Hey guys i'm brand new (ahh) i'm 17 and want to lose 56 pounds. i'm looking for a buddy to help me along my merry way!!
P.S. does anyone else find those smilies in the new thread box a little creepy!?!

I do lol. I'm also 17. I have more weight to lose than you, of course, but I'll be your buddy if you want! I want to go out to get some exercise dvds today..

cool! what dvds? i've been thinking about getting into pilates but i don't know if it's just one of those celeb fad things!?! what diet are you on?

I'm starting today on a 1,500 calorie diet.. rich in my favorite good foods - turkey, whole grains, and fruit like apples! I read that if you switch up between 1,200; 1,500; and 1,700 on different days that helps keep the weight loss going because it's a challenge on the body! I also considered something along the lines of the South Beach Diet.. what do you think about that? Anyways, I actually heard yoga and pilates are wonderful! I thought about doing that plus Tae Bo 6 days a week.. yep, I plan on exercising a lot=)

Are you starting today?

Wow!!! that's a lot of exercise i'm so lazy i have to really motivate myself to do it once a week! is the south beach diet kind of like a lighter form of atkins! (which i've tried btw - hard work!!) i'm just doing a plain old low fat diet this time!

Well, they were all sold out of Tae Bo so I bought Walk Away the Pounds and a pilate DVD by Crunch. The pilates is hard!! I'm too out of shape lol I did it for like 5 minutes and I am so sore from it still. I think it is.. but I'm not going to do SB.. to expensive. Really? I bet! I'm just cutting back to the calories I told you about. I'm lazy too.. but that's what a buddy is for.. to push you! So get moving=D

I'll try but i'm not promising anything!! i bought a pilates vid it has 5mins of cardio at the front, i was exhausted just doing that! are you a student? Are you american? (sorry if that sounds nosy, i am nosy lol!)

Haha I know.. it's tough. I'm still sore from trying pilates but it worked my obliques and lower adominal areas=D I'm about to do WATPs again today.. it's great for starting out (and continuing). lol it's okay! I am a Senior in high school and yes I am American=) how about you?

i'm a senior and i'm english. i've started writing down everything i eat otherwise i lose track!! so what's the deal with this walk away the pounds thing? i need to do more cardio!!

Awesome. WATPs is a good exercise.. easy to do with brisk walking and a little weights.. you feel good after doing it to. Last night I bought Tae Bo.. and I'm about to try that out tonight.. it burns good . Awesome, I do too! I have a little online blog that update everyday with what I ate and exercised.. it's very handy. I need to do more aswell! We need to get up and go .

how was tae bo? it sounds cool! i'm kind of under pressure to lose weight fast i'm going to italy in march so wanna be slim enough to dazzle those yummy italian guys! ... HELP !!! lol

lol do you have MSN or something where we can talk easier? Tae Bo was fun but I'm still trying to get all the moves down pat haha.. I still like WATPs a lot! Mmm italian guys .

i dunno what is msn and how do u get it? i'm kind of new to this internet lark! how's your weight going? i've lost 2 pounds so far!

Mind if I join y'all? I am 13 y/o and I weigh 166.5 right now (it was 160 a couple days ago...?????????) and I want to be 120 by Christmas. I am doing 1200-1500 calories a day and some exercise but not much else. I am doing some workouts I found in magazines and stuff but nothing really other than that. School starts on Tuesday and we run and play sports in P.E. so hopefully that will help a lot. Anyways, ttyl.
*laura*

Hattie, I dunno about MSN, but I have AIM and you can get that here: www.aim.com. It's free, too.