Lucyfan

Hello all,

I love the idea of a weight loss buddy! I've been trying to lose the same 12 pounds for a year now, without much luck. But then, I've been doing it completely on my own, so I thought maybe having a support group and a forum to track my efforts might help. Also, I'm getting married in July, so that's a huge motivator :-)

I'm 5'3", 121 pounds, and am trying to get back down to where I was in college, 109 pounds. I know that probably sounds skinny, but for me it was actually a healthy weight that I was able to maintain without dieting. I used to be pretty athletic in college, running about 4 miles 4-5 times a week, but I let myself get seriously out of shape the last two years. I've been gradually working back up to that over the past couple months, and am now up to exercising 4-5 times a week again, though not quite at the level I was at.

For me, the difficult part is getting my portion sizes in check. I used to never have problems with this, and paid attention to how much and what I ate, but I started putting on weight during a stressful time last year that I tried to deal with by eating junk food (it doesn't help). I've picked up a couple bad habits, including eating too much too fast, that I haven't been able to shake. I love to eat healthy food, but often eat too much of it.

Part of the problem is that I rarely take a lunch break at work, usually eating in front of the computer or in the car (awful habit, I know!). At home, my guy is a fast eater and a snacker, and he's kind of rubbed off on me.

So, I'm going to make an effort to eat more slowly and stop myself after an appropriate serving size (NO seconds!). And I'll also take a short break at work whenever possible to actually eat my lunch and not mindlessly slurp it while doing something else. I'll try to update my progress on here just about every day.

I'd love to be weight loss buddies with someone, and look forward to meeting all of you (online that is)!