Hey everyone! I might as well introduce myself so here goes nothing!

NAME: Kathie Or Kat

BIRTHDAY: May 1st

MARITAL STATUS: Living with my finace/Boyfriend

TOP WEIGHT: 240

CURRENT WEIGHT: 210

GOAL WEIGHT: I want to loose 50 pounds by December for my other half's company Christmas party but the end weight either 130-120

EYE COLOR: brown

HAIR COLOR: black

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Writing, Reading, Music, Computer Games, Crafting (crocheting, jewelry making), Hair extensions, Tattoos, etc.

PETS: Two cats currently, we recently lost both of our dogs to cardiac issues =(

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Florida

JOB: Stay at home mom and future evil warlord

DEGREE: English, recently became a registered Medical Assistant but baby number 3 doesn't make working cost effective.

FAVORITE COLOR: Black

FAVORITE FOODS: Asian (what can I say I'm Asian) and of course CHOCOLATE

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Swimming and walking

FAVORITE BOOK(S): I have too many to list some of my favorite writers include Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, Neil Gaiman, Caitlin Kiernan, Poppy Z Brite, Christa Faust, Simon R Green, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison (just to name a few)

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Star Wars, Star Trek, THe Dark Crystal, Princess Bride, Labyrinth

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Twin Peaks, Psych, Castle, Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Dollhouse, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Etc

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: A little bit of everything from Classical and Opera to Goth and Industrial. What is currently in my Cd player in the car is Panzer Ang, Imperative Reaction, They Might Be Giants, Garbage, VNV Nation

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: portion control and stress eating.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm no longer kidding myself that my portions are normal sized. I have thise forum to help keep me motivated. And accepting the fact that yes right now I am a fat chick but I don't have to be.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Portion control. Making healthy choices and snacking which will help control my portion sizes and exercising.

RELIGION: Pagan

POLITICS: Independent

PIERCINGS: 6 in each ear/cart, noce, tongue-current, nipple rings (rejected =P )

TATTOOS: Large tramp stamp of the Ohm symbol surrounded by an ouroboros (snake eating its tail), the eye of Horus on my neck, and Chinese characters on my ankle (which needs to be finished-weight loss motivation)

Hello there, lovelies! :) Figured I'd introduce myself to y'all by posting here :) Might as well use the helpful template :)


NAME: Hannah

BIRTHDAY: May 1st

MARITAL STATUS: Living with my boyfriend :)

TOP WEIGHT: I don't actually know how much I weight, but at a guess, it's around 240-250 lbs.

CURRENT WEIGHT: I dunno if I have lost anything yet.

GOAL WEIGHT: Around 140 lbs

EYE COLOR: blueish greenish grey... sort of really icy coloured.

HAIR COLOR: reddish brown.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Writing, WoW, Theatre, Directing, Body Mods, Medieval and Ancient British and European History, Mythology, Music

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Lancashire, UK (will be moving home to Bucks in a week, though :()

DEGREE: English Literature BA, find out my class on Friday aaargh! Going to do an MA in Viking and Anglo-Saxon Studies

FAVORITE COLOR: Green or purple

FAVORITE FOODS: Too many ;) Asian/Oriental (inc. Indian), Mexican, Italian... Currently a little addicted to caramelised onion hummus and bread.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: I get bored of doing one constantly, so I always change it. I'm loving weights atm though.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Anything by: Neil Gaiman, David Eddings, William Gibson, William Shakespeare, Philip K. Dick, Kelley Armstrong, Laurell K. Hamilton and classic literature/poetry.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Labyrinth, Thirteenth Warrior, Beauty and the Beast, The Princess and the Frog, Princess Bride, The Wizard of Oz, The Court Jester, Van Helsing, The Lost Boys

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: I'm a little bit of a metal head, but I like pretty much everything. An example of the music I listen to: Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Turisas, Sonata Arctica, Enslaved, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Lordi, Korpiklaani, Arch Enemy, Tool, A Perfect Circle, The Birthday Massacre, Angelspit, Florence + The Machine, Lady GaGa, Rammstein, Avenged Sevenfold, Lordi, Paloma Faith, Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, The Dresden Dolls, Amanda ****ing Palmer (;)), Send More Paramedics, Billy Idol, The Horrorpops, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Tiger Army, Imelda May etc...

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Binge eating disorder and various other mental health issues are the main problems.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm starting another chapter of my life, and I don't want the next 21 years to be plagued by fat-related misery.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Exercising. Portion control. Minimising animal product/animal fat consumption.

RELIGION: Norse Paganism.

POLITICS: Liberal Conservative- but I am a gender egalitarian, anti-fundamentalism, anti-evangelism (political and religious) and a number of other things. Focus on the Liberal part ;)

PIERCINGS: nose, eyebrow, 2 lobes and one helix. Retired eyebrow and tragus.

TATTOOS: Triple horn of Odin on my wrist, spider on my left ankle, cartoon bats on my right ankle, Horde symbol and Lok'Tar Ogar (because I am awesome) on my right calf.

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Note: I know it kinda goes against the spirit of it to just copy and paste and fill in the blanks, but I don't want to ramble! ( I usually do...)

NAME: Christine (yeah, I know)

BIRTHDAY: Sometime in 1994.

RELATIONSHIP: Single, prude, forever.

TOP WEIGHT: 195

CURRENT WEIGHT: 195

GOAL WEIGHT: 145

EYE COLOR: Hazel?

HAIR COLOR: Auburn

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Erm...my interest is in strange happenings, as they are the only things in this world that inspire me so! Plus, I like writing, reading, etc, etc!

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Not ever worth sayin...

FAVORITE COLOR: I can't just say one color; I like most of them and they all have a great role in weaving our perspective, feelings towards the world (except pink...erm), and love the intense but deep shades of orange, red, brown, blue, green...autumnal colors, actually.

FAVORITE FOODS: *Shrugs* Not much, but I love my Icees...

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Honestly, don't have one. Exercise is okay, but I haven't really explored it enough. I'd like a adventure though.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Plenty...not going to list them, though.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Not much...I like Mr. Mogorium's Wonder Emporium (I know I spelled that wrong), and Big Fish (my theme movie, my friend calls it.)

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Don't like TV, sorry...it's just kinda boring.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Progressive/Power Metal! Music is something that I want to find something that I can be passionate about, but it's just so hard finding something appealing. However, a few months ago I found a band named Ayreon...and I've never liked so much songs from one band in my life. Before that, my main band was Sonata Arctica (when I was 13-16 years old.)

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Not caring enough, oddly, and being too smug with my good looks. (I'm confident of all that I am, but it's been holding me back from a looming weakness of my physical self.)

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm here, and I've never really had any support on this matter before from people. I'm not even sure if I'll be successful, but it'll be interesting if I can break out of my usual tendency of solitude in need for a mutual goal.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Honest, and modest. I don't want to be skinny, but I want to be strong. If I start putting on more weight, it'll be a sign of weakness for me.

PIERCINGS: *Tumbleweed cue* Anyhow, I don't like piercings.

TATTOOS: Nothing, but I do want a couple when I turn 18.

PHILOSOPHY/WAY OF THINKING: Romanticism, and then my own set of truths.

RELIGION: None, actually...haven't found any that really fascinate me. My brother called me a buddhist though, for whatever reason.

PRO-TURNED-CON: It has to be my open mindedness. I just don't put people into boxes, and it gets difficult around the supposedly 'insane', for I can't just write off what they're saying like other people can/do. Another one is my incredible intuition. I blame it going for weeks without working on any schoolwork at home, never studying, and my 4.0 GPA on it. A university will kill me I know.

RIDICULOUS, CONSTANT ACTS OF REBELLION (against the waves of 'what is', etc): Not liking people much ( mostly children), being mildly masochistic, fond of being a antagonist at times, wanting desperately for humanity to actually succeed and go into the future and even to come into official contact with aliens!, wanting freedom not happiness, hating/not believing in the 'it's a man's world' "truth", I dislike simple things but I do appreciate them at times/perfer complexity, liking myself+my flaws with fondness...okay, I'm stopping. The list goes on, and I perfer not to go into the more deeper stuff with strangers.

WHY ARE YOU ALTERNATIVE?: Don't need to explain it; I consider myself thus because I don't remotely fit in with anything else and that satisfies the definition, I assume.

Just gonna jump right in... :]

NAME: savvybee

BIRTHDAY: September 15th.

MARITAL STATUS: Going steady with my beau. :]

TOP WEIGHT: 200 pounds, when I was 15 years old (I'm now 20).

CURRENT WEIGHT: 186 lbs.

GOAL WEIGHT: 170 lbs (for now).

EYE COLOR: Brown.

