Hello Everypony!!!

[silverpadfoot]

Howdy!

My name is Caitlin and I am a graduate student in Montana, but I was born and raised in Texas. I am pursuing a Master of Fine Art's degree in Science and Natural History Filmmaking. I have been overweight for a while now. I was pretty happy with my weight back in high school, and I was only about 10 pounds away from my ideal weight goal. However, in my sophomore year of college, I got my wisdom teeth pulled. Unfortunately, I got numerous infections as a result of the surgery (don't worry, it only happens in less than 1% of people who get their wisdom teeth pulled). I was on 14 different medication in 4 months, including steroids. As a result, I gained 40 pounds from the ordeal. Now, almost 3 years later, I'm still struggling with the weight gain.

I would like to lose 50 pounds and get back to the weight I was in high school. In my career path, I'm going to have to be strong and healthy (camera equipment is heavy!!!). I haven't been very successful so far, so I'm turning to my fellow bronies for help. I haven't met many bronies in real life yet but I can still feel the love and harmony over the Internet. Any help in reaching my weight loss goals would be much appreciated. I'm so happy to be joining this group!

As for best pony...Twilight Sparkle really has a special place in my heart. She and I are very similar and I connect with her well. I'm also like Fluttershy in that I'm shy but have a hidden inner strength and I absolutely love animals. Applejack, though, brings a lot of emotions out of me. I love her episodes so much and I always learn a lot from them. I also absolutely love Princess Luna and Big Mac. So much pony love <3

[shenanigans]

Hello Caitlin and welcome to the Brony Health Group!

I wish you the best of luck in your goals! And while you think you can feel the love and harmony now, the internet sort of filters it. You wouldn't believe how better it gets when you get us all together in a group. If you get a chance to go to a brony convention, you should do it, the amount of love, kindness, generocity, honesty, loyalty, and laughter will absolutely floor you. Its got to be magic. Maybe you could get to snoop around one with camera or two.

[Bon Bon]

Hi Caitlin, PONY LOVE ALL AROUND! All encouragement from a fellow student (undergrad here) as you pursue your goals. I'm only looking to lose about 15 pounds, but if you'd like a weight loss buddy feel free to message me!

I feel the same way about best pony, too. It changes constantly, usually depending on which episode I've watched most recently. I've never related to or really liked Rainbow Dash at all, but even she got some best-pony love after "Hurricane Fluttershy" came out (which is my favorite episode of both seasons).

Also, it's funny... I've noticed a much higher percentage of female bronies here than other places... I wonder why.