First name (if you want to tell): Marina
Meaning of user name: It's my name followed by my country's. BraSil, that's how we spell it here.
Geographical location: Brazil
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
Children/Ages: We don't want children.
Occupation: Psychologist
Pets: 5 happy dogs!
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, gardening, modern art
Height: 1, 58m
Eye/Hair Color: Honey/Dark brown
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: January. Not sure what day it was.
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 101/82,6/58,8. That's in kilos.
Problem: Binge eating. And i love sugary treats...
Plan/Way of Eating: Eating healthy. Exercising daily.
Favorite exercise : Walking
Favorite movies: All About my Mother
Favorite books/plays: Crime and Punishment
Music: Jazz, bossa nova, MPB, rock
Favorite Quote(s): It's impossible to translate to english....
Places you’ve been: Europe, US..... i'm just too lazy to be specific!
Places you want to visit: Barcelona, Galápagos Islands, Greenland, Budapest
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Peace
02. What is your least favorite word? Cream
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Being able to change
04. What turns you off? Prejudice
05. What is your favorite curse word? ****
06. What sound or noise do you love? Windy days
07. What sound or noise do you hate? A mosquito flying close to my ear when i'm trying to sleep. HATE IT!
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Well.... i could be a writer.
09. What profession would you not like to do? Veterinary. Dentist.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Come, let me take you to your family....
Any other tidbits you would like to share:

First name (if you want to tell): Rhonda
Meaning of user name: It's my name
Geographical location: USA
Age: 51
Marital Status: Married
Children/Ages: Boy 25, girl 21
Occupation: Artist
Pets: 2 boxers, pug, 3 cats, 6 goldfish in pond
Hobbies/Interests: quilting, gardening, travel
Height: 5' 7.5"
Eye/Hair Color: Blue/cherry red right now
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: 7-10-14
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 256.4/238.4/160
Problem: diabetes/high blood pressure
Plan/Way of Eating: 100%+++++ compliant to IP protocol/IP foods
Favorite exercise : mountainbiking
Favorite movies: Seven
Favorite books/plays: Raymond Carver
Music: alt
Favorite Quote(s):
Places you’ve been: US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Belize
Places you want to visit: France, Indonesia
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Trust
02. What is your least favorite word? anything racial hate motivated or demeaning women
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Challenge
04. What turns you off? Hate
05. What is your favorite curse word? ****er
06. What sound or noise do you love? rain
07. What sound or noise do you hate? arguing
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Lawyer
09. What profession would you not like to do? Maid

First name (if you want to tell): Margaret
Meaning of user name: sort of a nickname at work that i'm using as empowerment
Geographical location: Charlotte, NC
Age: 24
Marital Status: happy newish relationship
Children/Ages: n/a
Occupation: I'm a project manager at a translation company and do global brand analysis
Pets: Dreaming of another german shepherd in my life
Hobbies/Interests: music/stories/fitness/wellness/languages/cultures/food
Height: 5'9
Eye/Hair Color: blue/dark blonde
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: sometime my junior year of high school
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 276/185/170ish
Problem: Binge eating
Plan/Way of Eating: Calorie counting, whole foods
Favorite exercise: Lifting, yoga, kickboxing
Favorite movies: The Royal Tenenbaums
Favorite books/plays: anything by David Sedaris
Music: rap and soul
Favorite Quote(s):

"Perfect is the enemy of good"

Favorite People (dead and living): My mom and dad, fitness blogger Nia Shanks, Mindy Kaling and Tina Fey
People I can’t stand: eh don't really spend energy thinking about people I don't care for
Places you’ve been: fair bit of Europe, lots of the US South
Places you want to visit: Lima, Kenya, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Scandanavia

Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? strength
02. What is your least favorite word? panty
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? solitude
04. What turns you off? laziness
05. What is your favorite curse word? all the standard ones
06. What sound or noise do you love? thunder
07. What sound or noise do you hate? people biting their nails
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? therapist
09. What profession would you not like to do? politician
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? maybe just a smile as he/she/it points me to my dog

Any other tidbits you would like to share: sending lots of uplifting energy and motivation to everyone here. We're all here for the same reason (more or less) and we can take comfort in the fact that being here is a huge step and we can all get ourselves to where we want to be!