HAIR COLOR: Brown.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Reading, writing, crafts, cooking, gaming, outdoorsy stuff.

PETS: 3 dogs, 2 horses, 1 cat... these are all at my parent's house though, where I live during the summer.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Southeast US.

JOB: Full-time college student, Subway sandwich artist, rural health clinic secretary

DEGREE: working on a B.S. Nutrition & Dietetics, ultimate goal is a Ph.D. in applied nutrition.

FAVORITE COLOR: Green.

FAVORITE FOODS: Authentic Chinese dumplings with peanut sauce.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Just Dance, Dance Dance Revolution, nerdy little pedals that slide under my desk

FAVORITE BOOK(S): The "Dexter" series by Jeff Lindsay, copious amounts of nonfiction/science books and cookbooks.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Mean Girls.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Dexter, Supernatural, The Colbert Report, The Walking Dead, How I Met Your Mother, Glee

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Ska, indie, nerdcore, hip-hop, showtunes, classic rock. Favorite bands ATM: Led Zeppelin, Motion City Soundtrack, Reel Big Fish

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Need constant inspiration.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I absolutely positively refuse to be a fat dietitian.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Weight Watchers.

RELIGION: Atheist.

POLITICS: Libertarian, I suppose.

PIERCINGS: None, not even ears.

TATTOOS: None.

Hi everyone.
My name is Rikki and I'm just tired of trying to fit into what is "socially acceptable" in terms of how I look or act or do. Having been raised to
" do as I am told " robbed me of making decisions for myself and learning about myself and life. Never really felt like I fit in whether its with my family nor with friends. Still, I love to laugh and find beauty in everything I see.

NAME: Rikki

BIRTHDAY: April 23, 1973

MARITAL STATUS: Engaged (sounds like I'm about to fire off a missile)

TOP WEIGHT: 298

CURRENT WEIGHT: 298

GOAL WEIGHT: 130-140

EYE COLOR: brown

HAIR COLOR: brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading,theater, musicals, movies, scrapbooking, photography

PETS: 2 cats Ciro and Luna

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: In the far.. far east

JOB: Registered Nurse (taking review classes for NCLEX)

DEGREE: B.S. Biology / B.S. Nursing

FAVORITE COLOR: the lack of it.. white.

FAVORITE FOODS:japanese, chinese, mexican, pizza pizza pizza

FAVORITE EXERCISE: treadmill

FAVORITE BOOK(S): There's a lot...

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Shaun of the Dead (nothing is funnier than throwing records at a zombie)/ Matrix/ LotR/ Godzilla (the old movies)/ Hitch/ Anything cartoons/animations / Signs/ 300/ Kung Fu Hustle

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): No particular TV show but I like watching National Geographic, Discovery and Crime/investigation channel

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: My musical preference ranges from Classical to Punk to Pop to Metal to Sounds of nature to Asian Pop

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: emotional eating.. lack of motivation to exercise

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I will take small steps to ensure success.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: A well balanced meal within 1500-1300calories with daily cardio exercise at least 30 min. Strength training every other day.

RELIGION: Catholic

POLITICS: When Show business = politics... you know that your country is screwed. Mine is screwed so I don't bother.

PIERCINGS: my earlobes and a nose stud left side.

TATTOOS: None yet but I will get one or two or three as a reward when I reach my goal.

NAME: Stacy

BIRTHDAY: February 19

MARITAL STATUS: in a relationship

TOP WEIGHT: 230

CURRENT WEIGHT: 228

GOAL WEIGHT: 125

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: Red

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Music, Playing Bass, Films, Reading, Writing, Photography, Video Games, Art

PETS: Two rats, Chuck and Morgan

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Carlisle, England

FAVORITE COLOR: Pink

FAVORITE FOODS: Chinese and Italian

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Walking and Exercise Bike

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Ghost World, Tank Girl, Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, How Sassy Changed My Life, Fruits, Prozac Nation, Scott Pilgrim, Lolita, Drugs Are Nice, The Virgin Suicides, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Wet Moon, Edie: American Girl

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Heathers, Ghost World, Clueless, The Craft, Foxfire, The Virgin Suicides, Jawbreaker, Empire Records, The Doom Generation, Ten Things I Hate About You, Mean Girls, But I’m a Cheerleader, Daisies, The Breakfast Club, Reality Bites, Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Runaways, Whip It, Tank Girl, Buffalo 66, Sugar and Spice, SLC Punk, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, 500 Days of Summer, The Royal Tenenbaums, Amelie, The Warriors, Singles, A Clockwork Orange, Rock and Roll High School, Juno, Pulp Fiction, Hard Candy, Leon, Hairspray, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Freeway, Sucker Punch, Faster kittycat Kill Kill, Me and You and Everyone we Know, Marie Antoinette, Breathless, Garden State, Pieces of April, Jackie Brown, Natural Born Killers

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Chuck, Daria, Twin Peaks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, The Big Bang Theory, Powerpuff Girls, Mad Men, Community, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Dollhouse, Castle

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Hole, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, The Kills, Bratmobile, The Distillers, Babes in Toyland, L7, The Donnas, Vivian Girls, Best Coast, Veruca Salt, Kate Nash, Juliana Hatfield, The Long Blondes, Kenickie, Dum Dum Girls, Adele, Marina and the Diamonds, Bangs, Spinnerette, 50 Foot Wave, Be Your Own Pet, Letters to Cleo, Jack Off Jill, Emilie Autumn, Metric, She and Him, Built to Spill, Plasticines, Jemina Pearl, Atari Teenage Riot, Angelspit

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I lose motivation quickly because, as stupid as it may sound, I don't really believe it's possible for me to lose more than a few pounds.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I've joined this forum as a way to get support, and I find the success stories to be really inspiring.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Starting off with 30 mins exercise bike per day, and building on that. Also fitting in walking wherever possible. Watching portion sizes and opting for healthier alternatives.

RELIGION: None

POLITICS: liberal

PIERCINGS: Ear lobes twice, Tragus, Rook, Monroe, Tongue, Lip three times

TATTOOS: Hole logo, Hello Kitty, Lenore

MARITAL STATUS: Married for 5 years

AGE: having a quater-life crisis

TOP WEIGHT: 225 (I think, haven't had the guts to actually look in a very long time)

GOAL WEIGHT: 145 (whatever looks good AND I can maintain)

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: dark blonde

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading, music, movies, history, tv, playing with my two kids

PETS: 2 bull terriers, Reznor and Marley. 2 fancy rats,Maggie May and Louisa.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Middle america

FAVORITE COLOR: Green

FAVORITE FOODS: Yes all of them...but I have a thing for starches

FAVORITE EXERCISE: oxymoron

FAVORITE BOOK(S):Anything Jane Austen, Walt Whitman, Wally Lamb, Jack keroauc,Sylvia Plath,Charlotte Bronte,historical fiction and historical biographies....jeez there's just wayyy too many

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Pride & Prejudice, Young Victoria,Say Anything,Urban Cowboy,Romeo and Juliet,LOTR,Atonement,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,Jane Eyre, again too many to list.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): So You Think You Can Dance,Roseanne,General Hospital (true story) ,Lark rise to Candleford,Curb Your Enthusiasm,Welcome Back Kotter,Hells Kitchen, BBC is kinda my favorite channel

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley,Queen,The Postal Service,Elliott Smith,Incubus,Damien Rice,Etta James,The Cure,The Smiths,Patsy Cline.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: DENIAL.occasional binge. Everyday is the last day until my diet starts

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: my triple chin and rolls are pretty persausive..

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: stop eating eating so damn much and get off my booty....open to suggestions

PIERCINGS: Ears and nose

TATTOOS: Butterfly (give me a break, I was 16!) 2 sparrows , pink ribbon, words on my foot

NAME: Kelly

BIRTHDAY: July 9th

MARITAL STATUS: Married since 94,no kids-by choice

TOP WEIGHT: 275

CURRENT WEIGHT: 268

GOAL WEIGHT: 175 *for now*

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: LOL,it varies..usually either platnium or some form of blonde

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Trashy reality TV,Music,going to the beach,shopping,Im a makeup junkie,especially MAC and Urban Decay are my favorites,jewelry-the bigger,blingier the better!!!

PETS: Bowie,our Shih Tzu! He is 3 yrs old,grey and white with one brown and one blue eye (thats why we named him bowie ,after david bowie ;)He is our kid,our furbaby!

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: North Florida

FAVORITE COLOR: Turquoise,but I love alot of colors!!

FAVORITE FOODS: Im a sucker for Mexican and Chinese

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Elliptical machine

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series,Twilight series

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): My top favs are The lord of the rings trilogy,The color purple,The breakfast club,Pulp fiction,Godfather movies,The green mile,Casino,Scarface,anything with Al Pacino or Robert Deniro and Tom Hanks-Im in!

