Hi everyone. Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. My name is Kelly. I am 23 years old. I've been lurking around this board for weeks and finally decided to register and become a member .

I've been working out at least 5 days a week for at least 30 minutes for about 9 months now and have only lost a few pounds. I weigh 130lbs and would like to get down to 125lbs. I know its not a huge drop, but those last 5 lbs are killer.

My one main weakness is chocolate. I love every type of chocolate.

Ok just wanted to say hi! Hopefully I'll get to meet some other 20 somethings here!

Kelly

Hi Kelly! This is weird, I'm also new, 23, and 5'3". I weigh 136 right now, and my goal is 120.

My big weakness is after I get home from work. I'm normally a big "morning eater", but since I try to limit my points during the day, I'm famished when I get home.

Good luck!

erin

Hey Erin! I know exactly how you feel. When I get home from work I am always so hungry even though I try to have fruit during the afternoon (ok today it was cookies because someone had sent them to our department...they were so good they were worth it! ). I usually end up having handfuls of pretzels with peanut butter but I know they aren't too nutricious for me.

I do try to workout after I get home from work or else I'd sit there and eat and eat and eat until dinner.

What can I do to not eat so much before I workout???

Hey girls! I'm 23 & new here too... but I've go more to lose! I'm 210 from 235+ & my 1st goal is 195... 2nd goal will be 175... and so on. Mind if I join your thread?

Do you two live anywhere near latte'-central? (the greater Seattle area) That's where I am & so like many locals, my weakness are latte's & mochas! They're simply to die for! I can't get enough! Before work, lunch break, after work... you get the picture! (I especially like the places that give you chocolate covered coffee beans, or a hershey's kiss on your lid!)

Kelly~ The thing that made me post here was your question of 'what can i do to not eat so much before i workout'... I struggle so much with trying to not eat when I'm not hungry!!! It drives me nuts! I don't have any real good advice on that one, except to keep trying... Actually lately I've been able to stick to it pretty well & only eat when my body tells me to... but that's because of a recent drop in income... the cuboards & fridge are pretty bare! It's got nothing to do with my 'amazing' self-control! So I guess that could be called good advice = if you don't buy tasty food, you won't be able to eat tasty food!

Well I'm outta here, I'll drop in again later. ~Kalypso

Hey everyone... I'm new here too... 22 years old and in college (at least for a couple more months). I also have a little more weight to lose (I'm at about 219 right now, down from about 235). But I've been working on it

As far as not eating before working out -- I've been working out in the morning (and the only way that this works is because my roommate also works out early, and we wake each other up) and I just grab water and a cereal bar before...

I tend to eat when I'm not hungry too -- all the time .... The only thing that really saves me is staying the heck out of the kitchen! I basically lock myself in my room And I try to keep food out of my cabinets too... at least bad food out of my cabinets...

My weakness is that I love food -- I love to cook it, shop for it, and eat it... and portion sizes! I eat too much in a meal or a snack...

BTW -- I visited Seattle last summer and I loved it! How do you like living there? It was gorgeous there for the week I was there, much cooler than Illinois

star19600~ Hi! Sounds like we have a bit in common!
My weakness is that I love food all the time too! I like munching & sometimes I even have to concentrate on making myself think of other things to do! Grrrrrr... This gets so frustrating!!!

Here's a trick that helped me & it may help you girls a little too... it all started when I realized that I eat because I'm bored & because I like tinkering in the kitchen. It's just fun to pull together odd ingredients & come up with some new concoction! Ya know what I mean? Cooking can be really fun sometimes! (I know... I'm a nerd )

So anyways, recently I've turned my kitchen into a Soap-Making Factory!!! This way I can tinker for hours & come out of the kitchen with wonderful BATH PRODUCTS instead of MUNCHIES! It's a little weird, but it's really fun & I've been able to make great gift baskets full of soaps, bath fizzies, bath oils, etc... for all my friends! If your at all interested I can give you some tips!

BTW... Seattle's great! I really love it! I love the "busy! busy! busy bee!" atmosphere of it! It's got that whole "grab a latte' & go" attitude... (which is very big in WA) Do you live in a city too, or smaller town?
Plus I love it because I just moved here recently & the drastic change of lifestyle (& drop in $$ due to the move) has been a big help in reaching my weight loss goals!

well, i'm off, have a great day! ~Kalypso

Kalypso -- sounds like a great idea! I just don't think I'd have time to do it. And I have enough Bath & Body Works to last me a lifetime....

I live in a small town, or did until I came to college... But the college town isn't all that big either. My hometown had 1600 people, and I lived in the country... The collegetown has about 20,000; and half of that is students. It really makes me like visiting big cities -- they're so different from small-town life.

Well, I'm doing much better so far this week. Last week I was on Spring Break, and even though I only came home, I ate and drank way too much.... I guess I didn't have enough to keep me busy, so my friends and i just kept hitting the bar at night

But it's a new week-- have a great week everyone!

I hope so, I'm loving this board!

I'm Jenny, 23, from Maryland. I've been working with a nutritionist to try to get my eating habits on track (I'm a bored eater too, along with a happy eater, depressed eater, scared eater, and so on).

My all-time high was 265, senior year of high school, and when I started my current job, I started creeping dangerously close to that mark. I decided that it was way past time to do something about this, so I set myself some short term goals, started working out, started seeing the nutritionist, and started seeking support.

I really am glad to have found this board, I can't seem to say it enough!

Jenny~
Hello & Welcome! I'm so glad your here & I hope you keep posting! This place has helped me SO much... whenever I want to munch... if my computer is near I can just hop on & chat instead!
There are lots a great people here with tons of understanding support to offer!

Thanks for joining in on the chat & I'll talk with ya later!

~Kaly