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I am 25 years old. I have struggled with my weight ups and downs all my life. I have silently struggled through eating disorders . At one point I lost over 140 pounds, sadly it was because I was ill but I kept the weight off but then because of the illness the other medication that would help me was steriods and steriods= weight gain! I hate this medication yet I need it. When I go off the medication, in a mere week I lose 20 or so pounds but my body strikes back with a bad flare and Im back on the medication more than the first time.
I am determined to lose this weight though. I just need to give myself the time, I am one of those people whom have to see results immediately and with weight-loss thats just not happening. I need to be patient , which is easier said than done lol ! Oh what a long journey this maybe......
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I used to be in shape.
I was an active and healthy athlete when i was a teenager but now as a 21 year old college student; fast food, alcohol, stress, and a pack of smokes a day as destroyed my body and left me 220lbs, unhealthy, and depressed.
Its been a week since my last cigarette and though its been rough, i know its the first step in becoming an active, healthy person.
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I have been running since the day my dad gave me a basketball and my bad knees, ankles, shoulders are proof of all the sports I use to play. I turn 30 in April and am very afraid of my metabolism slowing down. I'm half Thai/German and have the typical muscle tone of a Thai woman plus the added butt from the German side which doesn't help when I'm trying to fit in with all the average American girls who are rail thin and 5'7. I'm 5'5 and at a weight of 155, I would love to be 130 but since I'm so muscular that doesn't seem to ever happen. I use to run 25 to 30 miles a week but stopped because of the pain in my knees and also not having the time to do it anymore. I also use to lift weights 5days a week, but that has moved to 2-3days a week. I hate running on the treadmill because it bores me. I usually run 4 to 4.5 miles two to three times a week if weather permits it. I work in Boulder by the mountains so I have the opportunity to run through the canyons and along the boulder creek. Lately the wind in Boulder has been blowing at about 84mph and running in that condition is impossible. I'm also a snowboarder who adores this sport so much but I injured my ankle two years ago and snowboarding hasn't been the same. I use to be the one who would go through trees jump on a rail or ride down the mountain without fear but now it's been nothing but frustration and pain. I'm frustrated and want to get back in my size 6 jeans without them being tight. Running doesn't seem to be helping anymore and believe me I watch what I eat but losing weight has now become a huge challenge for me.
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I'm a 29yr old wife and mother of two, a 9 month old son and a 4 yr old daughter.
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I have been over weight most of my adult life. I need to do this for ME. I am bubbling inside to achieve this for myself. I am very focused when I need to be. I do get discouraged about my weight and fall off the program. I need to look past that
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I am 27 a wife and a mom of 5 and a care coordinator.I am always helping every one I am ready to start takeing care of my self.
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Im 29 years old currently 7months pregnant and getting prepared to deliver in June. My goal is to get back to my pregnancy weight of 125lbs size 4-6. So far I have only gained 22lbs during pregnancy which I am super excited about. The next stage should be interesting and exciting between labor/delivery, maternity leave, breastfeeding, and weight loss.
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I have been overweight since I was about ten years old. Through middle and high school, I was very insecure about the way I looked, but hid my feelings by focusing on school. During my senior year of high school, for some reason, I gained a lot of self esteem and embraced my body. At the time I was probably around 190lbs, but felt beautiful. When I was twenty, my mother died of cancer. My family fell apart and it was my duty to hold everyone together. I did not take care of myself. One year passed and I broke down. I became terribly depressed and did not get out of bed for one month. I gained so much weight. It was at that point that I wanted a change. I moved to another state and went back to school. I worked out, tried to eat healthier and began to see changes in my body. Two years later, my dad experienced some major health issues and I had to return home. Since I have been home for the past seven months, I have gained about forty pounds and I am not happy with my body. I want to be the healthy, energetic person that I know I am.
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I'm 25 years old. I have been married to my husband, for almost 5 years. I gained 2 lbs the year we were married, 4 more after having our daughter, and 14 over the last year. We moved back to Denver and are living with my parents... a huge source of stress, much harder to stay active, and nearly impossible to cook healthy meals on a regular basis. I have a 2 year old little girl and 2 dogs who team up to make sure I never have a boring day.
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I am a 28 year old wife and college student. I go to a very stressful school which definitely doesn't help me stay in shape. I have been married to my husband for 1 year and 9 months and we are both trying to get healthy.
Aravid means eagle of the woods and brave warrior. That is what I aspire to be, a brave warrior.
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I am 29 years old and my husband and I have eight children ranging from 13 to 5. Needless to say my house is a zoo. I have been married to my husband for two years, I had three children and he has five. My husband and I want a child of our own but I just don't feel up to it, I feel so heavy that even if we did have a baby now I wouldn't be able to keep up.