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Damages,Real Housewives of ?,NY Ink,LA Ink,Hells Kitchen,True Blood,Curb your enthusiasm,Jerseylicious,Celebrity rehab,Bad girls club,Jersey Shore-yea I said it! :)

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: I love all kinds of music,BUT country! My fav band would be Coldplay,but I also love 90's grunge,80's hair bands,70s rock,motown,hip hop...

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Denial..then laziness..then cockiness...then self defeat,repeat.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Im determined to follow thru this time! Losing 50 lbs and gaining it back PLUS some, wont happen again.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Eat every 3 hrs,always start off with breakfast..keeping mindful of calorie in take,switching to whole grains and working out every other day,drinking at least a gallon of water each day

RELIGION: I am an open minded person.I like the ideals of Buddhism..I believe in God.I believe our soul lives on after we die and I also believe in you get what you give,(Karma)...But I DONT believe in pushing religion onto others,I dont believe there is a "right" or "wrong" religion or that you have to go to a church to be a good person.

POLITICS: Omg,Hmm...I follow no party,I have voted for both Dem and Rep,theyre all the same.The president doesnt run this country folks,its the lobbyists.

PIERCINGS:Other than ears,I have had,eyebrow,nose (twice),nips,and a microdermal..all have been retired,I get tired of them or they have rejected.

TATTOOS: Oh how I LOVE Tattoos! Didnt get first one till I was 34 now I have five,LOL My first was Cherries on my ankle,followed by 6 stars trailing down my foot each the color of the birthstone of my mom,dad,3 brothers and hubby.Then a pretty large one on my shoulder-chest of Tiger lillies and tribal,I came up with that cause I was born in the year of the Tiger.A skull with a pink bow and scissors instead of crossbones that is my exact drawing because Im a hairstylist and my most recent is a blue dragonfly on my upper arm near my tiger lillies.I see a blue dragonfly and I believe it is my grandmother who has passed away years ago.Im not sure why.When I told this to my mom she said that she told her one time if she (my grandmother) would come back to earth as anything it would be something beautiful and blue.Wow.

NAME: Kiki

BIRTHDAY: April 11

MARITAL STATUS: Domestic Partner

TOP WEIGHT: 307

CURRENT WEIGHT: 278

GOAL WEIGHT: 175

EYE COLOR: Hazel

HAIR COLOR: Purple and black, though I'm fading it out to go Copper

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: PHOTOGRAPHY!!! (Obsession is more like it) Music, Teaching, NIA, my sweet little family

RELIGION: Pagan with Buddhist overtones

PETS: Tigery Lily (my daughter's Cat)

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Tucson, AZ

JOB: Photographer, Music Together Teacher

DEGREE: in Life

FAVORITE COLOR: Purple

FAVORITE FOODS: Dolmas, Salsa, and Dark Chocolate

FAVORITE EXERCISE: NIA!

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Tom Robbin's Jitterbug Perfume and Still life with Woodpecker. Anything by the Beats, 5th sacred thing - Starhawk

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Harry Potter(s), Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine, Practical Magic, LOTR, Star Wars (I'm a geek girl, I am)

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): So You Think You Can Dance

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Dead Can Dance, Florence and the Machines, The Killers, The Beatles, The Shins, The Cure

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Emo eating, Empty Carbs - I've been really overweight my entire life.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I actually have my whole being involved. And I have two little girls to model health and beauty to. And a Kick *** Partner who's working his bum off to get his PHD. If he can do that, I can do this. And together, we're Voltron.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Eat Good food - mostly plants. 1/2 of what I'm used to. Track it all. Work out 2 days Cardio + 2.5 miles of walking, 1 day strength training Pilates and Weights. 1 day Yoga (off) Rinse and Repeat. Oh... and 10 - 12 8 oz glasses of water per day.

PIERCINGS: Nose and 1 in each ear is all that's left. Used to have the lip, labret, Medusa, nose, tongue, and two in each ear.

TATTOOS: I have a flower on my chest (in the valley of indecision), a Tototoro on my back left calf, and a Venus of Willendorf on my right shin. I plan, after I meet my 175, to go to Shiva from Sacred Heart Tattoos in Sedona, AZ to do an entire back piece Tree of Life/Chakra design.

oh hey, I didn't even know there was this forum! :)

Name. Tiffany

Age. 32, I think. I had to count backwards just now.

Home. Las Vegas, NV

Work. Full time student (computer science) and mom.

Weight. Last Thursday I weighed in at 215.

Stuff I like. Book. E-readers. My Macbook. More books. I've recently fell in love with a few board games. Video Games. Oh my android phone. <3 <3
Smart boys. Challenges.

Music. I'm incredibly ecclectic. Some days I do nothing but listen to Tegan and Sara, others I dance around to random pop (Kat Deluna - Run this Show makes me shake my booty). I like indie stuff, rock stuff, pop, a bit of dance, alternative.

Books. Too many to list. I have a book review blog but I generally stick to the Sci/Fi, Urban Fantasy genres.

Tv. I watch a bit here and there but nothing that regularly. Nothing decent since they cancelled Buffy and Firefly anyway.

Religion. Eh. I've tried, I fail at it.

Films. Not a huge movie person. I multitask too much.

Games. I love just about anything I can find on Steam. Also the Sims tho its a huge time suck.

Goals. Confidence in me. To stop looking for validation from everywhere but within. Finish my degree and get my *** back to California.

Family: Married, but its complicated. We are splitting but currently living together until I'm done with school. I have 2 daughters, ages 10 and 6.

Body Mods: Unnatural hair color, piercings (ironically none in my ears), tattoos.

Politics. Liberal, mostly.

NAME: Gabe

BIRTHDAY: The end of May

AGE: 28

MARITAL STATUS: Happily Divorced

TOP WEIGHT: God, I don't know. I skipped the scale the first six weeks. North of 350, definitely; I had no idea.

CURRENT WEIGHT: 305. How silly that I'm proud of that.

GOAL WEIGHT: 150, but I'll take any pound less than my current weight.

EYE COLOR: The subject of much debate. Hazel-ish.

HAIR COLOR: Dark brown, usually dyed a darker brown.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Writing, reading. Mostly softer sci-fi and urban fantasy, but not the make-you-blush sort of LKH stuff. Playing computer games. Cooking. Making incense.

PETS: A cat, Willow. She used to be my ex's, but he dropped her at a shelter. I was her white knight. She's a little neurotic, but I love her. Another cat, Jack. He's less than two years old, and is a complete galumph.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Chicago 'burbs.

FAVORITE COLOR: Why should I pick just one?

FAVORITE FOODS: Greek food, so kourabiedes, chicken avgolemono, lamb, gyros, anything involving cucumber and yogurt in the same place. Oh, and bread and cheese and soup--my French peasant side talking.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Swimming

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Crime and Punishment. The first half of Kage Baker's Company series. Animorphs. Any of the collections of Raymond Carver stories.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang; Apocalypse Now; Three Kings.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Dexter. Anything by Joss Whedon. Good Eats. I'm getting into Mad Men. Documentaries, heh...

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: R.E.M.'s my favorite band, forever and ever, amen. But I listen to a bunch of other stuff. I like intelligent, fast, eloquent punk--Bad Religion, The Living End, The Offspring. Classic punk, too, like Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains. I like some AFI, but not the newest stuff. Hardcore, as long as it has melodies, like Avail. I suppose that's not very hardcore, oh well. My best friend has gotten me into some alternative hip-hop; I'm especially liking Atmosphere right now. I'll listen to some nu-metal, admittedly with shame. I like Vast, like classic rock as long as it's rebellious, and am a sucker for world-slash-Celtic punk--Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, etc.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I like delicious food and don't like exercise.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I quit my job to do this. And I'm freakin' stubborn. I never really tried to before.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Thou shalt have only 1200 calories. Thou shalt have one free meal a month. Thou shalt get thy butt in the gym.

RELIGION: Private.

POLITICS: Quite far left, thanks.

PIERCINGS: None.

TATTOOS: Also none. I'm indecisive!
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NAME: Erica- I was told it means "forever or alone, ruler" somehow I think it fits me

BIRTHDAY: May 19th

MARITAL STATUS: Single. And I want to keep this status for a while thank you very much.

TOP WEIGHT: 135

CURRENT WEIGHT: 128ish

GOAL WEIGHT: I'm not sure exactly but probably about 105lbs...

EYE COLOR: blue/gray... ug

HAIR COLOR: "dishwater" blonde. basically a odd blonde with highlights :P

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: drawing, painting, playing piano, studying, listening to music, thinking, doing things with my friends

PETS: I've got two adorable Siamese kitties

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Philly burbs

JOB: Student?

