Hey! I saw the weight loss group for teenagers and I thought it would be cool to have one for people in their 20s, since we're all around the same time in our lives!

My name's Lindsay, I'm from Winnipeg, Canada and I'm 23...

Starting Weight: 198.6 (5'10'')
Current Weight: 193.8
Goal Weight: 150

Reason for losing: better sex with my hubby, better clothes, being healthier, and looking hot in a bridesmaid dress this summer!

Methods of weight loss: counting calories and excercise, especially swimming.

Lookind forward to bonding with all my fellow 20-somethings on the weight loss journey!

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well im wesley im 21 and im losing to BETTER my health and look better for my girlfriend as well ....i dont think our sex can get much better lmao.....but maybe itll suprise me lol! but mainly im doin it for myself im tired of looking in the mirror and being dissappointed !!! im fron kentucky by the way im currently at 251 lbs im 6'0 tall and starting weight was at around about 285!!

I'm 20, nearly 21. I want to lose weight, so that i can wear whatever clothes i want, like i hate wearing skirts or shorts without tights and wearing anything to bare on my arms. I'm about 140 pounds just now, i want to be roughly 8 and a half stone, which i thinks a good weight cause i'm short and quite small boned.

I want to be able to look in the mirror and like what I see, and to feel as pretty as my skinnier friends.

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i think we're pretty similar!! i'm almost 21 too
and my goal is also to wear whatever i want.. mini skirts and shorts.. dresses and sleeveless shirts in the summer..
oh and i also want to go to the beach with my friends this summer.. (one thing i couldnt do last summer
i live in korea and most girls here are VERY skinny... (but sometimes i think i'm much better looking than those girls who are too skinny ) ne ways.. so i want to go shopping and try on pants that are just hanging on the hangers and not tellin the assistant to go find my size..

by the way
i'm 130 ish.. and 5'5

Hi!
I just turned 25. I am losing weight mostly to feel good about myself, but I like the comments from other people too. Any suggestions about how to get my boyfriend to want to start losing weight without making him feel bad?

starting weight: 145
current weight: 138
goal weight: 125

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I think this is a great idea

I'm Erin. I'm 21 years old and am a senior in college (very scary!!). I'm 5'3 117 lbs. I don't really have much weight to lose, but I really want to get in great shape. Pretty much I'd like to lose some body fat, particularly from my legs stomach. I want to be able to wear shorts in public! I can do skirts, but don't do too well with shorts.

I've had a lots of ups and downs with weight issues my entire life which I think all brings me to the point I'm at now. My highest I've actually ever seen the scale say has been 150 lbs when I was in Middle School, although it could have been higher bc it was one of the few random times I ever weighed myself back then. Let's just say middle school was some of the worst years of my life. I started losing weight in HS, but I still had a pretty crappy diet (I never learned about healthy eating from my parents).

Freshman year of college I started really trying to lose weight. It seemed like all the girls were SO skinny and pretty. Well it sort of got out of control from freshman year to the end of sophomore year with some ED issues, etc. Let's just say I was miserable and absolutely hated my body and everything about it. I would cry for hours.

The summer after sophomore year I snapped and ended saying screw it. I ate WHATEVER I wanted all summer and drank A LOT! It was a great summer, but I gained a lot of weight. By the beginning of my junior year of college I weighed 133 which is a big difference from the 112 I weighed at the beginning of my sophomore year. In December I started working out again and really tried to cut back on drinking at parties. By the end of this past summer I weighed 118.4

So now I'm a senior, and I decided that I was going to work on maintaining my 118 weight and being happy. I've never tried to maintain my weight before, I've been trying to lose it for years so it was a really new thing to me. Well I did that pretty successfully for the past 2 months. Then my roommates started talking about how we should go somewhere for spring break this year. Well that was enough to push me into weight loss mode again.

I've been at it for the past 3 weeks or so, and have lost 1.4 lbs (as of a week ago). I weigh myself every Thursday morning, and that is the only time I allow myself to step on a scale. I've been doing really great this week, and am really anxious for Thursday. I don't really have a set goal in mind. I just want to be at a point where I can wear shorts or a bathing suit in front of people and KNOW I look good. I put in a lot of effort at the gym and eat pretty healthy the majority of the time. I want people to be able to look at me and know that I've worked very hard. Also, my major is Health and Wellness with a minor in Exercise Science. I almost feel as if it is part of my future profession to look the part.