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24 year old grad student, hiker, doula, sister, friend, outdoor enthusiast,
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I am 44 years old and always worked out and lost the weight, but the 10 pounds tend to creep back on. I have 2 sons 20 and 22. I am a data analyst for a school district in Colorado.
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I manage a photography studio for a Fortune 500 coroporation; when I'm not at work, I'm volunteering my time to the human rights movement, crafting my photographer skills for work and pleasure, making peace with trauma, and hoping to one day become an accomplished filmmaker.
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I am a 26 (soon to be 27) year old female. I am very active, and pretty fit overall, but have been struggling to drop my last 10 lbs. for about 4 months now.
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I am 29, diet and exercise on and off all the time. I reach that size or look that Im comfortable with and bam....it all stops. I am not getting younger and would like to maintain a healthy eating and exercise habit from here on out.
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I’m a 43yr old woman who needs to lose 20 lbs and get in to shape. I work 10 hr day’s sitting at a desk and need to find a way to workout more. I also have a blood clot disorder and take blood thinners so I need to watch my diet.
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From 175lbs. I went to 132lbs. by dieting, working out and the support of my wonderful family. But work has been slowing me down :-(
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I'm 26 and a mother to a very energetic 7 year old girl. I am currently in transition with my job. I enjoy sports-basketball, football, boxing and track and field. I love to write-songs and poetry, spend time with my friends and family, work out, anything dealing with the outdoors and music.
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I'm a 31 year old mother of four, with a full time corporate job. Can we say BUSY? My kids are 14, 11, 5 and 6 weeks old. My first three children are from a previous marriage and the newest one is with my new husband of 3 and a half years. I have self esteem issues related to my weight, I always have. My poor husband is probably sick of hearing me constantly complaining about my weight.
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My name is Ruth and I live in Denver. I love excercise but am addicted to internet, so I really need to be more active. I am trying hula hoop now. Hope it works!
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I have lived in Denver most of my life, it is so beautiful I want to truly be able to enjoy it.
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53 years old, male, engaged to a marathoner.
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I am a 29 yr old at home daycare provider. Along with that I go to church a few times a week and therefore I don't have much time for a real work out plan. I do however, endeavor to work out at home during the children's naps. It seems to work for a bit, but then I tend to get distracted with life and end up putting it off until before I know it, weeks have gone by. I want my 30's to be my best and that day is coming in June. So, I have 8 more months to reach my goal.
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I love to dance and play tennis.
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I am a teacher in the Denver area; Single and will be turning 34 very shortly. I like to exercise but can fall out of the habit easily although I have stuck with my current for a couple of months now. I have become a huge fan of yoga!
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I'm 39 years old, married with two grown children. I have been overweight my whole life. I don't know what's it like to be at a health weight. I have always been very outgoing and very physical. I have always worked out, either at home or at a gym.
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I'm a 40 year old nurse living in Denver. I've been gaining and losing the same 50 or so pounds since I was 13 years old. I go through periods where I'm heavy and unable to find the strength to lose the weight again, which is where I find myself now. I was a healthy weight for a few years, and after purchasing my first house this year, found myself needing to work overtime constantly to afford it. In my unhappiness from being at work constantly, I've managed to gain 35 pounds this year. I want to learn how to titrate what I eat to maintain a healthy weight within 5 pounds of my goal weight. I want to be an example of good health, because of what I do for a living, and also because I live in a beautiful place where there are always so many active things to do.
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I'm a 39 y.o. engineer. I live in the beautiful state of Colorado and love to hike, snowshoe and cross-country ski.
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I'm a 38 yo mom of a great little girl, I have been on this up and down journey most my life. It really got out of control when I had my daughter and then had neck surgery- things just got out of control. I hated myself and my body. I struggle with weight being "who I am." I felt that everything was helpless and I have to make a change.
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I am a 22 year old single mother of a 2 year old girl. I have always been overweight. I started losing weight in November and so far, I am down 26 pounds. I am 5'11" and weight 300 pounds.
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39 years old; 9 to 5 professional in the Evaluation field and trying to write my dissertation on the weekends. I know that simply bringing awareness to my eating & exercise habits goes a long way toward improving them!
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i am 23 i have a 7 yr. old little boy and would love too loose some weight to be healthy for him and to have more energy to play with him and im engaged and wont say I DO untill i can look good and feel good in a wedding dress
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I'm 36, live in Denver, was once very active but as with everybody I lost focus of taking care of myself and I'm not happy with the results. I love to do all things outdoors, hiking biking, camping snowboarding, some of these have become more difficult since I feel uncomfortable about my weight gain and fitness level. This is going to be my summer.
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Hi! I have my experience in fat loss which I share in my blog - how to lose fat
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I am in my late twenties and am still trying to figure out what I'll be when I grow up. Currently, I am working on my masters degree in Library and Information Science (lots of reading :) ) and I am getting ready for a huge move to a new state. I am also one of *those* crazy cat people.
