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I'm originally from Barcelona, Spain. When I was 19 I went to NY, USA as an au-pair, I ended up living in USA until 2006. After that we've lived in Japan and now in Amsterdam. Each move is stressfull which has added more weight. I'm tired of it. I want to loose it!. I've never been a skinny person, but after moving to USA I discovered peanut M&Ms, plus being home sick made me eat even more. I gained at least 30 pounds in one year. I lost some, then I had my daughther which made me gain again, gained some more every time we moved, my top was 162, I'm only 5.2 high. I really want to loose weight so I can feel healthy and gain my energy back. I also want to be able to buy the clothes I like instead of the ones that fit. I'm excited about this web site. I'll try my best.
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I'm 30 and married. I started gaining a lot of weight during a very stressful period before the wedding. I had to buy another dress because my first one didn't fit. Despite what a glorious and happy day it was, I get quite sad when I look at the pictures and see how big I look. I'd gained even more since then, and I have been actively trying to lose it since September. I am currently at 205 lbs. My highest weight was 230 lbs.
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I am 30 yrs old and 5ft 4 inches tall. I have a wonderful boyfriend and good friends. My weight has fluctuated a lot in the last 4 years. I am an emotional eater. I don't want weight to be an issue for the rest of my life.
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I am 28 and just had my first child. WE moved to the Boston Area for My hubby's job.
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I'm a 28 year old grad student. I started working out agressively 7-8 years ago and lost about 45 pounds...but in trying to keep my workout interesting and start to incorporate more weight training (as well as allowing myself to eat more of the foods I had sworn off earlier), I gained back 15-20. I know my lifestyle wasn't too healthy at my lowest weight and would like to make better choices and lose an extra 10 or so pounds in a way that I can maintain.
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I am 17 years old, am overweight, and may be depressive. My whole life has been bad events bridged together by good events, but in the past year, everything seems to have gone down hill. From age 8 to 13, I was anorexic. I got help for it after 8th grade. My freshman year in highschool was shaky, but since then, after all the required stays and everything, I gained weight steadily, which was good at first. But now I'm going to college in the fall- I don't know where yet still- and the stress of everything is causing me to put on even more weight. I want to be healthy when I start college, because there, I won't have the comfort of friends who already know where I've been and what I've been through.
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I’m 24 from kent, England. I’m trying to get healthy and active & loose 1 or 2 stone. I’ve always done faddy diets before, which fail after a few weeks if not days, and i’ve gotten into the cycle of beating myself up over failing diets, emotional eating etc etc. This is the first time i’ve lot weight through healthy eating and exercise (i‘ve lost about 3 stone since January this year and have another 1 or 2 to go). I don’t want to be counting calories, but i’d like to keep a check on here of what i’m eating and what exercise i’m doing, to keep me motivated and maybe meet a few new people.
I love to cook, mainly healthy food, tho i make a fabulous cheesecake. I have the odd treat, but still find it a bit hard not to beat myself up about it afterwards... but hopefully i’ll get there.
I try and get to the gym about 3 times a week, i also do swimming when i can and i’ve just invested in a Pilates dvd. I’m trying to start running but i’m finding it a real struggle and not a pleasurable experience if i’m honest, I‘ve completed a 5 mile and a 5k run but i walked about half of both, its something i’d really like to do so i’m going to persist with it. I’ve applied for the london marathon next year and am going to do the ASPIRE swim the channel challenge in September.
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I am 34 years old and getting married in October 08 (thats just one incentive to loose weight). I lost 49 lbs 5 years ago but of course it has all crept back on, so its now time to start again!
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21 year old college student. I want to be healthy, and I want to feel my best both mentally and physically. I care about the environment and about animals so living a vegan lifestyle is important to me. I eat for comfort often and do not exercise enough. We can do this!
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19 yrs old. Nursing student.
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Married 10 years as of 4 July 2008, starting on 26 January - @ 219.2lbs and 30.3% Body Fat. I've been married 10 years - I have an awesome 6 year old daughter. I need to gain confidence and improve my self-esteem. I feel pretty lethargic and consistently bored at work.
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I'm 25 years old, female. Dieting has allways been a part of my life, and Im really hoping for it to be a life style, and would cease to be a major issue for me. The lowest weight I've been was 135, and it felt great!
Im currently 155, and i wanna kick those extra pounds away to the feel great zone.
Other then that Im mainly applying to collage, finishing some prerequist courses, and hoping to start grad school later this year
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I'm a health nut; I research food and exercise nearly daily. I started my health journey years ago, when I was pushing 190lbs. In about six months, I was down to 155. Then, last year, I became even more obsessed-- not about looking skinny or fitting into smaller clothes, but because I kept getting sick and wanted to use food as medicine, not antibiotics. I began exercising and eating healthier then ever, and got down to about 143lbs. Recently, I changed jobs, location, and had a lot of holiday food, and I'm at about 157.