DEGREE: I'm still in school...... haha

FAVORITE COLOR: a deep purple.... I like black, brown, sky blue, and white too :3

FAVORITE FOODS: strawberries and chocolate

FAVORITE EXERCISE: errr.....does drawing count?

FAVORITE BOOK(S): I don't have one. It changes WAY to often.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): all pixar movies... haha and all the rest changes

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): I don't watch tv really. I will occasionally watch anime on my computer. I'm usually too busy so...

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Anything really. I think right now I'm loving Evanescence the most. I like classical/romantic music. Well I mostly like playing it really. I really do love all music. Well no rap. Or most of the today's artists.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I'm either binging or not eating anything at all.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm getting support. I've learned that I can't do it on my own... maybe through the support of the beautiful chickies here at 3fc... things will change

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: I'm trying to stop binging and eat like a normal person would. Also I now don't eat much at all since I feel bad about it. I eat so little ad it's killing my metabolism... so I want to eat in moderation.

RELIGION: atheist

POLITICS: center

PIERCINGS & TATTOOS: I'm not quite old enough to do this without parent permission haha. My parents would shoot me if I asked to get a tattoo or a piercing. Well I DO have my ears pierced. It's like your normal ear piercing on the bottom. In all truth I couldn't do a tattoo. Needles don't mix with me. Maybe a piecing...

Hi everyone! I'm Nina, I am 18 and a film student.

I am single.

I love any type of music, but punk rock is my favorite.

Goal-I would like to be down to 130, right now I want to be a size 14 by my 19th birthday.

NAME: Missy

BIRTHDAY: May 2

MARITAL STATUS: Married. We were planning a big gawdy wedding but got drunk during a trip to vegas and got married a year early by an Elvis impersonator.

TOP WEIGHT: 195

CURRENT WEIGHT: 165.4

GOAL WEIGHT: I personally don't think too much about the number on the scale. I prefer to set my goals against my measurements. Which is 34/26/40. My measurements pre-weight gain.

EYE COLOR: brown.

HAIR COLOR: Currently black with platinum on my temples and sprinkled in my bangs.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: sewing, reading, derby, shows, and beer.

PETS: A bulldog and my brothers very old and very mean cat.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Whales Vagina.

JOB: Accountant to pay the bills and I sew vintage dress reproductions on the side.

DEGREE: BA in Accounting and a Fashion School drop out.

FAVORITE COLOR: Teal but if you look at my wardrobe you would think black and red.

FAVORITE FOODS: Filipeno, French, and Mexican

FAVORITE EXERCISE: I do not like exercise but I do it everyday because I sort of have to.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): It changes each month but I do read Dune once a month so I guess that can be placed as my favorite.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Night of the Living Dead, Steel Magnolia's, and Midnight.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): I am partial to The Office and Parks and Recreation but have been known to sit and watch a Anne of Green Gables marathon.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: The current top 10 bands played on my ipod are: Tom Waits, NOFX, Misfits, Lucero, Murder City Devils, The Damned, Nothington, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, American Steel, and Leftover Crack.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I like food. Food is good.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I am kind of over of being fat.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: I am back on Weight Watchers as well as using P90X Lean for my workout.

RELIGION: Atheist.

POLITICS: I have a slight socialist leaning.

PIERCINGS: I have my septum and my ears are stretched.

TATTOOS: I have a half sleeve on both arms. One side has a forearm half sleeve and the other is a bicep sleeve. I also started a large chest piece which I will resume after my hubs finishes his chest.
I also have several smaller scale pieces scattered all over.

I have been married for almost seven years. I have two small children.
I consider myself pagan. I am very earth based in what I believe. I enjoy when I have free time photography, reading, tatting (hand made lace) and a few other things that might strike my attention for the time being. I love to write and am currently going to school to pursue something in this field. I do not have a regular job that pays, however I am a full time mother and student as well as animal care giver to a small zoo in my house.
What I am hoping to gain by being here is to feel like the real me. I have gained a lot of weight and am almost back up to the heaviest weight I have ever been in my life again.. I want to lose it and keep it off. I am hoping this helps with some health issues as well as my anxiety that I have developed over the years. This is my story and I am hope to meet a lot of wonderful people on here.

NAME: Liz

BIRTHDAY: August 27

MARITAL STATUS: Legally single, in a relationship

TOP WEIGHT: 214 (2008)

CURRENT WEIGHT: 199 (ballooned back up)

GOAL WEIGHT: 145

EYE COLOR: Dark green

HAIR COLOR: Dark brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Musical theatre, belly dancing, singing, acting, reading, writing, history

RELIGION: Pagan, although I've always been terrible about practicing religion

PETS: 3 beagles

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Somewhere cold, Canada

JOB: Sales associate and teacher-in-training

DEGREE: BA in History and English Lit, currently working on my Bachelor of Education

FAVORITE COLOR: Red!

FAVORITE FOODS: Indian mmmm

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Belly dancing, ballet, jazz, modern...dancing!

FAVORITE BOOK(S): The Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, The Mists of Avalon, Atonement, The Woman In White, Cat's Eye, Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe....etc etc

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jesus Christ Super Star, CATS, The Shawshank Redemption, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, etc etc

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): So You Think You Can Dance, Criminal Minds, Bones, Scrubs, Fawlty Towers, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, How I Met Your Mother

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: The Offspring, Queen, Owl City, Alice Cooper, Broadway showtunes

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Carb addict, former EDNOS sufferer, slowest metabolism in life

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm about to become a teacher and I want nothing to distract me- like being ashamed of my weight- from teaching

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Eat lower carbs, more low glycemic fruits and vegetables, ease off red meat, eventually becoming pescatarian (for environmental reasons). Cardio (walking and ski machine) 4 days a week, belly dance toning 3 days a week. Drink lots of water.

PIERCINGS: Nose and ears.

TATTOOS: I desperately want tattoos but have no money and I'm afraid of needles. It's a problem.

NAME: Wendy

BIRTHDAY: Jan

MARITAL STATUS: single by government standards but have a very loving boyfriend...

TOP WEIGHT: 239

CURRENT WEIGHT: 222

GOAL WEIGHT: anything lower than what is is... preferably in the 150 range..

EYE COLOR: greenish... grayish..

HAIR COLOR: well i kinda look like rogue for x man right now.. but it varies from month to month...

HOBBIES/INTERESTS:Music/ shows,going to the beach,shopping,cooking and baking and sewing, 4x4ing, traveling, im down to try almost anything once...

PETS: Im a bully momma.... Peggy is my 2 yr old english bulldog baby..

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Virginia

FAVORITE COLOR: Green

FAVORITE FOODS: Italian

FAVORITE EXERCISE: none really but i guess ill have to say swimming..

FAVORITE BOOK(S): anything by Wally Lamb..or... Jennifer Wiener WEIRD combo!!!

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Big Money Hustlers ( dont ask if you dont know too hard to explain lol ) shooter, ANYTHING by Kevin SMITH... hes a god!!!

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Whitney, Jerseylicious, My so called life, cupcake wars, chopped, top shot, man women wild, dual survial, tosh, up all night, cougar town,too many...

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC:Sublime, Kottonmouth kings, hollywood undead, kingspade, HED Pe, busta rhymes, pink, icp, slipknot, nirvanna, beastie boys, 2 live crew, Gwen, no doubt, eve 6... oh god WAY to many...

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: staying motivated and not giving in to my cravings...

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: im not sure... it may be that i decided at 29 i didnt want to be fat past 30... because ive spent 25 years fat and i want to have some time being cute and small and being able to look good and fit into cloths.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Eat breakfast... being mindfull of what i put in my mouth... eating more fruits and fresh veggies whole grains etc... and exercising...

RELIGION: I dont know what i believe....

POLITICS: I dont care because.. I havent found someone worth my vote.. so i dont complain when he or she doesnt do what they are supposed to.

PIERCINGS: wow... ok heres the list... 9 in each ear.. ( 2 used be stretched but kinda grew back) tongue, unmentionable areas. I used to have my tummy button and 3 in left eyebrow, 2 in right, and labret... and nose.. but ya get over 25 and you have to get rid of some because of jobs and stuff..

TATTOOS: ok heres the other list lol..... 10 total .. star on my right foot, star on my right side rib area, star right chest, star middle of chest with chicken feet in the middle ( weird but theres a reason ), star left chest, star back of neck, kanji star on tramp stamp area, left side rib area star, left side rib area quote from sublime ' let the loving come back to me' and left hip took the sublimes greatest hits album cover ... its a matchbox and turned it into my own version it says " chikn and starrs greatest hits " with 10 polka dots as a background....weird but theres a reason.. ( it was 10yrs since my bestie and i got our chikn and starrs tatoo and 10 yrs since lou dogs ( sublime reference ) death and it was my 10th tatoo.....)

