Roll Call - Sound Off!

Army airborne medic, Jun 67 - Apr 73. Two tours as field medic, and a purple heart or two. Have been disabled for long time and made myself worse being a couch potato. NO MORE!!
Been on a weight loss program of my own for about two months, found Sparks about a month ago, been addicted to getting points ever since. Loosing about a pound a week.

Hello everyone! Navy Dec 1979 - Dec 1999. California, Virginia, Spain, Italy, Texas. Stumbled upon the team looking for a buddy in San Antonio, TX area. Glad you all are here. This is the best site ever. Really got me up and moving and eating more healthy. I too retired and stopped activity as much and started gaining weight(eating like a pig). Also want to get off the high blood pressure pills and lower risk for Type II Diabetes.

Army Oct 1993-March 2003. Mother of 1, a 15 year old daughter. Spent a lot of time at Ft Bliss and Ft Hood. Now I am back home in Pittsburgh.

Hi everyone, I am an Army Vet, and just moved back home. I work at a VA hospital on the administrative side, and enjoy working with other vets. I some how stumbled on this team, and thought it was a good fit. I miss my time in the Army, and I have to admit that I have running cadence's on mu iphone to run to. I am trying to get into "deployment" shape. Like I was in when I was on deployment.

anyone around????

I've been on Spark People for over 3 years now. Not really worried about my weight, but like to stay active. When winter rolls around I'm usually hiking someplace, but here in AZ that is about 6 months away. So for now its pump the iron on the porch and do the exercise and elipitcal till it cools off.

Air Force Lost 11 pounds so far need to lose a lot more. But mostly want to be off all my high blood pressure and diabetic drugs! My wife thought you'll would think I was a druggie!!!

Air Force here and have lost 22 pounds

fellow Army vet. Great job on the weight loss. What is the 17 day diet?

Hello everyone. Recently joined Spark. I am on the 17 day diet and have lost 37 pounds so far. Great diet. I am an Army Veteran (Desert Storm, Bosnia, Haiti).

WHEW!! Tee and I have been SO BUSY building the house, and maintaining thre ground vehicles, that I have not had the time to interact with ANY of our teams.
I have lost a bunch of weight, and, by percentage, even more inches from my waistline.
I am now TWO pantsizes smaller, and THESE are getting loose on me.
I will spend more time with you guys tomorrow. Brie

to the team SNIPED77 & NDEN791899. I think you will enjoy the team! Great place to begin your journey to health or healthier!

Welcome!

Hello all, I am a retired Army Vet and new to sparkpeople.

Edited by: NDEN791899 at: 5/18/2011 (15:12)

Welcome!

Hey all! SSG Twedt here! Just started up with Spark People after recommending it to people for years. I had never really needed the tracking system involved as I was in great shape as a teen and in my early 20's. As life goes on I've noticed that my metabolism is starting to taper off and I'm packing on the pounds! I want to get back to my prime so I can show my troops that I still have what it takes! A big goal of mine is to max the Army Physical Fitness Test in October. Oh, and I'm a reservist, never been on active duty, but I've spent over a year in Iraq. Good luck to everyone here, stick with it!

Edited by: SNIPED77 at: 5/17/2011 (15:26)

@ducky, go with your bad self. That is impressive in any language!

Hi everybody! I was a Marine for 11 years. I used to run from one end of Camp Pendleton off of Basilone Road, all the way to Vandegrift on Base. Today I ran 8 miles. We are back at Camp Pendleton and I will once again run the distance again. Oorahh to all and Semper Fi.

I loved working with all the services. At one point, I was a Marine who worked on a Navy watch floor at an Army Field Station and lived across the street at an Air Force Base. Loved it.

I worked with Marine/Army/Navy/and Air Force at my first duty station. Great, eccentric group of people.

A CT? I was a CTR, though I did it as a Marine, not a sailor. Welcome!

