubby is 40). I was hoping to be in the 120s before we tried and I wanted to start ASAP (would be awesome because my insurance at my current job is good and would cover lots of the cost. I wanted to try to time it right before I leave that job at the end of the year when I find a job as a NP).
So I need to super refocus my efforts, buckle down, and get these last 15 lbs off ASAP...
Looking forward to hearing all about your successes!