Name: Jen
Age: 32
Kids: DS 5; DS 3
Status: Married
Job: Photographer & stay at home Mom
About weight loss: I've weighed between 95 and nearly 165 lbs. (at the end of a pregnancy) during my lifetime. I'm comfortable at about 110 (5'2"). I'm stuck in a rut at about 128 lbs right now but trying hard to lose the weight I gained from taking a perscription medication. Currently not happy about it at all!

My name : Nikki
Age : 23
Kids : Nope
Status: In a serious relationship
Job: Administrative Assistant @ a car dealership
Some thing more about me : My bf and I have a pet hedgehog : ) I love music, reading, & road trips (especially to the beach!)
About weight loss: I gained 30 lbs a couple years ago due to a prescription medication I was on. I have since come off the medicine, but the weight is of course harder to come off than it was to go on. I am hoping to be down to 125 by the beginning of September. May be a little unrealistic, but I am going to try.

My name: Jen
Age: 26
Kids: 6yr old son & 2 ferrets
Status: Married since '05
Job: secretary/auto-cad drafter
Some thing more about me: Hobbies include reading, music and driving. Currently playing Morrowind again.
About weight loss: Weight loss journey started in 2009 at 150lbs. 3 years later, I'm back to hovering around my high school weight (115-120). Not as much concerned with numbers anymore as with this little "pooch" under my belly button. Guess I'm a featherweight now since I'm only looking to lose around 4 more lbs.

Hope everyone's doing good and staying cool this summer

My name : Sandra
Age : 35
Kids : No children yet, but we're trying. Have 2 furkids, Milou and Hugo
Status: Married for 9 years
Job: art historian and freelance researcher/writer
Some thing more about me : I'm part of animal rescue association; love cooking at home and for friends and family; I'm from Portugal (husband is californian) our base is Lisbon at the moment but we have lived in Holland and the US before.
About weight loss: I was always somewhat fit until about 3 years ago. Stress from miscarriages and the challenges of being apart (my husband travels a lot) have contributed to overeating. I also am.... hmmm ....adverse to exercise :-)
My goal is to get in shape as much as I can. My clothes are not fitting anymore:-(
I want to get to about 114 ls (Currently 127) .
In kgs is Goal 52kgs / Current : 58kgs.
My height is 5.3 (162 cm)

My name : malaysha Age : 23 Kids : 0!!! Status: taken, been with my boyfriend for almost two years Job: secretary/student Something more about me: my favorite color is purple, excited to be in my last year of grad school, I look forward to my traineeship in the fall, yet taking the time to enjoy my summer. Weight loss: I'm soo not motivated, its sad, my boyfriend is a huge inspiration because he incorporates fitness into his lifestyle. People look at me like I'm crazy, all they see is a size four. When my body fat was taken 3 weeks ago I was at 34%, I'm now down to 28%, I was in the obese range lol! But you couldn't tell by looking at me! This journey is for health first!

My name : Annmarie
Age : 21
Kids : No
Status:In a relationship
Job: Insurance
Some thing more about me : I have a gorge Siberian Husky who i adore, like to read and socialize!
About weight loss: Currently 136 pounds. want to get down to appox 125 pound before end of august as going on holidays... i am a binger i can eat an awful lot then feel bad after generally down to stress and boredom! i get very motivated and can lose weight quickly but can lose interest then and go back to the bad ways. i find it hard to deprive myself so high sugar/high fat foods but i am determined to look good in a bikini this year!!

My name: Alice
Age: 18
Kids: No but sometimes I swear I'M the one raising my little sister (age 8) opposed to ma maw
Status: Single but having PLENTY of fun ;D
Job: I'm in my final year of Secondary school and also train between 16-20 (depending if we have out BATD dance exams coming up) hours a week in musical theatre and am hoping to go into that full time
Something more about me: Although I love dancing (ballet, jazz, modern, tap, hip hop etc.) singing is what really makes life worth living for me! My current favourite song to sing is 'Breathe' from the musical 'In the heights'.
About weight loss: When I was a toddler I was really chubby and so my brother used to call me "Chooks" or "Chookmonster" which is where I got my username from. Anyways as I grew older I really leaned out but about 5 months ago I started to notice a return of the dreaded "Chookmonster" so I buckled down and lost about 5 pounds in a month. After that I was struggling to lose even ONE pound and eventually I gave up and binged until I was back to 139. Then, around a month and a half ago, I realised that since my theatre training (particularly dance) started to go down hill that what I really needed to do was to build up stamina and strength. Once I started focussing on that I realised I was burning about 800-900 additional calories a day and that the weight was just MELTING off! Now it's the 8 day count down to Spain and I am going to tone up and slim down as much as possible

I'm not technically a featherweight, but this is the best place for me, I think.

Name: Ellie

Age: 32 this month

Kids: None; undecided

Status: Married for 4 years

Job: Student advisor at a community college

Something more about me: I love to write and record original music (looks like we have quite a few musicians in this thread!)... I'm getting more into reading like I used to be when I was younger. I've recently committed to weight lifting as of about 5 weeks ago and I LOVE it! I just wish I had a lifting partner. My marriage is rocky, but surprisingly, it's not really affecting my fitness efforts. I'm very indecisive and anxious, and I become overwhelmed quite easily. For the first time in my life... I'm enjoying exercising (relatively speaking... I still loathe cardio at times! )

About weight loss: I've always been overweight. Always. I was 9lbs. 8oz when I was born.

I've never been so committed to fitness in my entire life the way I am now... but, even so, I know I still need to work on my levels of intensity and commitment. Since starting up my journey again in December, I've lost about 15lbs. I just told my husband today to hide my scale because I know I won't be losing very quickly while I'm lifting weights. I stopped losing pounds a month ago when I started lifting. I will probably weigh myself once a month and will measure myself at the same time. My first measurements will be this evening; I wish I had measured myself back in December!

I would love to get down into the lower to mid 130s, but I'm more concerned with how I look and not so much the number on the scale.

I've only just joined 3FC this week so this thread seems to be a good place to introduce myself to the other featherweights

Name Rebecca
Age 19
Kids No. Kids scare me. And they seem to be scared of me too.
Status Single.
Job Full time Chemistry student and also working as a lifeguard because I need money
More about me I play the violin. I speak Spanish and Japanese. I love to swim and on the uni lifesaving team. I have hypermobility and my knees are really screwed up so I'm not really supposed to do high-impact sport such as running. Though I'm thinking of going to a physiotherapist and seeing whether there is anything I can do to help this as it is really annoying. I am a complete geek, love sci fi and couldn't live without my laptop or the internet.
About weight loss Always been a bit on the chubby side, was bullied for my weight in primary school, though looking back I wasn't actually fat. Kids can be cruel.
Also I am very prone to binge-restrict cycles. I gained quite a bit of weight during a year long relationship that I was not very happy in. I broke things off before going to university, full of hope for a new, better life. Turns out I'm a shy geek at university too *duh* . Being very lonely I stopped eating, I lost half a stone. Felt happier, more energetic and gained the confidence to start swimming again. I want to continue losing weight, but obviously in a healthier way. I didn't stop eating in order to lose weight, but once I noticed the weight loss it felt good. So out goes the starvation in with the eating healthy.
I'd like to get down to the 120s, but really I just want to be happy and to be able to look at myself in the mirror and in photos without cringing.