I've been doing a lot of thinking and it always seemed I was losing weight for somebody but not for myself. Hopefully, this new perspective will get me where I need to go.
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I maintained my weight at 140-150lbs for years, all through high school and college but once I graduated I started eating much more fast food. I'm a lazy cook so it was easier to just bring home dinner for me and my fiance every night. He still says I'm beautiful (which I love him for) but i just turned 27 and we set a wedding date and I can't be this size for the rest of my life, or even the rest of this year!
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I am a 32 year old who is very active and does a lot of exercise and outdoor activities, but loves food and wine way too much. I need some help staying on track with a diet.
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I hate weight lifting, hence my lack of muscles to begin with!
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50 years old, high stress job. Love to be outside.
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I am a 24 year old female from Colorado and I guess I just woke up one morning and I was done being the way I was. I smoked cigarettes and ate junk food and had barely any activity anymore. I hurt my back the last time I started working out and I was out of work for a while so I was a little afraid of starting up again but I woke up that day and decided that enough was enough.
I quit smoking. ..Cold turkey and stuck to it day by day.
I won't lie and say it was easy but I did it and just reminded
Myself of why I was quitting everyday. I am now 1 month smoke free! After that I decided to get healthy. I have made healthy choices by eating fruit, veggies, chicken with brown rice and possibly fish soon. I work out for 30 to forty five minutes everyday... Always in the
Morning and then I feel great all day. I do cardio and I have recently incorporated weights. I don't push it too hard... Just enough to make me sweat as my back rebuilds strength. Im excited for these changes in health and physical appearence!
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i am 47 years old
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I'm Lexi, I'm 19 and I am studying esthetics and massage at the Aveda Institute. I have been struggling with my weight since adolescence, but I have experienced my most dramatic weight change this past year, going from a size 5/6 to a size 13/14. I have gotten down to an 11/12 so far, but I still have a long ways to go! I am a very healthy eater for the most part, although I do have a problem with processed foods on occasion. I am mainly looking for support, and can't wait to hopefully meet my goal weight and some new people along the way!
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I am 39 and getting married for the first time in Hawaii. Hopefully a baby will follow the marriage.
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I'm 15 and have been overweight all my life. Through calorie counting I dropped about 45 pounds, but suddenly I couldn't stop binge eating. I would over-exercise to compensate, and eventualy I stopped doing that, so I gained 25 pounds. I want to learn how to eat NORMALLY, listening to my body, lose the weight and never see it again. I don't trust calorie counting anymore.
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Im 39 years old. Ive been gaining weight for the last 5 years and really want that to change. I struggle with my diet more than anything.
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Wife, no children.
Bible teacher and mentor for teens
Precept Bible Study Leader
Creative in arts, crafts, needle work of all kinds.
Fasinated by interior decorating and Archeology
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I am a 42 year-old mom of three great little kids! I have been working toward a healthy lifestyle for a long time and am ready to put all the pieces into place.
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I am married and have an 8 year old son. I have a lot of weight to lose and know what to do to achieve that goal, but lack the motivation and determination to see it through. I am very interested to see how this cleanse works out for me.
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I started college last fall and in the new found freedom of my eating habits managed to gain a freshman 20. I'm five pounds into working this off, but the rest is pretty hard and I need some motivation and encouragement. I'm majoring in biochemistry and minoring in biology and criminology.
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33 years old.. The weight has slowly crept up on me the last 2 years. I am active but poor eating choices and drinking has caused me to gain. I live in Denver which I Love.. Just the place to motivate me to get in better more fit.
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Hello! My name is Kanda. I am 32 married with one son. I am trying to eat clean and get really healthy. I want to meet others local or anywhere just to have that friendship and support. I love music, movies, games, being outdoors or just hanging out in general. I've lost 72 pounds in alittle over a year and now I just really want to get to my goal for the first time ever.
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I live in Colorado where there are so many outdoor activities year round that I want to, but instead I work and go home. I have only been here a couple of years -- moved from Georgia. I haven't really made any friends outside of work, so this group is nice support.
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My name is Candace. I am 23 years old, born and raised in Colorado. Ive always struggled with my weight pretty much all my life. My roommate and I decided to change our lifestyle up and get on track with a healthy start. In January 2014 we started and Ive already lost 29 lbs. We love to go on hikes when its nice outside and also maybe go out on our bikes, We do have a gym membership as well to Planet fitness and work out about 3-4 times a week.
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I'm a 40-year old single professional, juggling the demands of work, relationships and beating a lifelong cycle of yo-yo dieting. I have 40 - 60 pounds that I have gained, lost and re-gained about 4 times now. I want to lose the weight and develop the tools to keep it off!
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