Ahhh I just wrote WAY too much! I'm sorry guys...sometimes I just feel like I need to explain myself or people think I'm crazy for wanting to lose weight. I don't really get any support from friends so it's nice to come to a place like this. Plus I LOOOOVE trying to encourage and help other people out. After I graduate, I really want to help people learn to eat healthier, exercise regularly, and just have overall healthier lifestyles.

Ok I'm cutting myself off right now haha...hope to talk to some of you guys!

I do not have much time to write this, but this looks like a good thread to start joining and watching.

Stats: Jason, Minnesota, 25, 6'1", 260#, goal of 240# by Feb 29; goal of 200# someday (one thing at a time). I lift weights and do cardio at the gym a few days a week. Of late I have tried to become more of a vegetarian... but I eat meat every once in a while.

I am not really sure of my reasons to lose (maybe that is why I do not have consistent inspiration for myself), but I suppose it is because I am tired of being overweight and want to look/feel more professional as I start climbing the corporate ladder. I hope to really have my career path visible when I turn 30 and still be making my way up. That is a topic for another forum.

Speaking of which, I should get back to work. I needed a break.

--Jason

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Hi again!
I'm 21, need to lose weight for several reasons- my health (family genes filled with diabetes, cholestrol, heart problems, etc). I also want to feel better about myself. Maybe its vanity, but I want to look beautiful like I know I can.

Do you guys find that people in their 20's are as health concious as they should be, or do you find that more of them don't bother with exercise and healthy diets?

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Hey! I'm 21, live in Texas. I'm 5'6" and my starting weight is 264, current is 259, and goal is 130.

My reasons for losing weight: to wear clothes I like, health (severe vascular problems run in my immediate family), being able to be more active, and to look sexy!

Methods of weight loss: counting calories and some exercise

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No, definitely not health conscious. All the people I know who are my age don't take care of themselves health wise. I don't know any that actually exercise or try to eat right.

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i think that people in their 20s go through a lot of changes...going to college, getting new jobs, starting careers, getting married, maybe having kids...it's hard to make your health a priority...

i know that after i started college i was missing dinners at home a lot and my mom stopped making me lunches to bring to school, so i started buying fast food and eating crap...after i got married too and moved out on my own i started gaining weight because i'd eat as much as my hubby eats which is more than i should, and also i don't know how to cook such healthy meals yet as i'm only now learning to cook and all i can ever think of is pasta!



to the girl who wants her boyfriend to lose weight, maybe you should tell him that you're trying to lose weight and that it would help your will power if he were eating healthier too so you wouldn't feel tempted

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Hey guys,

I'm 21, 5'7.5" and currently 136 lbs. I was 126 over the past year or so and then smy boyfriend passed away in August, which spurred major emotional eating so between that and going back to school (i'm a senior) I gained a lot of weight. I was up to 142 before really ending all that overeating etc. I work out a lot and eat pretty healthy so it was really just portions that were screwing me up. The weight has come off pretty easy so far but I think the rest will be a bit more difficult. I want to get down to 130, 126 was a bit too low, in retrospect. I'm really just looking forward to being able to look better in my clothes and feel healthier.

As far as knowing health-conscious people in their 20s, I know a lot. My college is a typical private east coast college with way too many pretty skinny girls for its own good. Most of my friends are pretty health-conscious. My friends from home are as well, though not to the same degree.

Maybe you could suggest that the two of you go for a walk (around the block, around a park, in a museum) and you could cook healthy meals with/for him and not call it a diet. Compliment the small victories without being obvious, too. If he loses a few pounds after you have been walking, slip something like "you are looking good!" in there.

My two-cents. No guarantees. :)

--Jason

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yeah thats a good idea... u can tell him its boring to exercise alone and wish that he could come along.. also it would be fun to exercise together ^^

Yo~ I'm 23 years old, 5'3", and at the moment I'm weighing in at 185 lbs, my ultimate goal is 125, that would be awsome. I would like to loose at least around 8 lbs before christmas. after that I'll have 10 lbs goals at a time.

My reasons for losing weight: To feel good about myself and get rid of the pains in my knees and back. And to look good of course.

Methods of weight loss: some DDR and counting calories
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