Cryptologic Technician Technical 2nd Class Petty Officer Naval Air Crewman (ret) Hannah Montgomery joining the Vets Unite team. Not in too bad of shape, but a far cry from pull-ups and 11:15 minute mile and a half runs!

SGT Brinson, Iraq War vet, Active Duty Army, reporting as ordered sir!

AF/DV
Reporting for duty!!!

Welcome aboard!

Hello everyone. I'm new to the team, not to SP. Hope to get and give some encouragement to my fellow current and ex~service members.

Congrats on the results so far and good luck going forward. You got this!

I just passed tape today and completed the rest of the physical test, as well. The fitness part of the test has never really been my problem. Which is why I'm here, yes I know I said that I just passed the tape but I was right at the limit. So for me it all about sliming down and so far I've lost 18 lbs. Only 43 to go to make wiegh ins and drop the taping all together.

I have two bad knees. My cardio is low impact. When I'm not close to a PT test I do try to do some running. Im currently trying to shave my love handles off. Thats my focus right now. Im down to a 33" waist finally for the first time since Basic Training.

Welcome D! I hear ya about the tape thing because when I was in, the last time, that's what I had to do. I had started gaining, slowly and when it came to weigh in's, I was screwed. Tried to the neck thing, cause you know they say if your neck is bigger, that seems to even things out...what a load of c... lol anyway I wish I was still in, but my guess, is cardio...do you have to run? Maybe some of our guys here can give you some tips....SanDiego John is really great on motivating, and just being here with vets, is enough to kick my butt....:)

Hi,

I'm 36 in the military, outgoing, social, and a bit of a geek. I watch G4, the Science Channel and just about any halfway decent english dubbed anime out there. I like tech gear (Big screen TVs, high end computers and video games, though I don't play on them too much either of them.), hanging out with my felllow geeks running games, going to gaming/anime conventions, river rafting, back packing, boogyboarding, dancing alone with someone special or out at the clubs and/or just hanging out with my kids. On a more personal note I write free form poetry and I'm a bit of a romantic. I joined to get in better shape for the military and to look good for when I go clubbing and to conventions.

"D"

Hi- Army 1994-2007. Now, DA at Camp Darby, Italy. I have to admit- sometimes I miss the early morning PT sessions and I try to see if I can still pass the APFT (minus push-ups)!

Osan? I flew in there years ago when I deployed to the DMZ (Warrior Base). Had a great time in country and loved the experience.

Welcome aboard!

Darrell Whittaker, SSgt, USAF. Stationed on OSAN AB currently. My wife and daughter are back in Georgia waiting for me. Been in the AF for just over eight years. I'm a Vegetarian and currently trying to cut weight and build more muscle. Glad to see some Vets staying healthy. Aim High!

Edited by: TENACIOUS_WHITT at: 3/30/2011 (18:22)

Hallo!!! all present and accounted for! :)

For me, and I know I can speak for the rest of us as well, when we were in, we had to stay under weight, right? Then after we got out (my last time was 97), the pressure was not there, and we had to find a way to motivate ourselves. Thanks John for starting this area of SP, I love ya!!!!!

Feeling great today, and I've lossed another 1/2 lb. For me, I am on my way to loose the weight and it's coming off, but more, it the fire that keeps lit since I have found this spot!!!

Welcome, Rob!

We're slowly building a stronger and stronger team of Vets, so we're glad to have you aboard.

John

Hello everyone,

I was an Army grunt, but have been out over twenty years. Trying to get back to the weight I was when the Infantry made me a lean mean fighting machine :) Just found the group, I guess if anyone knows how to work hard it's Vet's!

Rob

Glad to have you aboard!

I was an Army Officer from 1985-1992. I have been on Sparks for awhile and am almost halfway to my first goal, but just found this team. I am very excited to be part of a veterans' group and to give and recieve encouragement form such dedicated folks.

welcome LILDIESEL and CARBOHOLIC glad to have you on our team. Its not to late to join our March Challenge of 1500 fitness minutes or to tell us what you do daily in the "what I did for PT " thread. Hope to see more posts from both of you, your push, pushes me.

