I hope it's not too late to join up with you guys!

First name: Cindy
Geographical location: Florida
Age: 19
Marital Status: Single
Children/Ages: Nope
Occupation: Best Buy Employee and Nursing student next spring!
Pets: One miniture toy poddle named Obi (yes star wars) who acts like a cat.
Hobbies/Interests: meeting new people, LOSING WEIGHT!
Height: 5'2
Eye/Hair Color: Eyes: Blue Hair: Strawberry blonde with more red than blonde
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Today! July 21 2005
Starting Weight: 147
Present Weight: 147
Goal Weight: 120
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Fast food, Ice Cream and being lazy
Following any specific plan: Just eating healthy, no soda ice cream fast food. Exercising daily
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I'm actually going to try to do it this time!
Anything else you would like to share with us:

I think this is a great idea. Count me in!
First name:Suzette
Geographical location:Alabama
Age: 45
Marital Status: Married
Children/Ages: none
Occupation: Nurse
Pets: 2 dogs-Spanky & Bear, cat-Snowball, umbrella cockatoo-Sadie
Hobbies/Interests: used to swim and play tennis, want to start again.
Height: 5'9
Eye/Hair Color: brn,brn with gray frosting!
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: 7/18/04
Starting Weight: 266
Present Weight: 225
Goal Weight: 160
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Time and fatigue, tend to snack when tired.
Following any specific plan: Newly diagnosed diabetic, reforming plan right now
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: HEALTH
Anything else you would like to share with us:Hubby is disabled can only eat things like pudding, ice cream, eggs... soft & easy to digest. Makes it hard to cook for us both. He's hypoglycemic and keeps chocolate around everywhere in case his sugar drops. More temptation for me---Huge chocoholic!!!

I would LOVE to try this with all of you. I'm new here. I'll post my questionaire either later this afternoon or over the weekend, cause I'm at work.

My name is Janet and I am living on Cape Cod, MA I'll have to weight tonight. I think that I am about 240 and my goal is 130 or so.

Thanks for starting this idea. I need a LOT of support. I don't have IM but you can reach me at [email protected]

Thanks - Radiodoll

you can use PM through the site and it will send a message to that person without going through the whole thread. Happy to see you here!
melissa

I think I might be a bit behind here but I'm finding I really need a support group!

First name: Carrie
Geographical location: WA state
Age: 29
Marital Status: married
Children/Ages: 2 daughters 8 yr old Devynn and 5 yr old Grace
Occupation: 911 calltaker/dispatcher
Pets: Doberman named Layla and a new Neopolitan Mastiff Puppy Cashmere. 4 cats and a myriad of fish
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, writing, drawing, playing with my kids
Height: 5'0"
Eye/Hair Color: quite blonde
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: feb 15, 2005
Starting Weight: 215
Present Weight: 180
Goal Weight: 110 or less
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: there's so many...boredom eating, stress eating, sweet tooths, chinese food tooths.
Following any specific plan: eh I'm in between. Atkins didn't do it for me because I ended up not eating enough calories. doing body for life shakes and 2 sensible meals at this time.
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I'm not quitting. I'm accepting it's a slow process.
Anything else you would like to share with us: Um yes. Secretly I want to be a firefighter when I'm thin. badly.

May I come over and play??? LOL. I would love to join your group. I will PM Stacy with my email address. I think this a fabulous idea for a group. I could really use the support too. I am in a slump. I was so good for about 6 weeks and I don't know what happened. Here are my stats too:

First name: MARY
Geographical location: PENNSYLVANIA
Age: 43
Marital Status: HAPPILY FOR 20 YEARS
Children/Ages: BOY 16, GIRL 14, BOY 11
Occupation: DOMESTIC GODDESS - AKA-I OWN MY OWN CLEANING BUSINESS-HOME SWEEP HOME
Pets: DO KIDS COUNT?
Hobbies/Interests: WALKING, READING, PRAYING
Height: 5 FOOT 8 AND 1/2
Eye/Hair Color: REAL OR GOLDWELL? BROWN
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: PROBABLY AFTER MY FIRST CHILD
Starting Weight:179
Present Weight: 179
Goal Weight: 140
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: GETTING MY FAT *** TO EXERCISE
Following any specific plan: ITS A COMBINATION OF ALL THE DIETS OUT THERE THAT DON'T WORK.
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: HMMMM...I JOINED THIS GROUP?
Anything else you would like to share with us: GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US!! I AM ROOTING FOR YOU ALL!