ANtyhing i forgot to add im sorry i still love you whoever or whatever i forgot to mention...!!!!:D

technicolorteacup.... i just read your books and movies..and i was like yes, and yes, and yes... oh god i love this girl... plus shes from the Uk so she probably says "al a min e um" so i love her more!!! lol...
:carrot:

NAME: Alana

BIRTHDAY: Aug 12

MARITAL STATUS: cohabitation

TOP WEIGHT: 192

CURRENT WEIGHT: 189

GOAL WEIGHT: 132

EYE COLOR: blue

HAIR COLOR: auburn

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading, collecting old books and cookbooks, cooking, baking, museums, art, shopping, exploring

PETS: kitten named Alexis

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: SoCal

FAVORITE COLOR: red

FAVORITE FOODS: sweets, sushi, Lexington-style barbecue, Thai food, Middle Eastern food, Japanese food, Indian food

FAVORITE EXERCISE: elliptical machine

FAVORITE BOOK(S): anything Cyberpunk, Sci-fi, Dystopian, Heroic Fantasy, and just about anything published by DAW Books or Haikasoru

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight, Logans run, Dark City, Tank Girl, Hackers, Love Me If You Dare, American Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Pitch Black, Underworld, A Tale of Two Sisters, Oldboy, Revolutionary Girl Utena, The Eye, 2001 - A Space Odyssey, The Fifth Element, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Spirited Away, Willow, The Polar Bear King, Amelie, Shopgirl, Children of Men, The Crow

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): N/A

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Savage Garden, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Combichrist, And One, Grendel, Orgy, VnV Nation, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Deadsy, Julien-K, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Union Underground, KMFDM, Rainbow, Kidneythieves, Dax Riggs, Praga Khan, Wax Tailor, Underworld, Art of Noise, Blank & Jones, Joy Division, INXS, Moby, The Prodigy, Röyksopp, Daft Punk

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: boredom

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: this is the first time I have ever need to be serious about loosing weight

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: exercise more and be more conscious about what, when, and how much I eat

RELIGION: Agnostic because I don't even care enough to be Atheist

PIERCINGS: navel and ear lobes

TATTOOS: none

Sup!
 

MARITAL STATUS: In a relationship

AGE: 20

TOP WEIGHT: 200

GOAL WEIGHT: 140

EYE COLOR: Brown

HAIR COLOR: Dyed black

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Tattooing, getting tattooed, making crafts, playing with my baby and my puppies, oh and MUSIC
PETS: 2 Pit Bulls, Baloo and Priscilla

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Texas

FAVORITE COLOR: Green

FAVORITE FOODS: Hmm... CRAB LEGS. AND CRAWFISH. lets just say seafood

FAVORITE BOOK(S):how about authors. Michael Crichton, LOTR trilogy.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Nosferatu, The Raven, anything with Vincent Price, Gone With The Wind, Disney movies, Fantasia in particular..

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): American Horror Story, Once Upon a Time, Basketball Wives, all those reality drama shows with the chicks and the fights, oh yeah.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Type O Negative, Cro-Mags, Gene VIncent, Stray Cats, Nekromantix, Demented Are Go!, uh.. Lots of Punk, Viking Metal, and Psychobilly.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Sticking to it without getting discouraged.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Looking at pictures of myself pregnant and saying, how am I bigger now?

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: GAH, calorie counting, still trying to get motivated to work out...

PIERCINGS: Ears stretched.

TATTOOS: Gypsy, Mary/priestess, Boot Girl, Steeltoe boot and stilleto, Skinhead girl, and a laurel with the air force symbol. oh and a ouroborus/type o negative

MARITAL STATUS: Single, but in a relationship

AGE: 24

TOP WEIGHT: 216

GOAL WEIGHT: 145

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: Brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Belly dancing, music, reading, history, makeup, watching too much tv, walking, Scrabble, Clue, beagles

PETS: 3 cute dogs

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Eastern Canada

FAVORITE COLOR: Red

FAVORITE FOODS: Chicken, salmon, pizza, garlic fingers...

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Belly dancing, walking, pretty much any dance class

FAVORITE BOOK(S): To Kill A Mockingbird and so many others

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Way too many to list

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Bones, Criminal Minds

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Queen, Madonna, The Doors, Def Leppard, The Offspring

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Not committing, too many carbs, not enough exercise

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Sick of yo-yoing

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Low-carb, eating low-glycemic index fruits and vegetables, combining cardio with strength training

PIERCINGS: Ears and nose

TATTOOS: none yet!

NAME: Laura

BIRTHDAY: 05/05/1988

RELATIONSHIP: Single but looking.

TOP WEIGHT: 140

CURRENT WEIGHT: 120

GOAL WEIGHT: 100-105

EYE COLOR: **** brown

HAIR COLOR: Box black

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Painting, reading, wasting time on the internet, working out, cooking, quilting, re-finishing old furniture. (hardXcore, I know)

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Middle-Earth, New Brunswick, Canada

FAVORITE COLOR: Grey, purple, yellow.

FAVORITE FOODS: Veggie/Greek pizza. Curry. Crunchy Apples. Vanilla yogurt.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Anything core.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): By FAR The Wizard of Earthseas series. love, Love, LOVE IT!

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Big fan of Ghibli movies. Erin Brockovich, The first Matrix movie, super hero based movies, fantasies.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Big Bang, How I met your Mother.... gahh, honestly haven't watched any tv in the past year and a half. mostly just Comedies.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: It's all good as long as it's not annoying.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I have an unhealthy love/have relationship with food.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'll actually have the time and resources to do it properly.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Cut the junk out, specifically white bread and chocolate. I have no problem with the exercise bit. I'm actually really fit, under this belly flab are actual abs, I can run 15km and do squates till the cows come home.

PIERCINGS: Once apon a time, before I joined the military, I had my eyebrow, cheeks (dimples), lip, belly button, A few in each ear.

TATTOOS: Nothing, yet....

I am so excited to meet everyone here! (I am also exceptionally caffeinated and sleep deprived...I'm not always (or usually) this cheery)

Name: Jess

Age: 19

Birthday: Dec. 17

Status: Truly single for the first time in 5 years...and HAPPY ABOUT IT!

Top weight: 290

Current weight: 280 ish

Goal Weight: 200

Hobbies: ROLLER DERBY!!! Painting, Makeup, Reading

Favorite Authors: Kim Harrison, Laurel K. Hamilton, Jim Butcher, etc. Very avid reader, dont remember every single one, just the tops.

Favorite Movies: Ginger Snaps, The Big Lebowski, Whip It, The Craft, Practical Magic, tons more but blanking at the moment.

Favorite Music: THE CURE THE CURE THE CURE. Bauhaus, Type O Negative, The Damned, other than that fairly eclectic

Problems in weight loss: PCOS and Hypothyroidism

What will make it different this time: Had a health scare earlier this year, and I just feel ready to make big life changes. Somethings gotta give! I also started playing roller derby, so I want to become more of an all around athlete.

NAME: Leila

BIRTHDAY: In the blur week between Christmas & New Year

AGE: 28

MARITAL STATUS: Happily Married

TOP WEIGHT: 90kg/198lbs

CURRENT WEIGHT: 73kg/160lbs

GOAL WEIGHT: 58kg/128lbs but anywhere in that general vicinity would be nice.

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Naturally dark brown but I'm a recovering bleach blonde with a bodge diy brown dye job.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Blogging, photography, graphic design, newbie coding (I'm a self teaching javascript, html & css student), watching doco's of anything really but in particular I love universe ones, sewing, baking & thrifting.

PETS: A dog, Koda. He is my spoilt only child. He just turned seven and made the journey to Seattle from Perth, Western Australia with my husband & I.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Redmond, Microsoftville

FAVORITE COLOR: I anything with colour in it really but I have a soft spot for pink.

FAVORITE FOODS: Rotisserie chicken with chips & gravy.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Dancing like a mental lady in front of my kinect. But after that running.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Go Ask Alice. I read it in high school and it has never left my mind. But mostly I read non-fiction.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): I don't do favourite movies.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): My current favs are Peep Show, Community, Modern Family, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Breaking Bad.

