New Members

Hi :)  Calorie~Count ~ Glad I found it ~ Glad U found it ~ Looking forward to getting to know each other :) 

Don't forget to set up a Profile & add friends you meet & share stuff in common ~ you can keep in touch with your friends through each other's Journals here ~ one of the waaaay coolest features here :)

I hope everyone will find this a nice friendly place to introduce yourself, welcome others, chit & chat a bit :)  Now, for a shameless plug...  please feel welcome to visit the chat shack here in the Lounge anytime ~ next best thing to a live chatroom for now ;) 

Please don't wait on the hostess ~ to meet & greet or to chat away.  {{{huggles}}}

Only other guidelines, methinks ~ please no snowball or fist fights ~ bubbles & snuggles are encouraged ;)  

Please copy the list below into a new post and add your information so we can all get to know each other!!   It's up to you how much you want to share.


1. Calorie Count Name (user id):
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:
3. Age & Sex:
4. General Location:
5. Married? Single?
6. Kids? Furbabies?
7. Favorite color?
8. Favorite movie?
9. Hobbies?
10. Favorite Snack?
11. Favorite Beverage?
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?
15. How did you find Calorie Count?
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?


edit: debolded the list but freel free to *bold* your Q's or your A's ;)

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): jenn964
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Jenn
3. Age & Sex: 27/F
4. General Location: Arlington, VA
5. Married? Single? Have a fiance
6. Kids? Furbabies? Two cats
7. Favorite color? Blue
8. Favorite movie? Star Wars (IV, V, VI)
9. Hobbies? Reading, creative writing
10. Favorite Snack? cheese
11. Favorite Beverage? earl gray tea
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? portion control
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 115 lb (currently 151)
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? litter box duty
15. How did you find Calorie Count? from my best friend
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  I'm getting married a year from now and want to look hot!! 

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):   Cassiesue
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: cassiesue is fine.
3. Age & Sex:  20 & Female
4. General Location:   Dallas
5. Married? Single?:  single
6. Kids? Furbabies?:  nope!
7. Favorite color?  baby blue
8. Favorite movie?:  Braveheart! 
9. Hobbies?   Music and sports
10. Favorite Snack?  fruit
11. Favorite Beverage?  water
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? portion control
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  need to re-tone
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?  putting away clothes
15. How did you find Calorie Count?  via the internet
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  This is my first time dieting. I said that I could just do maintainance but I am looking for more,  I really want to get all of the body fat out so I can be as toned as possible.

Hello- its great to be here! I am hopeful that this is a great resource for me in accomplishing my health and fitness goals! I am looking for support and encouragment:)

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): mschmidt013

2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:

3. Age & Sex: 23, female

4. General Location: usually northern MN, but I am finishing up a 4 month volunteer experiance at an orphanage in the Dominican Republic- I get home to the states in less than 3 weeks!!

5. Married? Single? committed relationship- of 4 yrs. Hoping to be asked "the question" soon;)

6. Kids? Furbabies? none- not yet

7. Favorite color? probably blue

8. Favorite movie? I have to addmit, chick flicks- anything sappy

9. Hobbies? running, rollarblading, walking, hiking, camping, outdoors, etc

10. Favorite Snack? sweets- ice cream, choc., PB, um... anything and everything that I should be avoiding

11. Favorite Beverage? I dont know?

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? not overeating- I lack control

13. Weight/Fitness Goal? to lose 10 lbs by New Years!

14. Least Favorite Household Chore? laundry and grocery shopping

15. How did you find Calorie Count? by luck!

16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I look forward to meeting others who have similar goals and experiances. I am hopeful that this is a start to a new and healthier lifestyle! I look forward to meeting you! Have a good day and make healthy decisions that you can be proud of;)

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  Fk1

3. Age & Sex: 47, female

5. Married? Single?  divorced
6. Kids? Furbabies? three teenagers and a dog (border collie)
7. Favorite color? red :)

9. Hobbies? reading, writing, running, photography
10. Favorite Snack? baby carrots, chocolate, dried papaya
11. Favorite Beverage? water
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? maybe laziness?
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 55 kilograms/qualify for Boston marathon

15. How did you find Calorie Count? google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? had a hysterectomy Oct. 30th '07

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):

syneasthetist

2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:

using my handle is fine with me.