Hey Carrie where in Washington are you? I am in Everett!
melissa

Wanted to say welcome Mary-nice to have you hear and I love your sense of humor! I think at times that is all that can get a person through. My shrink calls it a coping mechanism lol well boy do I cope alot. Happy to meet you and looking forward to getting to know you better.
melissa

neo-I am in Aberdeen-a never never land away from your big city!

Yes yes you are but nice to have a fellow washintonian(spelling my bad) in the midst. So a firefighter eh? Tough job but I bet you can do it. I figure anyone who gets to their goal of weight can accomplish anything they set their minds too. Don't let go of your desire!

Good Morning Buddies!

I am devastated this morning. I actuallgot on my WW scale to set up my signature bar and to fill out this questionaire and the scale slammed to 247! I've NEVER been as high as 247. I feel completly depressed. But I will try to be better today at least. I can only do one day at a time. I freak out otherwise. If there is anybody on here from Cape Cod or from southern mass that I can meet with, I'd sure appreciate a face to face buddie. Anyway:

Name: Janet (Radiodoll)
Location: Wareham, MA - at the edge of Cape Cod
Occupation: Radio DJ/ Executive Producer
Marital Status: Married Lesbian for 15 years
Kids: 3. Jami 26 year old Biologist, Rebecca, 23 year old waitress hopefully going back to school for marine biology and Jason, 21 year old roofer who is enjoying his 21 year identity crisis to the max (LOL)
Grandson: Devon, 4 and the apple of my eye.
Pets: Far too many - 5 indoor cats, three outdoor cats, and three dogs - 1 adopted greyhound, 1 Boston Terrier runt of the litter and 1 Silky Terrier on the big side (not fat).
Hobbies: Art, Reading Theater and Women's Basketball - have season tickets to the CT SUN.
Journey - My whole life. My mother alaways told me I was fat and it wasn;t until last year that I look at my childhood and high school pictures and realized that I was NEVER fat. I literally grew into the lie. The best effort I've had was the vodka and cocaine diet - I DO NOT recommen that direction. But I did have an initial weight loss of 25 pounds in a year at WW. I will be using that plan as I go on from now on.
Starting Weight: 257 pounds
Todays Weight: 247 pounds
Goal Weight: between 130 amd 120
Biggest Hurdle: my brain and spirit. I am a food addict. Once I start eating I break out in "more."

I am trying to work on being honest throughout my entire depth of character. It's rough. I am a recovering drug addict and alcoholic - coming up on 16 years in recovery. I just can seem to beat the food addiction. If I didn't have to eat, that would be one this, but I am continually triggered by foos and by stress. I have a lot od stree inj my life right now.

I really need your help. I mean it. I am going to the shrink next week 'cause I am at the point where I feel very dangerour to myself. I know that sounds ridiculous, and I agree but my mind is crazy.

Thanks for starting this group and I hope you won't kick me out for anything that I have said.

Janet

Hi there,

I'm new here and think it would make the whole weight loss challenge fun!

I live in the SF Bay area. My goal is to lose 60 lbs.

Cheers

Sent a PM to radiodoll and anewtammy so check your PM. Man this is turning out to be a great group of people-thank you for starting it stacey for starting it. If anyone is missed please PM so we all are getting the same information each week. I really don't want anyone to be left behind. We are all in this together gals!
Melissa

look all excited and repeating myself LOL or maybe just getting old hehehe

I'll join!!!!

First name: Alexis (I go by Lexi)
Geographical location: Dubuque, Iowa
Age: 14
Marital Status: Single
Children/Ages: None
Occupation: Student
Pets: A kitten named Precious but she only answers to Baby.
Hobbies/Interests: Sports and music
Height: 5'7"
Eye/Hair Color: Eye- Blue/Grey Hair- Chest length, brown w/ blonde highlights
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: July 2 (My birthday)
Starting Weight: 196
Present Weight: 190
Goal Weight: 135
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Binge eating
Following any specific plan: Weight Watchers
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Easier to follow!!

Anything else you would like to share with us: Not that I can think of. If you want to know anything more, just PM me.