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[Sarah1341]

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Hi Speedy! You are most certainly able to chat here!!! Who cares about age? We are all experiencing the same weight issues, right? I'm 25, so not so far from your age. We also have a few others who are right around your age.

Let us know if you have any questions, concerns, fears, vents, you name it.

[MojosRising]

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Hi, nice to meet ya, in like a more informal thread! You are all so great. Its nice to get to know you.

I'm Sara. I'm, just newly, 26. My dh and I have been together since highschool, for nine years. We got married 4 years ago. My dd is now 2 1/2. We have a chocolate lab, Mojo, and a minature pincher, Cleo.

I have almost always been overweight. I'm one of those that dreaded weigh-in in P.E. I, of course, followed the low fat craze and even had a personal trainer in highschool. But I could never get below about 170. Until I tried Atkins. My most succesful loss was following the birth of my dd. I went from 209 in Nov of 2002 to 145 in Oct 2003. Losing most of the weight between July and Oct as you can see in my sig. After a long while of slow carb creep I started gaining more. And then a bit more. And now I barely squeezin into my size 12's. Damn it!

I am a clothes addict and I hate dressing frumpy. And that's why I keep trying!

Oh, I also am currently unemployed, still dreaming of starting a band. I play bass guitar, my dh plays electric guitar and sings. And I may be starting a business in the next year. and I love golf!

That's me ~ in a nutshell.

[speedygt03]

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Thanks Sarah1341 and Finelly for the friendly welcome. I was actually writing back from Finelly's post earlier and got a call from my Grandmother. My grandfather passed away this morning....so I'm going to try my hardest to stick with it, it's going to be rough. He was the most honest and sincere man i've ever met. I'm going to miss him. Dieting and all the chaos that is 'life' and now this....makes me start thinking those questions about life....'what am I doing?' and as sad as is sounds, it gives me that extra excentive to get healthy again and get life back on track once again.

Thanks again for all the support and good luck everyone.

[Sarah1341]

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Mojo, loved hearing your story. Keep 'em coming guys!!!

Speedy, I am so sorry for your loss. Hang in there. You are definitely going to have a rough couple of weeks. When that food starts tempting you, just think - Its not going to help or change things. As a matter of fact, its only going to make you feel guilty and yucky (for lack of a better word). We will be here for you if you need us

[Finelly]

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Speedy, I'm so sorry about your grandfather. This is going to be a rough time for you. Actually eating right will help, though the first few days may be rather bad.

Whatever we can do to support you thru this, just let us know.

[Finelly]

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bumping this up so newbies can figure out who some of us are!

[kbuchs]

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You are all amazing and I wish when I first did Atkins in 2003 I knew about this board because maybe I wouldn't have fallen off the wagon! But here I am and glad of it. Many of you have posted things that have been helpful to me in my journey to better health and weight loss.

A little bit about me is I'm 29- almost 30 and recently graduated with my masters in counseling psychology. I haven't found a job yet but keep on applying. I guess I gained all my weight my first year after getting my bachelors and I don't really know why but it took me several years to start paying attention to that. Anyway, I lost the weight and then my depression returned BIG time and I gained all the weight back and then some. I work as a temp right now and am a caretaker for my grandparents. My history with relationships is not so good, so for now the only man in my life is Charlie, my adorable Westie! I have thought about internet dating but just feel so unattractive that I thought I'd wait till I lost the weight to try that.

[Terry]

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Bump

[HoosierBuckeye]

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ImCookin/Finelly - I think you and I last spoke before I went to Israel last summer, if I'm not mistaken. I was so sorry to read about your accident and am SO grateful that you are doing okay. I, too, left the boards and this WOL for about 6 months and now I am back on the wagon. I would love to hear how you're doing these days.

Val

[Finelly]

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I'm bumping this up for our new members to add to, and so they can get to know the older-timers!

[lots2lose]

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Planning on writing about myself Finnelly first thing tomorrow .I am also an avid reader.I loooove to read(probably why I was so antisocial when I was younger )

[Finelly]

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Great, I can't wait to hear about you!

[Finelly]

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Bumping this up for the newbies to add to.