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Meaning of user name: It is simply what I am. =)
Geographical location: New York
Age: 27
Marital Status: Married
Children/Ages: None
Occupation: Clerk
Pets: 2 dogs, 2 rats, 1 cat
Hobbies/Interests: Readings and gaming (and I guess fitness?)
Height: 5'3''
Eye/Hair Color: hazel/blonde
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: May 14, 2016 (technically, officially?)
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 160/159.2/120
Problem: Binge Eating Disorder
Plan/Way of Eating: Currently, I am just trying to maintain a deficit, even if it's not a huge one. I'd like to slowly replace processed foods for simpler, clean foods.
Favorite exercise: Walking, jogging
Favorite movies: When Harry Met Sally, The Little Mermaid,
Favorite books/plays: TheLibrarian cannot choose. O_O
Music: Yeah, no, still can't choose. =D
Favorite Quote(s): "And remember that bad times...are just times that are bad."
Favorite People (dead and living):
People I can’t stand: Socialites, Hillary Clinton, Trump, Oprah, Taylor Swift
Places you’ve been: PA, NY, FL, WA, DC, OR, OH, MA, RI, Canada
Places you want to visit: Everywhere
Pivot’s questions
01. What is your favorite word? Cantankerous
02. What is your least favorite word?
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Strength
04. What turns you off? Ignorance
05. What is your favorite curse word? F***
06. What sound or noise do you love? The turning of a page.
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Alarm clock.
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Musician
09. What profession would you not like to do? Waste management sounds like a good answer, I'll stick with that one. xD
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? That even though I questioned everything, He knows I still lived my life as best I could and tried to be a genuinely good person.
Any other tidbits you would like to share: Nope

First name (if you want to tell): Lindsay
Meaning of user name: Linny is my nickname, and even though I may not be little in terms of my weight, I am little in height, so essentially that's what I was going for. :P
Geographical location: East Texas
Age: 20
Marital Status: Engaged <3
Children/Ages: I don't have kids, yet!
Occupation: Etsy Shop Owner
Pets: I currently live at my grandparents house, and my mom lives across the street, but I like to count our cats all together, and that totals 9! haha Their names are Snookie, Henry, Peep, Peachy, Mika, Mindle, Sammy, Sophie, and Jinx!
Hobbies/Interests: sewing, J-fashion, make up, hair, meditation, listening to audio books, drawing, anime, and cartoons.
Height: 5'1"
Eye/Hair Color: blue/light brown or dark blonde
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 260/258/195
Problem: binge eating, and food addiction.
Plan/Way of Eating: Calorie counting, eating healthy foods.
Favorite exercise: Walking on the treadmill!
Favorite movies: Pretty much any and all Pixar/Dreamworks animated movies, haha.
Favorite books/plays: The Charisma Myth, and The Success Principles
Music: Melanie Martinez, Purity Ring, Chvrches, Breanne Duren, Cady Groves, Nicole Dollanganger, Lana Del Rey, Ariana Grande, and Nightcore.
Places you’ve been: Mexico, California, Florida, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana.
Places you want to visit: Canada, England, Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, France.
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Heavenly
02. What is your least favorite word? Mole...
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Kindness
04. What turns you off? Disrespect
05. What is your favorite curse word? haha, I better not say!
06. What sound or noise do you love? Rain <3
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Screaming/Yelling
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Musician
09. What profession would you not like to do? I wouldn't want to work in a slaughter house.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Welcome home, I love you!
Any other tidbits you would like to share: I love holographic/iridescent things, all the shinies.

First name (if you want to tell): starts with a V
Meaning of username: My nickname all the way from middle school..!
Geographical location: Currently living in London
Age: 21
Marital Status: Super single
Children/Ages: Not any yet~
Occupation: University student/teacher at hospital school
Pets: I have Brownie (golden retriever), Oreo (Alaskan Malamute), and Cream Cheese (Maltese)!... It never came across to me that I named all of my dogs after food until very recently...
Hobbies/Interests: Drawing, painting, working out, playing piano, figure skating
Height: 5'8"
Eye/Hair Color: Light Brown/light brown
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 114/123/109
Problem: food addiction, binge-eating, bulimia
Plan/Way of Eating: Cutting out junk food!
Favorite exercise: Elliptical, running on the treadmill
Favorite movies: Gladiator, any war or horror movies
Favorite books/plays: Matilda! and any Broadway musicals
Places you’ve been: New Zealand, Australia, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, United States (everywhere), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Guam, Spain (Barcelona, Seville, Madrid), Costa Rica (Liberia), Dominican Republic, Saipan, UK (Wales, England, Scotland[Edinburgh]), Ireland (Dublin), Netherland (Amsterdam), Italy (Venice, Florence, Rome), France (Paris), Germany (Berlin), Belgium (Brussels)

