Ok I want to jump on the bandwagon as well. Im 22 almost 23 with a 3 year old and my current weight is 230 *insert shock smiley* lol. I actually weigh more now than I did when I was preggo with her. I just want to get down to 160, which is where I was when I got pregnant. I remember trying to lost about 20-30 then but Ill settle being 160 anyday right about now. I gained about 30 something pounds when I was pregnant and when I left the hospital I was down to 180 something then life happened. I started eating more fast food than ever along with other things and Ive ballooned up into the 200's. Most of the women in my family are petite women so it is definitely hard being the biggest around everyone but I just want to get under 200 pounds by the end of the year, at least.
I could have almost written your post exactly! We're the same start weight and have the exact same goals. Only difference is I'm 26 and my daughter is only 2!! LOL
I would love to have someone to email daily and talk to about things life wise, weight loss wise, just someone to support and support me. If anyone's interested let me know! I'm new around here!
My name is Tricia and I am a 24 year old mom to 4 kids (yes I started young). My husband is in the Navy and we are currently stationed in San Diego. I am a new WAHM (just became an Avon Rep) and I homeschool my two oldest. Right now I have about 6o lbs to lose. I haven't really started anything yet but reading these boards is getting me really motivated to get my butt moving. In the past I did BFL but now I'm thinking I might give the SBD a shot. Anything will be better than what I am doing now, a whole lot of eating out and not a whole lot of exercsing.
I guess that's about it for now. I need to get my butt to bed it's really late. Bye for now.
hi everyone!
My name is Sami, I'm 22 married to Joe ( who is perfect, can eat anything and not gain.. grrr).. I have 2 beautiful girls, Debbie who is 2 and Kaytie who is 2.5 months old.
I'm at my highest weight now 315 ( shocked look ). My goal is 160lbs by this time next year. Short term goal is 15- 20 lbs lighter by christmas..
WOW, I love the name Clover.. I love those names that are very unusual! I loved the name Willow but we ended up sticking with Meredith and it fits my daughter, so I'm glad we did. Sami, I'm laughing so hard about your "screaming long winded toddler," I know that ALL TO WELL!!
And let me tell you something about perfect husbands. My husband and I started WW together at the beginning of the year. He was very lienient on his daily points and ate how he wanted pretty much and he has lost 25lbs in a matter of 3 weeks and I had lost 8. I got discouraged and quit while he kept on trucking and ended up losing 50lbs in a matter of 3 months. He makes me sick!!! LOL
Can't wait to get to know more about all of you all!
I'm so happy to have stumbled on this group! I'm a 25 year old with a just turned 6 son. I would love to lose weight with people who are struggling with similar issues. A little info on me: I am a nurse, I work in a peds ER. I have lost this weight once before, but did it through extreme calorie reduction and massive workouts. I want a more balanced approach this time. My son is beautiful and a little wild, so hopefully keeping up with him will help me out a little bit at least. I love to work out, but haven't done it for a while. When I was in better shape my favorites were running and tae bo. My goals are to lose this weight and run a marathon. In the shorter term, I'd like to be 25 pounds lighter by Christmas and have run a 5k by then. Good luck to all of you too!
Hello everyone!!! Geez there are a ton of girls responding to the thread! Yeah! I do think we should move this to the support group forum. I started one after I posted this link called BabyFat BeGone- Support for Young Moms. Only loosinbabyfat and I have posted on it so if you all would like to start posting over there or keep this thread going is fine with me. Let me know what you all would like to do!!!
-tampagirlcmb
Get out of my head! I don't know too many young moms, so there's really no one here that I can buddy up with. I'm 24, I have a 7 month old son. I WAHM 3 days a week and then I go into the office twice weekly. I get "personal time" for an hour each evening to do my workouts (4.5 miles brisk walking), and I do my a.m. workout at 4:25 in order to get some peace and be able to relax afterwards. I look forward to getting to know everyone.
We are trying to move this thread to the Support Groups Forum - BabyFat BeGone-Support for young moms. We want to start doing challenges and fun stuff like that. If you would like to post over there please do. The more the merrier! Thanks -tampagirlcmb
Disregard the stuff about moving this thread. It's just going way too good to move! Why don't we just stay here and start challenges and exchnging information from here?
I think everyone should start by telling WHAT WORKS FOR YOU? Whether it be calorie counting, working out, walking, atkins, certain foods, whatever....Please share. That way newbies, or girls who have hit a plateau will have some new ideas to use.
I will start by saying that my food journal is like a bible. I took a regular journal (with a fun cover) and I put everything in it....what I ate, recipes, excercises, information from websites. Whatever I find. And it's fun to go back through and look at. I calorie count. I try not to go above 1500 calories a day. I am in the "maintaining my weight" stage. I try to work out 3 times a week, but Ive decided my work out needs to change a little bit to keep things exciting.
Post away ladies!!! Good luck to everyone today. We will start challenges next week.
Hello all,
I hope you don't mind if I join you. I am 24 and have 2 girls, 4 and 2. They keep me busy. I also work outside of the home. I am a nurse aid/med aid and currently work in a nursing home. I started this weightloss journey May 25th and have managed to lose 41 pounds so far. I am trying to be healthy about it but I just want all of this weight gone. I feel better about myself now than I have in almost 5 years. I will actually let my husband take pictures of me now. I was 140 when I graduated high school and that is my goal weight. Heres hoping we all make it.
Jen
hi im a young mom age 24 married to my highschool sweet heart we've been together for 10yrs and married 1yr this past aug. we have a lovely son who will be 8 months old on the 15th of september. i've found a diet that i can really stick to and that's the 3 hour diet....but it helps to have people to talk too.......
Im Heather, im 20 and I have a 10 month old baby boy named Jason Jr (Jay). Im a SAHM. I would love to join up with other SAHMs to lose weight. Im currently 203 with a goal weight of 165! Really not happy with my weight and need support. My husband just says "Your fine the way you are" and all my friends that are skinny say "Oh your not fat blah blah blah" and I just wanna smack em! LOL. My best weight was 140, but im not gonna have that as my goal yet. Id be happy with 165, which is a weight were im not fat, but not skinny. I think its more realistic. ANyway, im blabbering lol
Welcome Gingerjen- congratulations so far on the weightloss. Its just going to keep coming off!!! Please share with what has worked for you so far. What changes have you made, what do you not eat anymore, what are your weaknesses? We all want to help you! Good luck girl! HAVE YOU made mini goals for yourself? loosinbabyfat has an excercise goal for the month of september and she's kickin butt.
to be honest I will be happy to see 160
I just want to get down to 160, which is where I was when I got pregnant. I remember trying to lost about 20-30 then but Ill settle being 160 anyday right about now. I gained about 30 something pounds when I was pregnant and when I left the hospital I was down to 180 something then life happened. I started eating more fast food than ever along with other things and Ive ballooned up into the 200's. Most of the women in my family are petite women so it is definitely hard being the biggest around everyone but I just want to get under 200 pounds by the end of the year, at least. 
I love to work out, but haven't done it for a while. When I was in better shape my favorites were running and tae bo. My goals are to lose this weight and run a marathon. In the shorter term, I'd like to be 25 pounds lighter by Christmas and have run a 5k by then. Good luck to all of you too!
