[kaw]

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?

Ever? 180-ish. CW 147. Target 135 @ 16% body fat

2. How tall are you?

A shade under 5'9"

3. What's your family situation?

Happily unmarried to the same man for 18 years. One son, age 5.

4. Where do you live?

Central New York, most of the time.

5. One GOOD book.

Ellen Melloy's "Eating Stone."

6. One GOOD song.

Closer to Fine, Indigo Girls

7. One GOOD TV show.

We watch baseball, if anything.

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

Apples. I love apples.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

Women shouldn't lift heavy weights or they'll bulk up/look like a bodybuilder/not be feminine. Similar: women just need to "tone."

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

Muscle is more dense than fat, and burns more calories at rest.

[greatchoice]

start: 168-----current: 133-----goal: 130 (but wouldn't mind 125!).

I am 5'3" tall.

I am married and have 3 sons, two are away at college and one 16 yr old.

I live in Southern California.

Book-Hungry Planet

Song-Go Put Your Records On-Corinne Bailey Ray

TV show-LOST

Food I can't live without-WOW! I can't think of one! I'm glad I can't

diet lie-sheesh, all of them. Cabbage soup, diet pills, protien only, low-fat only, eat all the calories you want

best diet tip-Progress, not perfection.

[Mudpie]

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

Top 153. CW 140. Target 130 (125-130 range)

2. How tall are you?

A shade over 5'4"

3. What's your family situation?

Mostly happily unmarried to the same man for 13 years. 2 cats

4. Where do you live?

Toronto Ontario (but secretly I've always wanted to be an American)

5. One GOOD book.

John Irving's Cider House Rules. Bill whatsis In a Sunburned Country. Barbara Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible. Current one on the go is Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking

6. One GOOD song.

Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers, Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, Exile on Main Street. Peter Gabriel's entire So album, U2's Atomic Bomb, Billie Holliday (a new fave), and the list goes on and on and on.

7. One GOOD TV show.

CSI original

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

Ice cream (is wine a food - I LOVE it Ilene)

9. One weight loss lie you've heard.

Any "miracle" pill with weight loss of 34 lbs in 2 days etc.

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

Muscle is more dense than fat, and burns more calories at rest.

With thanks to Kaw whose initial questionnaire I copied
Dagmar

[Mudpie]

and my favorite colour is purple

Dagmar

[sznn]

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
182/155ish/138..... was 140ish last July:
2. How tall are you?
5' 8.5"
3. What's your family situation?
Commonlaw - 7 years/together 9 total, no kids, 2 spoiled rotten furbeasts (cats)
4. Where do you live?
Vancouver BC
5. One GOOD book.
Lovely Bones
6. One GOOD song.
Breathe Me by Sia
7. One GOOD TV show.
Most shows on HGTV
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Cheese
9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
10 lbs in 10 days
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Simple math = Calories In Vs. Calories Out

[EZMONEY]

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

Pretty normal really for a man that can fly

2. How tall are you?

Tall enough to fit my cape

3. What's your family situation?

Adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife

4. Where do you live?

Metropolis

5. One GOOD book.

MAN OF STEEL

6. One GOOD song.

KRYPTONITE by 3 Doors Down ~ That song really kills me!

7. One GOOD TV show.

It's A bird It's A Plane It's Superman

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

Lois's chocolate chip cookies!

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

When you fly you are weightless

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.[/QUOTE]

Don't do power lunches with Jimmy

[kateconfessional]

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
126/111.9/110

2. How tall are you?
5'2 and a half

3. What's your family situation?
i'm living on campus with some friends, while my mom lives in china (she moved there when iwas 18), my sister and her husband just moved to san francisco, and my dad lives somewhere in MD

4. Where do you live?
allentown, PA (when at school), near washington, DC (when at home)

5. One GOOD book.
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time

6. One GOOD song.
chicago - sufjan stevens


7. One GOOD TV show.
sex and the city

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
those weight loss ads on the internet saying you can lose 20 pounds in just 2 weeks!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness
eat healthy, and keep active. don't be afraid to treat yourself every now and then. don't worry about messing up, just remember that you have to get up and try again.

[AmandaD]

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
190/149/140
2. How tall are you?
5'8"
3. What's your family situation?
Single
4. Where do you live?
Texas
5. One GOOD book.
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
6. One GOOD song.
Dirty Second Hands by Switchfoot
7. One GOOD TV show.
Lost
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
BBQ, even though I don't have it much I love it.
9. One weight loss lie you've heard.
Diet Pills
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Exercise

[Dawnslight]

I just had to join in the fun

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
174 (about two years ago)/164/130 (Although I'd be happy at 140)

2. How tall are you?
a smidge under 5'2

3. What's your family situation?
Single, living at home with my parents. My sister and her 3 kids live about 1/2 a mile away.

