1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?

2. How tall are you? 5ft, 6in

3. What's your family situation? Married for ten years and have three kids, ages 4, 6, and 8

4. Where do you live? MI

5. One GOOD book. I read around 25 books a month-no way can I answer with just one lol.

6. One GOOD song. I'm loving Adele's new song, Skyfall

7. One GOOD TV show. Don't watch tv

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without. cheese!

9. One weightloss lie you've heard. that eating low carb is bad for you

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness. haven't gotten a lot of tips yet, I just started my diet this past week

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top weight ever was 126. Current weight is 116. Target is 100-105

2. How tall are you?
5'3''

3. What's your family situation?
I'm single and live with roommates

4. Where do you live?
United States

5. One GOOD book.
"Born to Run"

6. One GOOD song.
"Wolf like me"

7. One GOOD TV show.
**** on Wheels

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Almond butter

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
"Don't eat carbs after (insert time here)"

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Prepare, plan ahead! Cook your meals and store them 3 days in advance. Plan workout schedule for the week.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?

161/146.6/125

2. How tall are you?

5'3"

3. What's your family situation?

I am a single, homeschooling mom of one son (14). Currently caring for my elderly parents. My mom is 78 and my dad is 84. My dad recently had a stroke.

4. Where do you live?

Sunny Florida!

5. One GOOD book.

Love books. A home can not have too many. I can not choose just one.

6. One GOOD song.

Imagine (John Lennon)

7. One GOOD TV show.

A tie between Modern Family and Parenthood.

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.

Treats in general; ice cream, chocolate, cookies, and cake. I do not have any foods that are off limits but treats are used sparingly. I buy single serve ice cream cups or ice cream bars and Kashi cookies and allow myself one treat per day. Because I allow myself this, I do not feel deprived and can easily skip a treat if I wanted. It also makes me know that on special days or holidays I can enjoy that small piece of cake and not feel I am ruining a *diet*. I am not on a diet, I am living my life.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

That you need to diet. Listening to all the diet commercials, they are filled with lies...I am guessing that even the overly cheery people on them are lies. I do not have a make-up team, a hairdresser that follows me, and can not have airbrushing done in-person.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.

Log it, log it, LOG IT! Logging everything that goes in your mouth and all exercises. Not sure if this will be true once at goal, will have to wait and see what is needed then.

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
180/173/147
Smallest I've ever been was 135 but it was gross I don't want to go back there. I felt sexy and comfortable at 146.

2. How tall are you?
5"7'

3. What's your family situation?
I live with a husband and dogs

4. Where do you live?
Denver!!

5. One GOOD book.
Don't laugh but Jurassic Park I like others but this is def one of my favs although I prefer short stories

6. One GOOD song.
Earth Wind & Fire - Shinning Star

7. One GOOD TV show.
Daria

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
I hate to admit this but Cheese

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
So many, I think fasting will work long term tough bothered me the most

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Don't commit to anything you can't maintain for a lifetime.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target? 171 (2009?), 159, 139

2. How tall are you? 5ft, 2in

3. What's your family situation? Married April 2013, no kids

4. Where do you live? Scottsdale, AZ (land of impossibly thin women with huge fake boobs!0

5. One GOOD book. Just finished reviewing about 35 cookbooks...liking the vegetable ones.

6. One GOOD song. That new one by the Wild Feathers.

7. One GOOD TV show. My husband and I have a date to watch Jeopardy every night.

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without. pizza...or sushi

9. One weightloss lie you've heard. that someone has maintained a weightloss with shakes or pills. Clean eating and exercise is the ONLY way!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness. Not exactly a tip, but I knbow that I will have to be dedicated to staying active for the rest of my life.

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top 245. Current 147, Target is 135

2. How tall are you?
5'4"

3. What's your family situation?
Married. No Children.

4. Where do you live?
Tacoma, WA

5. One GOOD book.
I have not read one in a long time so don't recall right now.

6. One GOOD song.
Right now I love "Roar" by Katy Perry

7. One GOOD TV show.
I love Son's of Anarchy

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Just one? Can't do it. Bacon Cheeseburgers. Cookies. Pasta. and Cake.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Fat's are bad.


10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Don't be hard on yourself. It's ok to indulge every now and then. Just
pay attention.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
top: 185 current: 184 target 175

2. How tall are you?
5 foot 9

3. What's your family situation?
Alone.

4. Where do you live?
California, but I hate it.

5. One GOOD book.
A Separate Peace

6. One GOOD song.
Honey by Mariah Carey

7. One GOOD TV show.

The fall (BBC)

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
umm...I do enjoy a good cheeseburger.


9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Ummm...that it's a one size fits all mechanism. NOPE. Some people work out harder than the thinnest girl in the room but they have a sluggish metabolism or other health issues that cause them to hold on to fat.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Health and clean eating is more important than being thin or a number on a scale.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?

