Hey gus! :wave:

I was invited here by Countrygirl (sorry I don't know your real name) :^: I'm 23 years old, married, and I work from home as an internet marketer. I've been trying to lose weight pretty much forever. I lived in LA a few years ago and wanted to be an actress... the lowest I weighed out there was about 142 and I had to work stinkin' hard for that. Because I was working out so much (sometimes up to 6 or 7 hours a day!!) and eating so little I kind of developed a bad relationship with food. When I came back home to Texas I gained weight... FAST! and now I'm working to lose it. My number one reason is because sometime next year my husband and I would like to start trying to have a family and I know it's a lot harder when you're overweight. I also don't want to pass anything bad along to my future child like diabetes or anything (which runs in my family)

I'm hoping that if I can find some good dedicated buddies that I connect with it will help me be more motivated and more accountable.

okay well now that I've told you my life story lol I'm off to bed. I'll post back here tomorrow after I weigh myself.... NIGHT! :)

oh and for the name I like the whole "Sexyback" thing someone say (I love me some JT lol)

or maybe something like "Future Heartbreakers Club" lol I don't know if that's dorky or not haha

I would love to get some new diet buddies! I want soo badly to lose weight. I am just so sick of how I look and feel. Anyway my name is Liz. I have two little girls. I am 24 and a SAHM. Before having kids my lowest adult weight was 115 lbs (I am 5' 5"). After having my youngest daughter (who is know 10 months old) my heighest weight was 240 lbs. I have been stuck at 190 lbs for months now. I need motivation to exercise and eat right. Sometimes when I am tired, bored etc I just eat junk and don't feel like exercising. I have tons of clothes that I can't wear because I can't fit into them!!! Anyway my ultimate weight goal is 120 if I can get there. I know I would be happy though even at 130-140.

Hey Everyone, welcome to the new people, ok I like a couple of the group name suggestions, Sexyback or Future Sexy chicks, they are both great! :)
I hope everyone is doing good, I am back on healthy eating and exercising, so I hope to seem some sort of good results this week. :)
So should we have a vote on the new name or what does everyone think?
Stacey

seems like a few of us like Sexyback and Future Sexy Chicks. so we should go with something like that.

it just dawned on me that maybe we should just drop the 'future' part - because we are all beautiful women already! so i say we should go with Sexy Chicks as a way to remind us to love ourselves no matter where we are on our weight loss journey!

we could even have a little subtitle like - 'Beautiful women losing weight and forming friendships' or something cheesy like that.

if anybody hates it, speak up.

we could also have a 'Bio' thread to get to know each other even more as the group gets bigger.

Countrygirl- that name sounds fine with me :)

Liz- Welcome! Hey I have sort of a funny question for you but if you don't mind me asking what Pants and dress size were you when you were 115... that's my ultimate goal weight but I've never actually been there (as an adult haha) and I'm 5'5'' as well so I was just wondering. You don't have to answer if you don't want to ;)

I lost another pound this morning!!! WOOT! happy happy!

Hi, Room for one more? And I'm a nurse too. Stressfull joy, stress eating. That's one of the ways that got me to my present weight. I have about 20 something pounds to lose, but most importantally, i want to keep it off. I've lost the weight before and i don't want that to happen again. I'm 5 foot nothing and want to get down to 115-117. I'm dieting, but mostly i'm eating small portions of healthy food. I want to improve my over-all health too. I just want to look better and feel better.

Looking forward to joining a group of supportive people.

Oh yes, i'm originally from Ky. too.

Hi Ladies!!
Shimmeringsun (Stacey) ~ Thank you for getting this started... Your original post caught my attention because I need support but I will be giving support as well and will stick with my buddy(ies) for as long as it takes.
I used to come to this site and things fell apart so I wasn't successful but I'm seriously ready to do it this time!! My "name" says it all... OneLastTime because this is the very last time I will do this simply because I am going ALL THE WAY this time!!
I am a happily married 38 year old with one daughter living in upstate/central new york. My weigh-in days are Mondays. I'm not on any specifit diet... I am eating smaller portions, making healthier food choices and exercising. I would love to do this together.... Hope it's not to late to join you ladies!!

Oh ya.... and I'm a nurse too!! Psychiatric RN on an inpatient unit.

Countrygirl "Sexy Chicks" is fine with me I also liked your subtitle about forming friendships that was nice!
I Heart Diet Coke congrats on the weight loss, way to go!
The slim me, welcome to the group!
OneLastTime welcome also, keep up that great attitude, that is a positive way to start :)
My weigh in days are Sundays then I can have a cheat day that same day :p
I am counting calories, I got started basically following The Biggest Loser diet book and it has seemed to work for me and it will work for me again!
Stacey

ok ladies, i'll start a Sexy Chicks thread under Support Groups - Miscellaneous clubs (i think that's where we're supposed to be). i'll write a little summary so that any other newbies know what we're about. but if you don't like how i describe our group, just tell me and i'll edit it! i don't want to be pushy or act the boss!

and i'll look at other Bio threads and start a bio thread in the same forum.

yay! i'm excited! :grouphug:

When I was 115 lbs I was a size 3! It is depressing to think about lol. I miss being that small! People always used to say how tiny I was, no one ever says that anymore!

Oh I would DIE to be a size 3... thanks that gives me a lot of motivation:D

I would absolutely love to have diet buddies. I am a 24 year old female from NJ. Right now I am in grad school, so I have no real time to prepare meals. When I first started on my weight loss journey I was 220. I lost 20 pounds and then gained 12 of them back. I restarted my journey in May of this year and have lost 26 pounds. It has been a bumpy road, but i am determined to reach my goal. I would love nothing more than to receive advice and suggestions from you guys. As well as give some support

Everyone please feel free to join our club thread. it's under support and then under MISC. Clubs. We're the sexy chicks :D