All time favs - Friends, Daria, Firefly, BSG, Buffy, Angel & IT Crowd. I'm sure there are more I always forget something.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Um everything. Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Daft Punk, The Bloody Beetroots, The Naked & Famous, Nine Inch Nails, Florence & The Machine, MGMT, Machinehead, System of a Down, Stone Sour, Massive Attack, Mozart, Beethoven, Rob Zombie, The Temper Trap, Sia, Bon Iver, DeadMau5 and loads more.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I can be super lazy.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I don't want to die.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Eat healthy, exercise & make the right decisions.

RELIGION: Not quite agnostic, not quite atheist.

POLITICS: Liberal free thinker.

PIERCINGS: Naval

TATTOOS: None yet. I'm getting my first one in the next month and plans for two others once I can afford it plus a big back piece I've been drawing for years.

Ok here we gooo.

My name is Andrea I am 24,,,I have a beautifully evil 4 year old daughter. I am engaged to the love of my life and he is my biggest motivator. I have been overweight since I turned like 2 or something because I was only a 5lb baby. Dont know what happened there. Thank the goddess that my daughter looks like she is going to be a healthy weight when she is my age. She is even at a healthy weight now, she keeps growing up instead of out lol. I have tried many many diets until this time, I am doing a combination of a few as well as my own made up plan. lol I am hoping to find other like me, I am looking for a buddy though...someone I can talk to every day, we can motivate each other!! I have a blog you can see that at 3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/anjnsmn ...I think that is the address.

Current weight 284
start weight 293
goal weight 185 ( I like being big)

I do not have an idea of what I want to weigh just what I want to look like or what size I wanna be.

Ive got 6 tattoos and my ears peirced of course, my tongue is peirced and previous peircings that have closed are naval, lip and libre.

Once I get to where I wanna be I am going to get my lip done again...or my eyebrow. My belly button has been done wrongly and gotten infected too many times soo there is WAY too much scar tissue for someone to try to peirce through, might get the sides done though, or the bottom!!

Status: Um? A-sexual... at best? Not much in to the concept of relationships. >.>

Pets: Um, Doogle-bomb-diggity... Our pet rat. Savik-cam and Mr. Spoke (Our identical cats), and Fifi and Kuma-garu (emi) our dense, but loveable, dogs.

Degree/Job: Ga and GameStop

Music: I listen to just about everything, even blue grass and show tunes.

TV: To tell you the truth, I don't really watch TV. Glee, sadly enough, and maybe family guy and CSI but that's about it.

Movies: I couldn't even begin to label off all the movies I watch. It goes on forever.

Interests/Hobbies: Gaming and computer tech, full out nerd, digital art as well.

Dieting history: I don't really have one.

Goals:My main goal is to loose body fat and replace it with muscle. If I can get down to a size 9 and see a noticeable difference in my muscle structure I'll be happy.


Religion: I've never had one.

Hello all, this looks like a great forum to be a part of so I thought I'd introduce myself.

Name: Lucille (or Luci)

Age: 21

Occupation: University student graduating this May (wooo!)

Height: 5'6"

Weight loss goal: At my start I was looking to lose 93 lbs, currently am 10 lbs down and my mini-goal is losing 47lbs.

Cheers!

NAME: Charlotte

BIRTHDAY: 3rd November 1981 - But apparently I look 16!! Haha

RELATIONSHIP: Married

TOP WEIGHT: 161 (that I'm aware of)

CURRENT WEIGHT: 137

GOAL WEIGHT: 103-112

EYE COLOR: blueygreen

HAIR COLOR: Black and pink

FAVORITE FOODS: Curry and pasta

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Eliptical traier, walking and running.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): HUNDREDS! I love horror, fantasy, sci-fi, history and crime :o)

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Heavy metal, screamo and rock. Caliban, Bon Jovi, Atreyu, The Used, Rob Zombie, Drowning Pool, etc.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I was lazy.... we both got full time un active jobs and eat lots of takeaways!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm making an effort :o)

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Calorie counting and lots of exercise (which I love)

PIERCINGS: Just my ears

TATTOOS: 3! A dragon, the word Tiger (in Chinese) and a squiggle!!


PLEASE add me on myfitnesspal (BadFaith1) I need some friends :o)

Loving that I found this sub-forum!

Name: Jessie

Age: 33

Location: Midwest

Status: Married for 5 years, no kids

Top Weight: around 190

Current Weight: 157

Goal Weight:140 (maybe I'd go lower, but would be perfectly happy at 140)

Weight Loss Plan: Counting calories and working out

Music: Lots of it. It's my passion and we see as much live music as we can. Tea Leaf Green, Widespread Panic, looooove funk and old school soul. Anything on vinyl. The ipod is reserved for the car or the gym. At home, we only listen to vinyl.

Piercings: Ears and bellybutton (had that since high school, I have no idea why I've never taken it out) Used to have my nose and tongue done. Tongue seriously messed up my teeth.

Tattoos: 2, technically 3 if you count that one current tattoo is a cover up of a very old tattoo. I have plans for future tattoos.

I've been on 3FC for a couple weeks now, but just discovered this forum was here. My name is Jessica, and I'm 28, a software developer, married, with a 2 year old daughter.

My top weight was 185, just under 2 months ago, and figured I'd better get my *** in gear, as I was a couple pounds heavier than my husband. I'm hoping to get back to 135, which is where I was at when I finished university, before getting a desk job.

Right now, I only have a few facial piercings (4ga nostrils, vertical medusa, bridge). But in high school and university, I was really heavy into piercings, the most I had at any one given time was 62. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I took most of them out, and even more after she was born, because she became my new priority (and liked to pull on them).

I do have quite a few tattoos though, a full sleeve, a large piece from my hip to my armpit on one side, and then probably a dozen or so other small to medium tattoos.

So I've always highly identified with the tattooed / pierced sub-culture, and am excited to have discovered this forum (but honestly I'm not really sure how much an alternative forum will help with my weight loss :P)

You ladies sound great! I've been this subforum all night.

NAME: Dani

BIRTHDAY: Labor Day Weekend

AGE: 21

MARITAL STATUS: Boyfriend of 3 years.

JOB: I'm currently a college student with a major in Special Ed. I'll hopefully be student teaching soon!

TOP WEIGHT: 191 lbs

CURRENT WEIGHT: 191 lbs

GOAL WEIGHT: 130ish would be amazing.

EYE COLOR: Hazel

HAIR COLOR: Light Brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: I'm a news junkie. I love reading biographies, particularly of musicians. I'm trying to become a gym rat, so I guess I can file that under 'soon to be hobbies'.

PETS: Two dogs. One Pit Bull and one Pomeranian.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: The Bible Belt.

FAVORITE COLOR: Blue or green.

FAVORITE FOODS: Mexican, Japanese, Indian, a good pizza.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Spinning.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Dispatches From the Edge, Sherlock Holmes series, LOTR, any Stephen King novel, 1776, Fahrenheit 451, A Brief History of Time.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Monty Python's Life of Brian. The Boondock Saints. American History X. Clerks I & II. Forrest Gump. The Godfather Trilogy. Juno. Little Miss Sunshine.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Dexter. United States of Tara. Parenthood. Glee. Arrested Development. Portlandia. Friends. Louie. Rescue Me.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: The Civil Wars. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. The Beatles. Mumford and Sons. Florence + the Machine. Gotye. The Doors. The Dead Kennedys. The Ramones. The New York Dolls. Bob Dylan. Johnny Cash. Elton John. The Rolling Stones. Pink Floyd.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I mess up a little and lose all motivation.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm finally doing it for the right reasons.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Whole grains, no red meat, 5 fruits and veggies, no diary, egg whites, and a little bit of dark chocolate for treats. 30 mintues of exercise 6 days a week.

RELIGION: Atheist.

POLITICS: Green Party.

PIERCINGS: None.

TATTOOS: None. Although, I've been toying with getting my grandfather's birthday on my shoulder for a year. Maybe someday.

Hi everyone!

NAME: Sara

BIRTHDAY: 9/26/78

RELATIONSHIP: Married almost 10 years

TOP WEIGHT: 164

CURRENT WEIGHT: 164

GOAL WEIGHT: 140

EYE COLOR: blue

HAIR COLOR: brown with a heavy dose of gray

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: All things reading! I'm pretty active on Goodreads and I'm a moderator for a couple book clubs there. I also love doing reading challenges and have around 40 going right now.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: West MI

FAVORITE COLOR: green

FAVORITE FOODS: veggie pizza and subs

FAVORITE EXERCISE: biking and walking

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger, Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. I reading love fantasy, steampunk, paranormal romance, YA, horror, non-fiction

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): x

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): x

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: I'm on a David Gerrett kick right now

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I'm a lazy eater

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm tired of feeling like a frumpy mom. I want to be hot again!

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: count calories and keep track of the food I eat. Start exercising every day, even if it's just a walk.

