Family Life: Wife to Russell (12 years) and mom to Sydney (9), Nicholas (6)and Jayce (2)
Occupation: wife, mother, homeschool teacher
Hobbies and Interests: sewing and homeschoolin'
Favorite Music: I can't pick just one!
Favorite Color(s): Pink
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: long walks with my German Shepherd pup, Duke
What are your fitness/health goals? walk 5 times weekly and lose 31 pounds
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? not being able to fit into my size 12 pants comfortably (AGAIN )
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Cravings for sweets
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My best friend
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? jeans and a snug fitting shirt
Hobbies and Interests: music, reading, museums, camping, beach, traveling
Favorite Music: punk
Favorite Color(s): black & white
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Running/jogging
What are your fitness/health goals? Lose my belly, tone my arms, and be able to run 6 miles
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? This attempt - getting back pictures from a wedding I was in
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Mindless eating
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1. Push myself when working out - I tend to get into routines
2. Track everything that goes in my mouth
3. Stretch more!
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :
Hmmm...
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
Just be more comfortable in jeans and a tank top
Hobbies and Interests:walking playing with the kids, cooking
Favorite Music:anything but rap
Favorite Color(s):red
Favorite Exercise/Workouts:walking
What are your fitness/health goals?to be 50 lbs lighter, i want to be a skinny mom
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? the scale. and eating 2 see's choc. rabbits for easter
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? i miss chocolate
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? portion control and more exercise
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : anything is better than this
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? shorts
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Hobbies and Interestslaying with our dog, golf, walking
Favorite Music:I like anything...love Dave Matthews
Favorite Color(s): blue
Favorite Exercise/Workouts:walking
What are your fitness/health goals? to eat better...more whole foods, less processed and sugary foods. Improve overall fitness level.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? seeing the scale go up 18 pounds since our wedding 2.5 years ago...size 12 jeans feeling tight.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Probably chocolate and eating out less
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? eating fewer processed foods, portion control, more exercise
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Hmmm, just better than I do now!
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? cute slim fitting jeans!
Occupation: I am finishing my PhD and working part-time as a waitress. I will begin life as a professor in the Fall.
Hobbies and Interests: Hanging out with friends, reading, crossword and sudoku puzzles, cooking, drinking and eating.
Favorite Music: Classical while I'm working, bad contemporary pop at the gym.
Favorite Color(s): Green, purple, black.
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Elliptical runner.
What are your fitness/health goals? To be fit, healthy and strong.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I lost about 40 pounds 2 years ago, and had begun to regain some of that weight. When I hit 155, I decided it was time to stop talking about joining a gym and to actually do it.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? I really like to eat and to eat well. I'm torn between wanting to be slim and attractive, and between thinking that life really isn't worth living without good cheese and chocolate.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? 1. Learn, finally, to eat only when hungry and stop when full; 2. limit my treats more rigorously; 3. I want to learn to really love exercise.
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My old self
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Shirts with buttons down the front.
Hobbies and Interests:knitting, reading, and shopping
Favorite Music:R&B and Pop
Favorite Color(s):hot pink
Favorite Exercise/Workouts:running and step classes
What are your fitness/health goals?my goal is be healthy and happy and fit
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? when i no longer loved who i was on the outside
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? sugar i love candy so it is my struggle
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? need to cut my sugar, need to add more water, need exercise every day
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : my old self
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?a size eight pair of ann taylor loft jeans or gap jeans with a tank top
Location: Seattle, but an Original CA girl! I miss the sunny days!
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Height: 5'3
Screen Nameinky009
Age/Age Range:25
Family Life: living with fiance, brother and two dogs!
Occupation: Activities Director/ student
Hobbies and Interests: shopping, traveling, trying new foods
Favorite Music:almost everything
Favorite Color(s):blue, silver, red, purple
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Elliptical Machine and stability ball
What are your fitness/health goals? to be fit, happy, and to have my Dr. take off Obese on my chart! It's my motivation to lose weight!
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? A dr's visit, and when my fiance kept rubbing my tummy, it makes me very self concious
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? sometimes I get too hard on myself
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? stay focused on eating the right foods, exercise, and drink more water
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : myself right now
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a nice summery dress I saw in a window display. I want to be be able to go sleeveless w/o being embarrassed!
Family Life: Married to Gavin (29), mother of Chase (15 yrs) and Xander (3 mo)
Occupation:Stay at home mom for now
Hobbies and Interests: Just finished my honours degree in psychology last April
Favorite Music: Sting
Favorite Color(s): Green
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: eliptical machine and walking
What are your fitness/health goals? To get back to pre-university weight, somewhere around 115lbs - and FIT (tired of feeling tired)!!
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Being the heaviest that I have ever been after this baby & still wearing my maternity pants 3 months post-partum, cause I can`t fit into my pre-preg jeans - and I refuse to buy a bigger size!!!
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Working out - in truth I have always disliked it, but I realize that it is a necessary evil (besides, I am tired of feeling like crap all the time!)