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I am 56 and ready to get to work again on weight loss for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Personal info includes: Happily married, 2 grown children 30 and 33 , work in education, love to dance, read, garden, and learn.
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I'm 18 years old.
I've been married for about 7 months.
I love the color pink.
I collect fairy and tinkerbell related things.
I like most types of music.
I like to read.
I'm Christian.
I've been overweight most of my life.
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32 year old female. 5'7"
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Im 19 from England, in my last year of college.
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I am 27 years old and have just recently begun to struggle with my weight. I am 5'8" tall, and weigh 160lb to date (the heaviest I've ever been). Last year at this time I weighed about 143lbs (and was unhappy even at that weight!!), but even as recently as May of this year, I weighed 150lbs. That's a lot of weight to gain over the course of a year! I'm not really sure what's happening, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say it was my bad eating habits! I love all the foods that are unhealthy, and have a hard time controlling myself.
I recently began working out, basically doing cardio ~3x per week. I started this about 2 months ago, but I have not lost an ounce. I'm realizing the reality that I'm no longer a teenager!! I'm here for motivation and encouragement and to try and be more accountable about what I eat. It's October 2008, and I figure I have plenty of time between now and this coming summer to get into better shape! I've just got to make the right choices from now on!
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I am a varsity athlete in college in Maryland. I run the hurdles and do high, triple and long jump. I've recently become a vegetarian. I also avoid dairy. I'm not an ethical vegan so I will consume dairy when I'm hungry and theres no other option.
I'm still struggling to learn what my body does and doesn't need and I love being able to log my food and keep track of how I feel. I've already lost 20 lbs so I'm fairly content with my weight, I'd ultimately like to lose 5 more, but that last bit is always so hard that I'm just gonna worry more about what I'm eating.
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College junior looking to lose a few pounds and create a healthy diet and lifestyle
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I'm a 49 yo single mom with a 17 yo daughter.
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31year old female living in France who loves nature - especially snowy mountains. Loves to ride them, too.
45 hours a week in front of the screen, finishing my phD in 2008 (hope so). I'm very happy with my boyfriend, six years passed by like six months, but we love to cook and go to restaurants way too much - took almost 40lbs (he took 30lbs) and would like to loose'em before we get depressed of getting lazy and fat.
I was never tall, but I'd like to wear clothes I like, not clothes that fit, keep my energy, keep my smile.
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FEMALE, 30 - I LOST SOME WEIGHT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHICH HAS CREEPED BACK ON. I LIKE TRYING DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXERCISE BUT NEED MOTIVATION TO GET BACK ON TRACK
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Turning 55 in August; that doesn't seem possible! I live in a small town in Northeastern Wisconsin and commute 40 miles each way daily to my corporate job in Green Bay (home of the World Champion Green Bay Packers!!). I own my own home and love to read, play Scrabble and work in the garden. I work full time in a corporate environment. 0 kids, 1 cat, lots of friends.
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Just turned 30 yr old 3/18. I'm a stay at home mother of 3, 2yr son, 8yr old daughter, and 11 yr old daughter. Married since 2000, but we've been together since '97. I don't have the money to totally change everything we eat or have fresh fruits n veggies everyday. I want to change how I look and eat, but I have the family to consider also. I'm not even sure how I happened across this site, but, I think this will be what I need to be honest with myself about my eating habits, and keep me on track with my exercising.
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I'll be 30 this year. Since college I have struggled with binge eating for emotional reasons. I want to finally kick the habit and get healthy.
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I am a 23 year old student teacher, I graduate in May and will hopefully get married sometime in the next year. I am DETERMINED to lose weight and be healthy!
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Im a 27 year old nurse with a five year old son and wonderful partner. I like to exercise but sometimes have to force myself after a long day. My other half is also a foot taller and nearlly 100lbs heavier so can eat pretty much what he want whereas as I am 5 foot stupid I cannot.
Im 130 at the moment and would like to be between 115 - 120.
10/09/08 - 132lbs
19/09/08 - 130lbs
06/12/08 - 125lbs
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I'm 34 years old and live in small town Iowa. I have my own interior painting business, and stay home with my children, when I'm not on a job. I've been married for 10 years, and weighed about 130 then. WOW. Now I have 3 children, 9,6, and 2. My current weight is around 185. I would like to be more around 150. I could happily live with that.
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I am 22 years old married and working as a case manager at a homeless shelter.
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I am a 38 year old mom of the world's most amazing 1st grader and am wife to my incredibly loving hubby of 9 years. I'm a professional with a hefty travel schedule and struggle with emotional eating as well as consistent exercise and motivation.
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