PIERCINGS: x

TATTOOS: x

Hi! My name is Jessica, and I am 25.

I live in Shreveport, LA. Most boring city ever.

I have several tattoos. Would have more, but I can't find a worthy tattoo artist since my friend moved back up north.

At one point, I had more piercings than necessary. Are were facial/ears.
Current piercings are the septum, one half of a helix orbital, and a microdermal behind my left ear.

Music: TooL is my drug. I would do just about anything for Maynard. :)

Oh yeah, and the important one. Weight. I don't track my weight. That number on the scale isn't a direct representation of my progress. How I feel and how my clothing fit is a better representation. (:

NAME: ReBecca

BIRTHDAY: May 30th

AGE: 21

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT: 260lbs

CURRENT WEIGHT: 254.5lbs

GOAL WEIGHT: 130lbs

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: A level 7(for all you hairdressers/ex-hairdressers) or blonde for everyone else.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Hula hoop dance, ukulele, tin whistle, writing, reading, drawing, movies, television, history, languages...lots of stuff!

PETS: I used to have cats but now I have no pets. My parents, whom I live with, own two dogs and an evil cat. Okay she's not evil but she's not nearly as lovey as my cats were. I blame my mom.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Anchorage, Alaska

FAVORITE COLOR: I love green, purple and orange. I wear a lot of black/those colors. I also like pink on occasion. I wear blue/white around Christmas because I get in the spirit!

FAVORITE FOODS: Umm, I have a lot of favorite foods. Pizza. I friggin' love pizza. Also, strawberries. Those two things are the best. Not together, of course.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Running, walking, biking, swimming and hula hooping!

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Requiem for a Dream, Tweak, The Child Thief, The Persian Boy, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, A Scanner Darkly, Neuromancer, The Legend of Drizzt Do'Urden, The Millenium Series...There's a lot more. So many.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Again, OH SO MANY. Alexander, Requiem for a Dream, Drive Angry, The Millenium Series(Swedish, all of them)...There's just a lot.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Adventure Time, Futurama, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Ugly Betty, Angel...There's a few more. Some animes as well.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Marilyn Manson is my favorite since childhood, but there are others. Oomph!, Wednesday 13(And all his other bands, Murderdolls, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Maniac Spider Trash..), Atmosphere, Amy Winehouse, Angelspit, The Anomalies, Arch Enemy, Bjork, The Bloodhound Gang, Cannibal Corpse, Celldweller, Charon, Children of Bodom, Cibo Matto, The Clancy Brothers, Deathstars, Dope Stars Inc, Dope, Flogging Molly, Hanzel Und Gretyl, Judas Priest, The Gossip, Lily Allen, Lykke Li, Meat Loaf, Misfits, No Doubt, Orgy, Rob Zombie, White Zombie, Static-X, Wintersun, Zeromancer. Whoo. There's a few more but that's about it.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Addictive personality. It feels good to eat a lot, so I do.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Each time I have a go I pick up better habits. I think it's just a matter of time before the weight loss sticks.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Calorie counting, good food, fruits n' veggies and exercise.

RELIGION: Dunno. Not Christian though. Pretty New Agey but not pagan or Wiccan anymore. Just doin' my thing.

POLITICS: Liberal.

PIERCINGS: Tongue, lip. My ears are gaged.

TATTOOS: I have a pretty detailed medium-sized tattoo on my back, on my upper right shoulder. It's a dragon coiled around a grandfather clock.

NAME: Kris

BIRTHDAY: May 22nd

AGE: 26

MARITAL STATUS: Married

TOP WEIGHT: Top weight ever? 330llbs

CURRENT WEIGHT: 253.6lbs

GOAL WEIGHT: 150lbs and then we'll see if I want to reevaluate.

EYE COLOR: Light blue

HAIR COLOR: Ashy-brown though I dye it at least 4 times a year. It has been every colour under the sun except pink! (I hate pink, reminds me of red bean paste which I hated as a child).

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Baking (makes the weightloss thing very difficult!), writing, video games, movies, tv shows, hockey and football.

PETS: Two black and white Corgi-mix rescued dogs, both under 20lbs with the most amazing personalities. MoneyPenny (AKA Penny, Pen, Penny Poopsmith, and Penny Pumperknickle) is a corgi-daschund mix that is very shy but totally rambunctious. She is my inspiration as she is a little TANK. Penny is loaded with muscle! Stormageddon Dark Lord of All (AKA Stormy, Storm-o, and Stormy-Pants), is an anxious corgi-chihuahua mix with big round brown-eyes that water a lot and is a total gentleman. He is such an awesome cuddler and we are working constantly on his anxiety. He deserves to be happy and calm! I'm a bit in love with my furry children if you couldn't tell!

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: British Columbia, Canada

FAVORITE COLOR: Green and Blue...coincidentally, also the colours of my favourite hockey team, the Canucks! Also, I love yellow as an accent colour.

FAVORITE FOODS: Go through phases with food. Right now my 2 "ultimate" foods are Mac N' Cheese (the more unhealthy the more I love it) and fresh scones with clotted cream and homemade strawberry jam. I am a major anglophile and am in total heaven with a perfectly baked scone!

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Strength training (especially glute presses!), rambling for long distances, and any competitive sport.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg, Any Jane Austen, Oscar Wile, John Donne. I love first 4 books in the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): 28 Days Later, Lord of the Rings, Gosford Park, M*A*S*H, Goodbye Lenin, Bridget Jones' Diary.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Doctor Who, Skins, Fawlty Towers, Star Trek (TNG, DS9, Voyager), Misfits, The Cafe, Stella, Sherlock, Inspector Morse/Endeavour, Glee, Great British Bake Off

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: I have rather...eclectic tastes...The Cranberries, Sarah Slean, Loreena Mckennitt, Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, musical soundtracks, Breaking Benjamin, Linkin Park, The Used, My Chemical Romance, Ellie Goulding, Kate Rusby, The Waterboys.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Laziness, procrastination, and addiction to sugar and baked goods!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: It's only my second major attempt but I have moved out of my parents house and am living with my husband. I can control the food that comes into the house and what food I make for dinner. Having my husband totally gung-ho for getting fit is a HUGE help too. We encourage each other and exercise together. It's fabulous! I feel like it's completely attainable this time.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Modified Herbal Magic diet plan. It worked in the past but I'm not sure I want to continue with it. No pills, just the simple counting the type of food you're eating. I mostly watch my starches, dairy, fat, and fruits and weight myself weekly and measure myself monthly.

RELIGION: Christian but in this day and age, Christian usually = close-minded to many people (and I totally understand why)..sooo...open-minded Christian?

POLITICS: Green Party

PIERCINGS: 2 lobes and a cartalage. Had a horrible experience with my cartalage piercing so it's kind of deterred me from getting anything else (though I want/love septum piercings and nose piercings)

TATTOOS: nothing yet. Using it as motivation to get one when I hit my goal. Thinking of getting a giant squid...it's my favourite animal or a section of a hymn that I really connect with (Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing).

NAME: Lyric

BIRTHDAY: June 15

AGE:35

MARITAL STATUS: Divorced

TOP WEIGHT: Top weight ever? 200 (WHEN PREGNANT)

CURRENT WEIGHT: 193 LBS

GOAL WEIGHT: 140lbs and then we'll see if I want to reevaluate.

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: well my original hair color is medium to dark brown but has been dyed every color of the rainbow lol

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: dancing, music, singing, spending time with my family n kids (we are all very close), poetry (reading n writing it), photography, starting art projects but rarely finishing lol, scrap booking, computers (facebook addict)

PETS: 1 orange female kitty named Izzy shes a little over a year old, a rescue :)

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: USA

FAVORITE COLOR: Blue, black, silver and anything glittery!!

FAVORITE FOODS: Chili, tacos, chocolate

FAVORITE EXERCISE: walking

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Lana Del Rey, Tori Amos, Dave Matthews Band, Breaking Benjamin, The Used, My Chemical Romance, Ellie Goulding, Kate Bush, and alot more!!!!.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Laziness, procrastination, and sugary foods and chocolate. cookies etc.


WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Not sure yet. Just joined the site today and dont have a plan but joined to get some inspiration and support and motivation hopefully.

POLITICS: Demo

PIERCINGS: 2 ear lobes, nose, belly button, monroe.

TATTOOS: 5 : My sons name (Brent) on right arm, daughter (Reilly) name on left arm, the map (boot) of Italy and the word Familia on my lower back, a heart wrapped in barbed wire on ankle...more to come!:D

NAME: Sheri

BIRTHDAY: Sept 15

AGE: 16

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT: 310

CURRENT WEIGHT: ^^^

GOAL WEIGHT: 250 (mini goal)

EYE COLOR: Brown*

HAIR COLOR: I wear wigs. I have blonde/green, brunette and jet black wigs. My real hair is dyed half pink/half purple. Natural color is dark brown.*

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Writing, reading, learning, doing hair&makeup, studying fashion.*

PETS: Kittens, turtles, puppies and twicky wabbits, oh my!