3. Age & Sex:

22/f

4. General Location:

western MA

5. Married? Single?

i have a boyfriend of a little over a year. have been living with him for the past 3 months.

6. Kids? Furbabies?

no pets, sadly =( 

7. Favorite color?

purple!

 

8. Favorite movie?

depends on my mood, but the one i always love, no matter what is amelie. 

9. Hobbies?

teaching, community service, painting, photography, running, crocheting, spending time tooling around the internet, sketch comedy. 

 

10. Favorite Snack?

green olives and cheese. 

11. Favorite Beverage?

unfortunately, i need carbonation. right now i mix seltzer water with lemonade mix in an attempt to not drink sprite or coke. 

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?

all the time it takes to make healthy decisions/plan for being healthier. 

 

13. Weight/Fitness Goal?

to lose 40 pounds 

14. Least Favorite Household Chore?

cleaning sticky pots 

15. How did you find Calorie Count?

was looking for weight loss tools, because i'm too lazy to keep track of everything on my own =) 

16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?

i'm currently looking for friends to add since i find reading the journals of others to be a motivational and habitual tool (i'm also a livejournal addict). i figure that if i become invested in learning about the lives of others on this site, i'll be more likely to stick around. 

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):electrikk_
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:caitlin?
3. Age & Sex: 13,female
4. General Location:PA
5. Married? Single? singlee
6. Kids? Furbabies?uh nah
7. Favorite color?yellow
8. Favorite movie?forest gump
9. Hobbies? music
10. Favorite Snack? crackers and hummus
11. Favorite Beverage?water
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?eating to much
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?100-110
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?"straightning up"
15. How did you find Calorie Count?anorexia research haha
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? nah

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): nfgurl009
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Sabrina
3. Age & Sex: 18/f
4. General Location: Buffalo/East Northport, NY
5. Married? Single? taken, i have a boyfriend
6. Kids? nope
7. Favorite color? no preferance
8. Favorite movie? Brokeback Mountain, Harry Potter, tons others
9. Hobbies? reading, listening to music, hanging out with friends, going to concerts
10. Favorite Snack? sour patch kids
11. Favorite Beverage? coffee
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? just losing the weight in general
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? between 150 and 160lbs
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? cleaning the bathroom
15. How did you find Calorie Count? through a friend
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? not at the moment =]

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): braidi
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Braidi
3. Age & Sex:  26/F
4. General Location: Tooele, UT
5. Married? Single? Married for 7 1/2 years
6. Kids? Furbabies? 1 kid 2 dogs 1 cat
7. Favorite color? red
8. Favorite movie? The Notebook
9. Hobbies? sewing, reading, hiking, camping, painting
10. Favorite Snack? chips and dip
11. Favorite Beverage? pepsi
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? not over eating
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 145
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? laundry
15. How did you find Calorie Count? searching google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I am 200 pounds and didn't think I was considered overweight until yesterday when I went to buy pants.  I fit into a size 18 again.  Then we had professional pictures done for my business cards, they were HORRIBLE!!  I started to look at most of the clothes in my closet.  All of my size 12's have moved to the other closet.  In May I plan on moving them back! 