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Getting off of my butt to start working out, drastic decrease in junk food eaten, eating healthier whole foods (as opposed to processed foods)
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? Myself, the way I look right now - I lost a bunch of weight and was at my goal both weight and fitness-wise a few years ago (see pic below), I want it back!!
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Shorts and all my tiny t-shirts that no longer fit!
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Hobbies and Interests: reading, Turbo Jam, sudoku, kakuro, word search, shopping, calorie counting
Favorite Music: Top 40's and 90's
Favorite Color(s): blue
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Turbo Jam and Taebo
What are your fitness/health goals? I am within the normal weight range for my height but since I have a pretty small frame, I'm aiming to lose a few pounds. I'd also like to develop a healthy lifestyle so I won't suffer the same ailments as my mom has now.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? When my mom found out she had a high bad cholesterol level and when I noted that heart diseases seem to be genetic in our family, I decided to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? I am addicted to carbs especially pasta and sweets. I may lose a few pounds but they come creeping back when I give in to temptations.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1) Ability to control temptations (chocolates, pasta, etc.).
2) Be within my set calorie intake of 1200 - 1500 calories per day
3) Choosing healthy foods over junk food
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? My officemate who doesn't seem to have trouble maintaining her weight. To think that she has a bigger appetite than I do.
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? My small-sized slacks for work.
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: God, I have none <<hanging head in shame>>
What are your fitness/health goals? I would like to weigh 150, which means losing more than 100 pounds. But for now, I just want to start to feel better and be one of those people who opt to light a candle over simply cursing the darkness.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? There have been many. But the one that prompted me to begin this journey anew, with conviction, happened last week. I was about to be discharged from a short hospital stay and found myself alone in the room with my "chart." I must have been seen by about 25 doctors, so there was a report from each of them. As I flipped through the pages, I saw one word over and over and over again: obese. That's not who I am, I wanted to scream.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? I despise restrictions, I despise routine. I love the idea of living grandly and abundantly, and I hate the idea of not being able to take food as a lover.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1) I need to exercise. I just need to start.
2) I can't afford to be lazy and not prepare my menu ahead of time.
3) I have to get over myself and stop resenting that I have to count calories and try to look at it as more of a challenge than a burden.
4) And I must ad: I have to stop being lured away from common-sense eating by the promise every get-thin-quick scheme that comes down the pike.
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? My boyfriend's ex girlfriend.
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Anything slutty
Family Life: Wife to Micky (5.5 years) and mom to Aurora (4) and Kayde (almost 3)
Occupation: wife, mother, part time student
Hobbies and Interests: Internet, digital scrap booking, photography & EBay
Favorite Music: I can't pick just one!
Favorite Color(s): Pink
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: walking on the treadmill
What are your fitness/health goals? walk 5 times weekly and lose 18 pounds by mid June
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Summer is here and we are going away with a group of friends to a Water park
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Cravings for chocolate
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Better for me foods, actually walk on my treadmill. Well that's only 2 but it's all I've got!
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? My friend Tanya (125 wringing wet after 2 kids and not a single stretch mark-ahh I hate her LOL)
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? shorts and a swimsuit
What are your fitness/health goals? to get to 150 pounds
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? One night I had a horrible panic attack and I knew that if I didn't do something about my weight I would die.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? My emotional eating.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? I need to exercise more often, try to do a greater variety of exercises and exercise more often! lol
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : my cousin Diana.
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a two piece bathing suit.
Occupation: Student usually, this summer I am a caterwaitress
Hobbies and Interests: filmmaking, singing & acting, reading, watching movies/tv
Favorite Music: Oh, anything. I like to listen to really crappy pop, it makes me happy for some reason.
Favorite Color(s): Green
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: anything that makes me feel good! I love the ellipitical, it solved my "I hate running" problem! I am also learning to love toning exercises!
What are your fitness/health goals? To reach a healthy weight for my height and be toned. I am guessing I will be around 150 lbs when I am satisfied.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Seeing numbers I never thought I would see on the scale. I entered college in the 160s, and I said, "as long as I never see the 170s..." and then I saw the 170s and said "as long as I never see the 180s..." It was the last straw when I stepped on the scale and it said 195
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Staying motivated, dealing with social situations & food, boredom eating
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
Hmm, stretch more before exercising, suck it up and go to some fitness classes so I am having fun while working out, eating a more nutritionally balanced diet
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? My best friend (awful I know!)
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a REALLY hot dress - something that does not allow for extra fat here or there. All of my fancy dresses tend to be very shaped or empire waisted... I want one of those with the silky fabric that is not forgiving!
What are your fitness/health goals? be able to do 35 minutes on the elliptical, loose alot of weight.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I was tired all the time, my clothes got too small, and I didn't want to wear a 26 in pants.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? eating when I am bored, angry or sad.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? snacking healthy, more time on the elliptical, maybe learning how to enjoy an exercise dvd..
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : I don't wan't to look better than anyone, just look better than i am now.
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Shorts, short sleeve shirts, jeans, nice dresses, sandals..
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