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION:*
Washington state

FAVORITE COLOR: All shades of green.*

FAVORITE FOODS: Anything Asian or Latin.*

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Walking, dancing/moshing, swimming.*

FAVORITE BOOK(S): The Dogs Of Babel.*

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Aladdin, Fried Green Tomatoes, Queen of the Damned, Across The Universe, Mulan, Sid and Nancy, Stand By Me, and so many more.*

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Desperate Housewives, Mad Men, Gangland, What Not To Wear, The Voice, All of the Kardashian shows, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, Ghost Whisper, 30 Rock, Say Yes To The Dress, Supernatural.*

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: *The Misfits, The Smiths, The Cramps, Brand New, Foxy Shazam, Hole, Aiden, Chiodos, Johnny Cash, Taking Back Sunday, The Marvelettes, Danzig, Nicki Minaj, Bad Religion, The Adicts, Nirvana, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lady GaGa, The Dead Milkmen, Aesthetic Perfection, Alesana, Frank Sinatra, Pierce The Veil, David Bowie and soooo much more.*

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Suck at discipline and I'm afraid to.*

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm not as weak as I once was and I can tough it out.*

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Exercise, smaller portions, more fruits/veggies.*

RELIGION: Christian

POLITICS: Liberal.

PIERCINGS: Nope.

TATTOOS: Nope.

NAME: Siobhan

BIRTHDAY: 21 May

AGE: 31

MARITAL STATUS: In a relationship, childless by choice.

TOP WEIGHT: 212

CURRENT WEIGHT: 212

GOAL WEIGHT: 112

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Naturally dark brown, currently ombré as I'm growing out damage, usually blonde

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Gaming, photography, graphic design, writing (non fiction / research... I want to start a journalistic blog & write a book), films. I've not been to one in ages as too broke but I love gigs. Also love fashion (but right now I don't wear it... :( ). Reading old issues of Elle magazines and bookmarking stuff on Net-a-porter in case I win the lottery the day I hit goal ;)

PETS: 2 houseplants, and several furry handbags. I love cats but can't get one in the city until I get a permanent place to stay :)

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Glasgow, Scotland

FAVORITE COLOR: Pink

FAVORITE FOODS: Salmon, parsnips, cheesecake, roasted carrots, goat's cheese & caramelised onion pizza, half the things from Nanakusa (Japanese restaurant, a bit like wagamama but better!)*

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Speed skating (ice), walking, swimming, horse riding. I'd love to start snowboarding & martial arts. I like all the expensive exercise!! I'll put in here that I LOVE F1 although sadly cannot participate.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Brave New World, The Hero's Journey, The Golden Compass trilogy.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Lost in Translation, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, The Matrix, Batman (especially the new ones!), Hobo with a Shotgun, Battle Royale, The Grudge, X-men, Spiderman, Star Trek, School of Rock, many more I can't think of!

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): The Walking Dead, Have I Got News for You, TOWIE (sometimes), True Blood, Russell Howard's Good News, Lost, Heroes, Friends, Fawlty Towers, Celebrity Juice, and ANY nature and/or history programmes on the BBC.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: NIN, Lady Gaga, Mötley Crüe, Aerosmith, Rammstein, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Pink Floyd, Nico, Smashing Pumpkins, Katy Perry, Dedmau5, Jay-z, QOTSA, Daft Punk

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Too many guilt trips, too many diets, not enough love for my bad self, depression, forming unhealthy habits like not leaving the house for days at a time.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Not dieting! I know this'll be slower, but I want it to be permanent. I may hate what I've become but I love what I am. I don't want to let myself down any more, I'm tired of hiding behind 100lbs I don't need! It's like for the first time I can see myself like a friend, if they'd overeaten after going through years of **** I'd feel compassion for them not hatred. So, to me: I am so sorry :(

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Intuitive eating, and enjoyable exercise :)

RELIGION: Agnostic.

POLITICS: Left-wing

PIERCINGS: Only ears

TATTOOS: None yet, but I want to get one on the inside of each wrist when I have the money / final design :)

let's be friends! :)
 

NAME: Erica Marie

BIRTHDAY: 28 May

AGE: 22

MARITAL STATUS: Engaged

TOP WEIGHT: 202

CURRENT WEIGHT: 154

GOAL WEIGHT: 115

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Blonde

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: I like to write, play video games, read, paint with watercolors, play with my 9 mo son, I'm attending college for Accounting/Finance (haven't decided lol), I LOVE fashion and shopping. (And I get a sweet shopping spree soon with my extra financial aid, can't wait!!!)

PETS: None at the moment, I did have a cat for many years, but because of where I'm living, she's staying with my parents. My roommate hates cats anyways. :[

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Northern New England, US

FAVORITE COLOR: Hot pink! Neon colors, too.

FAVORITE FOODS: Potatoes prepared in any way, but preferably covered in butter, sour cream, bacon and cheese lol. Turkey and beef, pretty much any way. Nothing with bones. No eggs, blech.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Jogging, I love a good jog. Walking, swimming, DDR (can't do it anymore though, live in an apartment), calisthenics that make me burn are nice too lol.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Right now I'm reading Marry Him, Slut!, The Lolita Effect, and Best Friends Forever. I have too many favorites to think of right now.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): eh too lazy for this lol

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, American Dad, anything on Adult Swim, The Bad Girls Club, Extreme Makeover, The Soup, lots more

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Sublime, Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Queen, ACDC, Paramore, lots of things, I pretty much like everything, except for country, and really whiny music.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I can't stick with anything for more than a week!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Commitment, I'm using this website to make myself feel more accountable, and I'm not severely restricting or eating only a special frozen meal, I'm eating what I normally eat, I'm just being mindful of my portions. And I am committing myself to exercising daily.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Mindful portions, water instead of sugary beverages, less oily, fatty extras, exercising regularly and frequently. Mainly, staying on top of intake, and putting in the output lol!

RELIGION: Debatable lol, I don't really practice anything, but I like to study all of them.

POLITICS: too murky to discuss.

PIERCINGS: Ears stretched up to 7/16" (going for 9/16), left ear industrial, second holes in lobes, monroe, opposite lip, and nostril. I want a dermal so badly!

TATTOOS: ten of them. :) just got my son's name on my shoulder.

NAME: Shae

BIRTHDAY: Feb 19

AGE: 26

MARITAL STATUS: Married

TOP WEIGHT: 255

CURRENT WEIGHT: 244

GOAL WEIGHT: 160

EYE COLOR: Brown/Yellow

HAIR COLOR: Black

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: I'm starting cosmetology school in January, I love sci-fi, reading, watching documentaries, baking, listening to music with my husband, walking, shopping, paper-crafting, sewing my own clothes, love road trips.

PETS: Two cats.. Fat cat and Little one

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Dallas, Tx

FAVORITE COLOR: I liked it when it was magenta!

FAVORITE FOODS: Curry, Thai foods, anything my husband makes for me, Greek food, Mexican food.. sometimes Korean food

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Walking and I have a dvd called Hardcore Cardio that I find hilariously fun. I'm finishing my first week on the Couch to 5K thing. I dig it!

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Game of Thrones series.. it's so great! Most things by Nick Hornby and Chuck Palahniuk.. My husband is reading a deep sea Steampunk adventure novel right now and I'm going to read that when he's finished.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Home Alone! Haha!

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): We don't have one, but when I'm sick I watch things on Hulu. I liked Freaks and Geeks when it was on :)

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Oh gosh.. there's no way I can properly answer this. Most recently I have been listening to Animal Collective, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Ty Segall, Of Montreal, Ween, The Get Up Kids, The Mountain Goats, Wavves.. Uh... well, you get it.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I have a hard time remembering that it takes a long time.. It takes especially long for me because I have PCOS.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I've finally gotten so fed up with myself that if I don't do it I'll never be able to live with myself. I don't want to fail again.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Calorie counting, portion control, more fruits and veggies- less of everything else, more exercise.

RELIGION: Atheist, I guess.

POLITICS: Too poor to matter.

PIERCINGS:Ears, about to re-gauge them once I leave the present job and my septum (size 16 u ring, sometimes 16 seamless)

TATTOOS: 16 tattoos so far. My current work in progress is a crow on my right bicep, I've sat for 8 hours on it already and still have about 4 to go, my most recent was one I got on my honeymoon in September- it's three plumeria flowers on my left shoulder.