I am a 21 year old college student at Eastern Washington University. I'm looking to lose 20 pounds. I've been over weight since the fourth grade and I am looking to change that. I have tried many times before the lose the weight and have never really succeeded. I think that I will be able to succeed this time because I have a more realistic outlook and a possitive attitude, I don't want to give up again. On that note, I would like to maintain email or IM contact with someone in order to share progress and support. Thank you,
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Hey Brenna--

What do you know, 21 year old college student here, too. Although I'm in Iowa, not Washington (you have the advantage there, no contest, lol). Anyhow, it sounds like we're in the same boat, I have about 25 pounds to lose. I'd blame it on the Freshman 15, but they've been floating around for a lot longer than that! Anyhow, I've always been kind of half-assed about the whole weight issue. I'm trying to get a lot more motivated, and I've been trying to find someone who's in a pretty similar situation to me-- age-wise, weight-wise, life-stage-wise (yeah, university!). I think your realism & upbeat attitude, as you say, will get you farther this time. I think it's also important not to expect miracles... just like we wouldn't expect to pull an A+ without some text-cracking!

Anyway, like I said, I'm also at school, I'm a junior in psychology @ Iowa State. I'm wayy into music (mostly indie bands), rock-climbing, camping, reading... I'm pretty open-minded, I'll try everything once (except suicide! ). It'd be cool to get an e-mail buddy thing going, if you're okay with that. Let me know, either way.

Peace...
-Sarah

Hey sarah,
it's great to meet someone with similar goals and a similar attitude. It would be great to start an email-buddy thing. I'm not sure if my email is accessible via my profile, if not it's [email protected] I love the outdoors as well, I'm glad the weather is finally warming up so I can start riding my bike again. Well drop me an email if you get a chance.

~Brenna

Hiya Brenna,

I sent you a note, so whenever you check your e-mail next, it'll be waiting for ya!

-Sarah