I have fallen off the wagon time and time again, and I really want to commit this time.

I do a lot better if I have a small group of people to help keep me accountable (I feel lost in the really large threads).

Anyone want to be buddies?

A little about me....
I'm 23 years old
5' 1" and 160 lbs right now.

I'm not sure how much I really want to get down to...so right now I have 125 as a goal weight. That might change as I get closer to it. More than anything, I just want to be a thinner, healthier me.

I bought a food journal that I can tuck into my purse. I'm also planning out my daily meals/snacks the day before, so I have a set plan.

I also need to get my booty back to the gym. There's simply no excuse!

Aside from the gym, I have a few workout DVD's (walk away the pounds, 30 day shred, hip hop abs) but I obviously haven't been using them.

...anyone want to join me? Please?

ok so how are we going to do this? lol im ready...i need to push past a plateau that i have grown to comfortable in. anyway. let me know how you want to do this!

our stats r really close i'm 5'2" and 159. lets do this.

My stats are kinda close too. I'm 26, 5'3" and 172. I'm getting married in a year and a half and NEED to follow through this time. I'm sick of envying women who look great and get to buy cute clothes. Plus, I wanna look great in my wedding photos!!!

I'm thrilled with the response! I was planning on bookmarking this thread, and making plans to visit it once a day to check in.

That's my idea for this thread. Every day, post on here to let us know your progress for the day. Write out goals, even if it's something "small".

My daily goal is to stick to my meal/calorie plan. (1200-1400 calories)

I also plan to set exercise goals for the week.

So for the rest of this week:
Thursday: Walk away the pounds DVD, 30 min
Friday: 30 min...either gym or hip hop abs DVD
Saturday: Gym! At least 30 min of elliptical (hopefully I can find a movie on tv...haha then I want to stay and work out longer to see more of the movie)

So far today I'm good on the calories, and I have enough left for dinner. I haven't done my exercise DVD. I'll edit this post when I do though.

Oops...forgot my manners.

Welcome hotpod, UrthWurm, DanielleAshley, and IansGirl!!


UrthWurm: I'd love to plan one or two days a week for hip hop abs.
I think I'm going to pick Sunday as a day for walking my dog (he needs more exercise too) and doing an exercise DVD, since the gym closes early that day. So that might be one of my hip hop abs days. Is there a day that's good for you?

P.S.- Much to my surprise when I stepped on the scale this morning, I'm actually 157.2 Yay! So that's why my ticker has already changed.

Oh! I'm probably going to make Monday my weigh in day. Don't know about the rest of you. You don't have to have a weigh in day, I just think it'll help me if I have one.

ill post my weigh in day on mondays as well. sounds good to me! and i need to start going to the gym again. but im excited...lets get this loser party started!

HI!! welcome and wtg on the weightloss already!!! I just joined myself just a few days ago and have found that the group is great on this site!! The mass amount of members is a little overwhelming but at least for now i've stuck mostly to the 20 somethings. I'm here to be a buddy as well! We can all use the most support and encouragement we can get, I'm sure!

Mind if I join this thread? I was recently attacked my Darth KFC and sith lord chinese food so I think having a group to kick my rear into gear is a great idea.

HellsAngel and TheTinGirl: Welcome to the thread!

TTG: I completely understand. I got home from work the other night to see my family had brought home popeyes for dinner. They *NEVER* get that! I was totally shocked. (and didn't make the best choices that night either).

Urthwurm: that sounds like a great plan for HHA. I also like your weekly goals for crunches/lunges/bicep curls! What an awesome idea!!

Just finished my workout to Walk Away the Pounds, so Thursday is complete.

hi there... can I join up too?
I like the idea of setting short goals for each day...
I think my goal for tomorrow will be to start doing crunches when I wake up in the morning. and start doing those every morning....
And calorie limit of 1350...

Welcome to the thread tdiprincess!

Sometimes it's so much easier to just set short goals for yourself. Starting Sunday I'd like to try and set weekly goals for myself, but we'll have to see how these next few days go.

Hello and welcome!