First name (if you want to tell): Michelle

Geographical location: San Francisco

Age: 21

Marital Status: Been with my boyfriend for 1.5 years +

Children/Ages: None

Occupation: Currently a student, but will be starting a job in consulting this fall!

Pets: My bunny rabbit, Mr. Bigglesworth

Hobbies/Interests: excercising, especially running, watching sports and going to games, partying with my friends, loving my boyfriend, trying to pass my engineering classes!

Height: 5'7"

Eye/Hair Color: Green/Blonde

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: August 2002 (so long ago!)

Starting Weight: 191

Present Weight: 152

Goal Weight: 138

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Anything sweet, especially chocolate! Also, eating when I am studying/late at night

Following any specific plan: Excercising my booty off (literally!) and eating healthy while avoiding artificial additives

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I have a lot less weight to use, so every pound is a struggle! Also, I am losing at school which is harder (can we say dorm food?)

Anything else you would like to share with us: I love 3FC!

First name (if you want to tell): Lauren

Geographical location: New York

Age: 24

Marital Status: in a relationship with a great guy for 2 years

Children/Ages: none

Occupation: teacher in a NYC public school

Pets: two cats at my dad's house. One hamster that lives with me.

Hobbies/Interests: surfing the web, shopping, dining out, reading, watching tv, outdoorsy activites

Height: 4'11"

Eye/Hair Color: brown/blight brown with a lot of blonde highlights. My boyfriend calls it brond

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Spring ish, I don't know, it keeps starting and halting. I'm going for right now, hopefully....who knows?

Starting Weight: 183

Present Weight: 177

Goal Weight: 140 ish - size 10 would make me ecstatic

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: The desire to binge. I start eating and I don't want to stop until i end up feeling like a blimp. I use food as a security blanket - when my day doesn't go well, I turn to food. I really gotta stop that!

Following any specific plan: I was trying the insulin resistance plan. I think i will go back to that. Eat a protein with every carb. Balance carbs - 15 grams of protein to 30 grams of carbs.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I really don't know. I think that's my problem. I haven't really gotten into it yet. This is a hurdle I have to overcome.

First name (if you want to tell): Sunshine

Geographical location: Kansas

Age: 25

Marital Status: Married almost 7 years to Brian

Children/Ages: 3 Garrett 7, Madison 3, and Colt 1

Occupation: SAHM

Pets: 3 kittens, hermit crabs adn fish

Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with family and reading

Height: 5'8"

Eye/Hair Color: blue/brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: March 25

Starting Weight: 323

Present Weight: 302

Goal Weight: 175-200

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Leaving sweets alone!

Following any specific plan: Low fat

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I am tired of being overweight and so determined this time!!

First name (if you want to tell): Karla

Geographical location: Northern BC Canada

Age: 28

Marital Status: Happily Married 4 Years(yesterday)

Children/Ages: Malcolm almost 2

Occupation: Part time mental health worker/SAHM

Pets: a stuffed Elk named Roofus (Yes, i have a redneck husband )

Hobbies/Interests: Snowboarding, Hiking, playing SPORTS

Height: 5'9

Eye/Hair Color: hazel/blondish

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: ummm......5 years ago ...about...

Starting Weight: 213

Present Weight: 199

Goal Weight: 160-170

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Leaving sweets alone!!!

Following any specific plan: more veggies/protein

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I want to have another child, but start out at a healthy weight!

First name (if you want to tell): Sarah

Geographical location: Ontario, Canada

Age: 20

Marital Status: Long Term Relationship 3 1/2 years

Children/Ages: no

Occupation: Dental Assisting Student

Pets: Saltwater Fish, Starfish and Hermit Crab

Hobbies/Interests: swimming, shopping, camping, fishing

Height: 5'8"

Eye/Hair Color: brown/brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: May 4, 2005

Starting Weight: 190

Present Weight: 187

Goal Weight: 140

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Sticking to a diet plan

Following any specific plan: WW and exercise

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I don't know just sick of failing in my weight loss efforts

Anything else you would like to share with us: Not at the moment

First name (if you want to tell): Simon Yes a male woohooo!

Geographical location: England

Age: 23

Marital Status: Single not looking

Children/Ages: no

Occupation: soon to be night club bouncer and student

Pets: 2 cats 3 bonsai trees

Hobbies/Interests: bonsai trees training rugby (all contact sports) fishing golf)

Height: 6' on the nose

Eye/Hair Color: bald and grey eyes

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: march 2002

Starting Weight: 322

Present Weight: 260ish

Goal Weight: 205

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: getting drunk and eating kebabs

Following any specific plan: excersise

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: nothing i only put weight back on last time after dislocating my shoulders

Anything else you would like to share with us: the sky grey and hazy the ocean is brown the rivers smell and the fish are dead and its called progress

This seems like the perfect thread for my first post!