Hello, Everyone!
I signed up a while back but never did anything about it until now. Hope to meet you all.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  Martiegras
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:  Martie
3. Age & Sex: 36 Female
4. General Location: Huntington Beach
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies?  4 kitties
7. Favorite color? black, purple
8. Favorite movie? too many to name
9. Hobbies? reading, photography, computer stuff
10. Favorite Snack? anything salty
11. Favorite Beverage? Malibu and diet pepsi
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Myself
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? lose ~40 lbs and be active and fit
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Laundry and taking out the trash
15. How did you find Calorie Count? friend
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? Happy to be here making changes in my life.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): rcflyr
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Ryan
3. Age & Sex: 25 Male
4. General Location: Central California
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies? 1 and a half - another girl due in February
7. Favorite color? - blue
8. Favorite movie? - not sure
9. Hobbies? - Too many too count. Custom car's is my most recent/active.
10. Favorite Snack? - chocolate (not anymore)
11. Favorite Beverage? Pepsi (not anymore)
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Stop eating - I'm a habitual eater
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 218 / 190 - this is my initial (safe) goal - I've built some muscle since I've been in the 180 range so I'll adjust at 190.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Everything that needs doing again tomorrow.
15. How did you find Calorie Count? Google search for food calories
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I've been putting on the pregnancy husband weight again and now I have a (mostly) desk job so I've gained about 15lb in the last 6 months. Every time I got on the scale it was a larger number than before. That stops now.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  See above :)
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:  That's fine
3. Age & Sex:   30/f
4. General Location:  Texas
5. Married? Single?  Married
6. Kids? Furbabies?  2 dogs!
7. Favorite color?  Purple
8. Favorite movie?  Office Space
9. Hobbies?  Wine, travel, boardgames, reading, internet, cooking
10. Favorite Snack?  Is it food?  Yes, it's my favorite.
11. Favorite Beverage?  Wine or beer, depending on my mood; guess now it should be wine since it's better for you than beer
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  No matter how much I eat I am constantly starving.  I always want to eat more and more and more.  Plus I am older now and metabolism slowed down and it's harder than ever to not gain weight, let alone lose any.
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  Lose 52 lbs.  So far it has been 3 months and I have lost 5 lbs.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?  Hanging/folding laundry
15. How did you find Calorie Count?  internet
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  I am eating about 1200-1500 cal per day and working out about 2 hours per day, so I should be losing more than 5 lbs in 3 months!!  Frustration level is at an all time high!!

The senior fifteen lxvelaur
Nov 19 2007 16:58
After having calorie-count for almost 2 years, I'm getting around to using the forums.

As a senior in college, you would think I would be able to stop the changes in my eating habits when I return to school at the end of the summer... At home I'm really good about controlling my diet and keeping the weight off. But as soon as I get back to school I fall back in to my habits of eating badly & drinking. Luckily I managed to catch myself before I gained the 15, I think I'm at 7, and I really want to lose it before I go back home for Christmas break. So I'm looking for people who are in a similar situation with me, either with school or stats or whatever.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): lxvelaur
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Laur/Lauren
3. Age & Sex: 20 Female
4. General Location: Central Florida
5. Married? Single? single-ish
6. Kids? Furbabies? my roommate & i have birds?
7. Favorite color? silver
8. Favorite movie? eternal sunshine of the spotless mind / sincity
9. Hobbies? shopping. movies. sleeping. sorority life.
10. Favorite Snack? cookies...
11. Favorite Beverage? diet coke, hot tea, iced coffee
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? college.
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 125 lbs
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? i *hate* vacumming.
15. How did you find Calorie Count? looking up calories on google.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? Currently 5'8 and 137ish lbs.