Hi, my name is Ellen and I'm a Navy vet who served from 1973 to 1977. I seem to be in an endless loop since I joined SP back in 2008 - lose weight, get injured, recover, lose weight, get injured, etc. I always gain the weight back while I'm injured and then struggle to get back on track.

Now that I've recovered from a broken elbow, I need to work on consistently exercising and tracking my food.

How's it going everyone? My name is Jorge. I have been on Spark People for about a month now, and things have been going great. I was enlisted with the Air Force from 2003-2007. The highlight of my enlistment was when I went to Afghanistan. I don't recall any other time when I saw so much camaraderie.

I've been out for close to 4 years. In that time I managed to gain 30 lbs due to my enjoyment of eating unhealthy foods. I decided that things needed to change at the beginning of last year. As of now, I have lost 30 lbs, and I have about 15 more to go. My goal is to get under 190 lbs and nver hit over 200 again. While I may not have looked completely out of shape at the time, my knees and ankles told me otherwise. It's also never fun when you can't keep up with your kids for more than 10 minutes at a time.

So, here I am. I've been doing the Insanity workout for almost 4 weeks now and it's been absolutely phenomenal. I'm looking forward to getting to know folks on here, and I am more than happy to point people in the right direction if they need help in any way. I'm not going to wish anyone luck because I know everyone is more than capable of achieving their fitness goals so long as they possess the motivation and determination to do so. That is all.

My name is Alyssa. I was recently medically separated from the Air Force. I'm looking for work in the local area since my husband is still in and realizing that it's much easier said than done! In the meantime, though, I'm focusing on getting back to how I was when I first joined...before the medical condition that forced me to stop PT for an entire pregnancy and 9 months postpartum as well.
SparkPeople has been a great tool for me on this journey to a healthier lifestyle and I enjoy coming on here and encouraging others (and getting a swift kick when I need it!). I look forward to continuing this journey with each of you and thank all of your for your service to our great country!

My name is Angela. I retired in 2007 after 20 years in the Air Force. I'm not working in Tampa Florida as a government civilian. I love my job, the daily challenges it brings, and the different people I get to work with. I interact with all Services and find it interesting how each has their own "personality". I'm hoping to meet new people and create some long-time friends. Oh, and of course I want to lose weight. Instead of the "freshman 20" it was the "retired 20" LOL.

HI my name is Heather, I was Active Army from 2000-2005, and again from 2008-2010! I have been to Iraq and Afghanistan! When I first started SP, I could not find one for veterans, so I am excited that I found this one! I am a full time student, I am going to school to become a teacher! I am using every bit of my VA education benefits! I have also recently filled for disability through the VA. I am married with two children and I love to work out! If anyone ever needs a friend or anything please feel free to message me!

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Edited by: GODMADEBEAUTY at: 10/13/2010 (20:15)

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Edited by: CD4042155 at: 11/4/2010 (01:21)

Hey Suzy, nice to see you on the Vets Team.

Can I trouble you to copy your message into a new message of your own? I'm hoping we can each have our own "intro" messages so new people don't get lost in a long, long thread.

Thanks!

SDJ

I am suzyintexas, retired after 20 years in the Army. It was from 1980-2000. I am so glad to find a group about my fellow veterans. I got out in 2000 and have slowly gained weight. I am looking for motivation to keep me determined to lose the weight.

Please do NOT post in this thread. Read and then start your own.


Take a moment to check in and let us know a little about you. You can write anything you choose, but if you need a little help with what to post, try this as a starting point:

Name
Rank/Service
Dates of Service
Why You're Here at Spark People

Mine, for example:
www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/team_mes
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geboard_thread.asp?board=-1x11369x36R>333070

Create your own message thread like I did in the example linked above. (That way, we make sure that we do not miss any new members joining the team.)

SDJ

Edited by: CD4429274 at: 8/30/2010 (10:40)