299/ 135/125-135

2. How tall are you?
5'5 (okay 5'4 and 3/4''. lol close enough)

3. What's your family situation?
in a relationship, no kids

4. Where do you live?
Beautiful LA

5. One GOOD book.
I am in the middle of Wild By Cheryl Strayed.

6. One GOOD song.
roar sung by katy perry is my go to song right now.

7. One GOOD TV show.
The Mindy Project!!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
mushroom and guac burger. yum.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
eating after 6 is bad and eat a big breakfast.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
take it one day at a time, if you mess up it's not the end of the world. Just start again.
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Hi everyone!

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
210/147/130

2. How tall are you?
5"6

3. What's your family situation?
Common-Law with the best dude ever

4. Where do you live?
Waaaaaay North in Canada- a few hours east of Fairbanks, Alaska

5. One GOOD book.
"The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith- (really written by JK Rowling- author of Harry Potter!)

6. One GOOD song.
"Some Nights" by FUN

7. One GOOD TV show.
DEXTER!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
COOKIES!! And pb/j sandwiches

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
"you can't do it"

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
"Count calories!" I eat whatever I want, just not as much as I used to!

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Hmm, upwards of 70kg (I don't weigh myself when I know I'm heavy!), 62kg and 58 target.
2. How tall are you?
173cm
3. What's your family situation?
Married for 2.5 years, with a dachshund, greyhound and 2 finches.
4. Where do you live?
Near Sydney, Australia
5. One GOOD book.
The Hobbit
6. One GOOD song.
Summer of '69 (daggy!)
7. One GOOD TV show.
Jericho
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
CHEESE! My favourite
9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
The good old 'no carbs after 5pm' myth
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Food is fuel

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
150 when pregnant, but what I am now--137--is my top weight non-pregnant. I'd love to get back to 120.

2. How tall are you?
5' 5.5"

3. What's your family situation?
Married 14 years, two kids.

4. Where do you live?
Southern US

5. One GOOD book.
Anna Karenina

6. One GOOD song.
Life in the City (Michael Franti)

7. One GOOD TV show.
Six Feet Under

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Chocolate

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
The "Master Cleanse" diet. Of course you lose weight; you're taking laxatives and ingesting a third of the calories (and little of the nutrition) your body needs. But it doesn't help you learn the healthy habits you need over the long term.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
It's about changing your habits.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top Weight: 164 - Super depressed, never exercised, caught in a really bad binge cycle for 10+ years.
Current Weight: 139 - I was down to 128 but binged my way up to 141 in about 1 month.
Target Weight: 120-125

2. How tall are you?
5'6

3. What's your family situation?
Married for 6 years, no children YET.

4. Where do you live?
Northeast, USA

5. One GOOD book.
The Tipping Point; Malcolm Gladwell

6. One GOOD song.
Any classical

7. One GOOD TV show.
I don't own a TV!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Homemade bread / wine

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Eat six small meals a day.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Weigh yourself everyday. I used to weigh myself once a week (or once a month), but if it was the wrong time of the month or wrong day of week I would see a gain in the scale and be completely demoralized and give up. Weighing every single day allowed me to see the fluctuations in the scale according to my body. And that is how I learned that the only time a real loss shows up for me, is around 2-4 days after my period, otherwise the scale is up and down for the rest of the month!

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?

Top: 160
Current: 137
Goal: 125ish

2. How tall are you?

5'3" (otherwise known as 5'2.5")

3. What's your family situation?

Single...just me and my cat! Parents, siblings, and extended family live about 1000 miles away. I moved for my career.

4. Where do you live?

Colorful Colorado...urban corridor.

5. One GOOD book.

The Manitous by Basil Johnston

6. One GOOD song.

Minutes on a Screen by The Tossers

7. One GOOD TV show.

...any sort of documentary really.

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.

Potato chips. But really there are so many!

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

You must give up x in order to lose weight, even though you don't have a medical condition that necessitates giving up x.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.

Stay active.

Top weight 225 current weight 155 goal weight 135
Height:5'5
Family situation: married for seven years no kids, but four small dogs that think there my kids! Oh three birds.
We're I live: Vista, ca sunny san Diego
One god book I enjoyed: Mommy Dearest.
One good tv show: Fargo
One food I can't live without: starchy carbs,
In in out, a grilled cheese with their French fries...
One wight loss tip or lie I'm sick of hearing: carbs are the devil ..
Really? At the end of the day it's a lifestyle change completely. We all must endure are journey and live or lives. Don't listen to the negative people around you, I can't begin to tell you the negative co workers who are surprised I haven't gained my starting weight back.Nice to be around supportive people. Thanks!

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
159lbs - 135 lbs - 120 lbs

2. How tall are you?
5'3"

3. What's your family situation?
Still technically live with my parents but spend most of my days and nights with my boyfriend.

4. Where do you live?
Chicagoland

5. One GOOD book.
The Woman In Black

6. One GOOD song.
Cover The Road by Kelly Family

7. One GOOD TV show.
Game of Thrones

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
So unhealthy but La Choy Chow Mein. Yeah, the one from the can, with rice and "crunchies".

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Don't eat the egg yolk...why??? It's healthy and seriously that will not make you fat. -_-

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
It's an oldie but a goodie...drink lots of water. That's the first thing I started to do to help myself lose weight and it works.