Hi.  I am new to this. I am icesk8rsmom and  I have tried weight watchers but the groups were hard.  I just sigfned on and I even bought a portable food storage system that you carry with you all day.  It has all of your meals for the day in it. I am 48 and from Phoenix.I love breads, pasta, potatoes, burgers and my diet coke.  i also have found diet sierrra mist with cranberry to be very good.  When I crave something sweet, I buy the diet pepsi caramel cream soda.  My biggest obstacle to losing wight is my asthma, back and knee pain.  If I lost weight it probably would go away.  We are always on the go and sitting in a rink is not helping.  I guess I could walk but I am a bit lazy.  My goal is 135 pounds (the goal set by others is 110).  I hate cleaning house period !  I found calorie count on a news channel video !  I am also diabetic and have high blood pressure.  I better go, I have to be up at 4 am.  Happy Turkey Day to all !@ 

Greetings, all:

I am new to this.  I live here in Central Virginia.  I have tried so many weight loss tricks, and, am frustrated.  I do not eat anything that has artificial sweetners, and that includes splenda as it contains chlorine and I don't want that in my body.  I like real food.  I have lost focus and can tell it with my asthma problem.  I would love to get back into focus-mode and loose this weight so I can get back into my passion for bellydancing.

Cheers.

Hello to Everyone,

I'm new to the site, I started on Monday.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): ibmegz

2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Megz

3. Age & Sex: 21 (22 in Dec.) Female

4. General Location: Ontario, Canada

5. Married? Single? 4 year relationship

6. Kids? Furbabies? None

7. Favorite color? Blue

8. Favorite movie? Don't really have one

9. Hobbies? Bowling (competitive)

10. Favorite Snack? Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips (those will have to go:()

11. Favorite Beverage? Tea

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Not having healthy food in the house, and working in a mall

13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 150lbs

14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Cleaning the bathroom

15. How did you find Calorie Count? Google

16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I'm 21, almost 22, and I weigh 231lbs...I weighed 175lbs when I was in high school, then college came and I started dating my boyfriend, and I became "comfortable".  I stopped watching what I was eating, because I didn't need to impress anyone anymore.  I'm in a wedding next year, and want to be back to at least 175lbs, and 150lbs by my 23rd birthday:)

I hope that this site will help me.  I've never counted calories before.  I'ved used the Weight Watchers program, but don't have the money to join right now.  So I'm going at this solo! 

Megz 

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): JillianBowlin
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Jillian
3. Age & Sex: 25 Female
4. General Location: NC
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies?  1 Daugther (10 mos as of November 4th, 2007)...1 kitty
7. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? Making meals for my already thin husband and I so I can lose weight but him not lose anymore
8. Weight/Fitness Goal? I'm starting with 180 lbs (my weight before the baby)...then I'll go from there
9. How did you find Calorie Count? I was googling the amount of calories in something

Good luck Megz.  I am just starting today as well and I'm not really sure I'll be able to keep up with it.  It's nice to see another newbie!

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):cheergirl37

2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:cheergirl 3. Age & Sex: 36, female 4. General Location:Louisiana 5. Married? Single?married 13 years 6. Kids? Furbabies?2 kids 7. Favorite color?to wear: black or brown; to look at: purple 8. Favorite movie? Gone with the Wind 9. Hobbies? reading, scrapbooking, coaching cheerleaders 10. Favorite Snack? chocolate anything (esp. with nuts) 11. Favorite Beverage? Diet Coke 12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? I hate veggies and I'm not a big fan of fruit either. I LOVE junk food: pizza, burgers, etc... 13. Weight/Fitness Goal? to be fit and healthy; to look good in a bikini again :) 14. Least Favorite Household Chore? everything! But esp. dusting! 15. How did you find Calorie Count? google search 16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? looking forward to losing the extra pounds and becoming healthier!

. Calorie Count Name ams1382
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Allie
3. Age & Sex: 25 f
4. General Location: upstate NY
5. Married? Single? single
6. Kids? Furbabies? 3 yr old daughter
7. Favorite color? red
8. Favorite movie? Top Gun
9. Hobbies? reading, concerts, movies
10. Favorite Snack? chocolate is my weakness. 
11. Favorite Beverage? Diet pepsi,water, wine
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? time  lose motivation.
13. Weight/Fitness Goal? 40lbs
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? laundry
15. How did you find Calorie Count? google
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?
If anyone could help with  quick calorie conscious meals... cooking seems to be my biggest obstacle.