4. Where do you live?
Indiana

5. One GOOD book.
Anything by Terry Pratchett, PC Cast, and Meg Cabot

6. One GOOD song.
Somebody to Love by Queen

7. One GOOD TV show.
Good Eats, Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
My mother's meatloaf

9. One weight loss lie you've heard.
Anything that involved taking a little pill

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Find an excersize that you love and eat in moderation

[stiebena]

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target? 165/142/130

2. How tall are you? 5'4"

3. What's your family situation? I'm a student, living with my boyfriend of 4 years

4. Where do you live? Hamilton, ON

5. One GOOD book. Any of the Harry Potter books!!!

6. One GOOD song. You Walk in My Soul, Gary Numan

7. One GOOD TV show. hehehe, I'm bad, but I love America's (or Canada's) Next Top Model

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Anything involving super rapid weight loss, and usually diet pills

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Choose a plan that you can stick with for ever...losing weight is a lifestyle change, not a diet.

[thinnythighs]

1. 250/154/115

2. 5ft 6in

3. Married

4. north midwest

5. A Total Waste of Makeup, **** Hath No Fury

6. too many to list

7. House, dirty jobs

8. New York rasberry brownie cheesecake with a grahmcracker crust

9. That you will gain it all back within 2 years. i have kept it off for over 5.

10. dress to fit the body you have now. Looking good helps you to feel good.

[feelingroovy]

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
highest - 209 (postnatal)
current - 147
target - 135-140

2. How tall are you?
5'6"

3. What's your family situation?
Happily married with two children, ages 5 and 3

4. Where do you live?
Northern Virginia

5. One GOOD book.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (a classic)

6. One GOOD song.
Imagine by John Lennon and everything Beatles!

7. One GOOD TV show.
Sopranos

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Cheese and wine! D'oh!

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
LOSE 30 POUNDS IN 30 DAYS... GUARANTEED!!!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Consistency is key. Eat smart and exercise

[Azure]

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....

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

210/153/135

2. How tall are you?

5'7"

1. What's your family situation?

I've got a lovely set of parents and two siblings and a boyfriend of almost 2 years

4. Where do you live?

During the school semester, I live at college and I live with my parents on vacations.

5. One GOOD book.

Can't pick just one! I've recently REALLY loved the Belgariad and the Mallorean by David and Leigh Eddings

6. One GOOD song.

"They Can't Take That Away From Me"--Sinatra

7. One GOOD TV show.

CSI (the original--Vegas. I <3 Grissam)

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

I can't live without sharp cheddar cheese...I did for an entire year on a "low fat/low calorie" diet and I MISSED it.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

That lifting weights will make women "bulk up" or be masculine-looking.

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

Information refuting the above lie: Women CAN lift and lift heavy and they won't look like a man. Women -can't- get bulky without chemical enhancement. And lifting is good for ya!

[mamajones]

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
TW: 155
CW: 131
GW: 120

2. How tall are you?
5'3"

3. What's your family situation?
married, with children ~~ all boys, ages 4 & 3, we live away from our
extended family

4. Where do you live?
Tennessee

5. One GOOD book.
One Slow Moon...Elizabeth Cox

6. One GOOD song.
Crazy...Gnarls Barkley

7. One GOOD TV show.
Just for Laughs

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
TRIBE sweet roasted red pepper hummus...yummm

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
"You too can lose 10-15-or even 20 lbs by [U]insert holiday here[U] with no dieting & no exercise~just order now!"

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Develop an eating & exercise plan that you can stick into your life daily, & push through the difficulty long enough & it will become habit. Still not easy, but certainly easier. Eventually. Eating smart & exercise is as important as brushing your teeth & taking a shower...you wouldn't skip those things because you "just don't want to" would you? No, it doesn't even cross your mind, that is because you have been doing it over & over for years. Do the same thing with smart eating & exercise. Start now.

[DGAdDawg]

I'm new...this seems like a perfect way to introduce myself!

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
165(about 2 years ago)....115....110

2. How tall are you?
5'2"

3. What's your family situation?
My parents live in a small town in NW Georgia. My sister is at college about 2 hours from our hometown. I live in Alabama, with a roommate, until December.

4. Where do you live?
Alabama...

5. One GOOD book.
So hard!! My favorite-- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam(basis for the movie "October Sky"), Gone With The Wind

6. One GOOD song.
Again, it changes...lately I'm liking "Child, you're the Revolution" by Angie Aparo


7. One GOOD TV show.
Friday Night Lights!! If you don't watch it, you're missing out!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
If I HAVE to pick...Homemade Chocolate Pound Cake with Homemade Chocolate Icing.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Lose 30 pounds in 30 days!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness
Its not a diet, its a lifestyle. You can still have the foods you love.