First name (if you want to tell): Marie

Geographical location: Iowa

Age: 25

Marital Status: Single

Children/Ages: None

Occupation: Counselor/hopefully soon-to-be graduate student

Pets: None. I can't have any in my apartment

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, puzzles, music (listening or playing)

Height: 5'5"

Eye/Hair Color: Blue/Blonde

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: May 1st for this try.

Starting Weight: 234

Present Weight: 230

Goal Weight: 140

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Impulse eating-sometimes I'm halfway done eating something before I realize or think about what I'm doing!

Following any specific plan: I think I'll call it the "Stay Away From the Drive-Thru Diet"

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I'm doing it for different reasons. Before it was purely because I wanted to look better. This time I want to lose the weight because I've been thinking a lot about my health and also the health problems some of my relatives are having now (especially diabetes). Also, I've been embarassed to talk about my weight in the past, but this time I'm trying to get a good support system going.

Anything else you would like to share with us: Just want to tell everyone hello!

What a perfect first post for me!

First name (if you want to tell): Channon

Geographical location: Ohio

Age: 20

Marital Status: engaged

Children/Ages: none yet

Occupation: preschool teaching assistant/full time student

Pets: im not allowed to have any in my apartment... but hopefully ill get one for my new apt in a month for my birthday

Hobbies/Interests: shopping, spending time with my family, friends, and fiancee, working out, napping

Height: 5'6

Eye/Hair Color: greenish-brown/blondish brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: this one starts today!

Starting Weight: 240

Present Weight: 240

Goal Weight: back to 140 is the ultimate goal but for now i would be happy to be back under 200

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: im really busy all the time... so eating on the run is a HUGE problem

Following any specific plan: i might decide to do WW again... but we'll see what happens

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: well i went from 195 to 140 and then from 140-240 because im so busy that i seem to just stop caring.... i grab fast food on my way from class to work or work to class.... and i sit on my *** and write papers instead of working out... but now i realize that im not comfortable in my own skin... and thats BAD i need to fix that pronto

Anything else you would like to share with us: im looking for a weightloss buddy... if anyone is interested let me know!

[FONT=Courier New]First name (if you want to tell): Alyce

Geographical location: Pennsylvania

Age: 23

Marital Status: Married to Steve

Children/Ages: One daughter, Grace 7 months old

Occupation: Technical Assistant for an insurance company

Pets: I have one cat, but she lives with my parents since we can't have pets in my apt .. her name is Bob

Hobbies/Interests: Shopping, video games, computers, being with my family

Height: 5'8"

Eye/Hair Color: blue/brown

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Ugh well it should have started seven months ago, but officialy started on May 9, 2005

Starting Weight: 193

Present Weight: 193

Goal Weight: 145-150

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: I love love LOVE junk food, can't get enough! But the biggest hurdle is that I am an incredibly picky eater and don't like many vegetables or anything that is good for you so its tough for me to find things I like to eat that aren't fattening.

Following any specific plan: Mainly just watching what I eat and how much I eat. I allow myself one good snack a day so I don't go crazy and pig out too much. I've started walking during my lunch hour (two miles) so hopefully this works! I'm also taking a diet pill as well but am not relying too much on that.

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Before I just wasn't motivated enough! I didn't have a scale in my apt so I never weighed myself, but the other week went to the doc and she weighed me and I saw I weigh almost 200 lbs and I realized that I need to stop being lazy and get healthy!!

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First name (if you want to tell): Beth

Geographical location: Philadelphia

Age: 21

Marital Status: engaged

Children/Ages: nope

Occupation: unemployed

Pets: rottweilller ( Rajah ) 2 cats, ( KK) ( Luvey )

Hobbies/Interests: music, partying, gambling, out and about, excersing
Height: 5'5" (ditto!)

Eye/Hair Color: Blue/ Purple, reddish, brownish

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: May 10, 2005

Starting Weight: 230

Present Weight: 225

Goal Weight: 150 lbs n in a bikini by september 2005

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Having to control the amount of excuses i give my self to cheat. I definitly need to stick to my goals, and only eat when hungry..

Following any specific plan: Weight Watchers

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: My mental state was immature. Its been a ew years now and ya have to grow up sometime!!!!

Where do you see yourself in 5 yrs: I see myself modelling swinsuits, !!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm just bumping this thread up so the new people can see it. Do we have a moderator here who can make it sticky?

We don't have a moderator, but we can email one to help us out. I'll get on that today.