Places you want to visit: Croatia, Morocco, India, Somewhere in South America and Africa
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Christmas
02. What is your least favorite word? ...phrase: You al'right?
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Genuineness
04. What turns you off? Rudeness
05. What is your favorite curse word? Bloody sh*te~
06. What sound or noise do you love? Grand piano keys!
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Sound of teeth grinding..
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Model
09. What profession would you not like to do? Mm... high school teacher... kids are so mean!!
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? I love you, my daughter <3
Any other tidbits you would like to share: I'm originally from SoCal, but lived in Las Vegas, Seoul, Boston, and now London!

First name (if you want to tell): Samantha

Meaning of user name: Hanne is the shortened version of Hannelore, a character in a web comic I love and identify with quite a bit...and I like kitties

Geographical location: Australia

Age: 21

Marital Status: Single

Children/Ages: None

Occupation: University student, studying to be a high school English and history teacher

Pets: A tabby cat named Misty <3 About 3 years old and a handful (pawful?) but I love her anyway

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, writing, anime, gaming

Height: About 160cm

Eye/Hair Color: Blue eyes, brown hair

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Somewhere around early October 2016

Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 212/188/143

Problem: Sweet tooth, emotional eating

Plan/Way of Eating Calorie: For a little while longer, Jenny Craig, afterwardswill be basic calorie counting plus trying to do exercise at least 3-4 times a week

Favorite exercise: I like fitness DVDs/youtube channels. Currently I adore Jenny Ford's workouts, especially marching and beginner step!

Favorite movies: Bridesmaids, Clueless, Mean Girls, One Piece Strong World, The Aristocats

Favorite books/plays: The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, One Piece, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Picture of Dorian Gray, Macbeth, The Hunger Games
Music: Of Monsters and Men, Avicii, Rachel Platten, OneRepublic

Favorite Quote(s): "Everybody is I" (unsure who originally said it but it was referenced in a book and it's stuck with me ever since)

Favorite People (dead and living): Eh. Nobody springs to mind

People I can’t stand: I don't think I'll go there

Places you’ve been: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria), South Africa, Hong Kong

Places you want to visit: Japan, Italy

Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? Scandalous
02. What is your least favorite word? Facetious
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Kindness
04. What turns you off? Cruelty
05. What is your favorite curse word? Pineapples
06. What sound or noise do you love? A cat's purr/meow
07. What sound or noise do you hate? Sound of people picking at their nails
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Librarian
09. What profession would you not like to do? Anything medical
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Smokey is waiting for you

Any other tidbits you would like to share: None

Your musical tastes caught my eye!!

That was so fun.[/QUOTE]

First name (if you want to tell): Karolina
Meaning of user name: Guinness is the name of my horse
Geographical location: Poland
Age: 23
Marital Status: Single
Children/Ages: None
Occupation: Student of applied linguistics
Pets: a Landseer pupper, a horse
Hobbies/Interests: horse riding, anything to do with cats and dogs, reading
Height: 5'4
Eye/Hair Color: dark brown, brown
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: uhhh. 5 years ago, maybe more
Starting Weight/Present/Goal Weight: 180/180/140
Problem: Binge eating/compulsive overeating
Plan/Way of Eating: Cutting sugar, counting calories more-or-lessly
Favorite exercise: weightlifting I guess, but I don't have a really serious relationship with it
Favorite movies: Matrix, Cloud Atlas, Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, Silence of the Lambs
Favorite books/plays: Crime and Punishment, the series about Jack Reacher, Harry Potter
Music: Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Wardruna
Favorite Quote(s): So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me for I, too, am fluent in silence. — R. Arnold
[B]Favorite People (dead and living): Colin Firth, Sierra Boggess
[B]People I can’t stand: Most people, to be honest
[B]Places you’ve been: England, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary
Places you want to visit: Iceland, Sweden, Finland
Pivot’s questions (don’t think too long, answer as fast as you can)
01. What is your favorite word? waffles
02. What is your least favorite word? expectation
03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? nature, music
04. What turns you off? stupidity
05. What is your favorite curse word? thunderc*nt
06. What sound or noise do you love? the sound of pouring rain, neighing
07. What sound or noise do you hate? scraping on styrofoam
08. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? dog training, riding horses professionally
09. What profession would you not like to do? teaching
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Well done
Any other tidbits you would like to share: Nope