NAME: Kate

BIRTHDAY: July 21

AGE: 30

MARITAL STATUS:

TOP WEIGHT: 235

CURRENT WEIGHT: ^^^

GOAL WEIGHT: 160 maybe 145

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Dark blonde, but I change it all the time. Trying to grow it out and get it healthy again.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Writing, reading, learning, video games, music, history.

PETS: Two dogs, pitties.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Iowa

FAVORITE COLOR: All shades of green.

FAVORITE FOODS: Probably mexican, but I love all food;)

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Walking, jogging, swimming.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): That's a long list. Anything by Jane Austen, Edith Wharton,Whitman, Kerouac. Love historical biographies, especially european history.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Romeo & Juliet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Say Anything,Atonement,Drop Dead Fred...I can't think of all 'em.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): The Office, MadMen, Roseanne,So You Thing You Can Dance, Deadwood, anything on bbc, The Tudors.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Paolo Nutini, The Postal Service,Queen, NIN , Patsy Cline, The Cure, White STripes, Mumford & sons, Black Keys,David Bowie, Rolling Stones, and soooo much more.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Over eating and lack of will power.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Turned 30 this year and want better for myself all around. Want to be a healthy mom for my kids.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Exercise, smaller portions, work on not binge eating.

RELIGION: Atheist

POLITICS: Liberal.

PIERCINGS: Nose, ears.

TATTOOS: Have 7 of 'em. Can't wait to get more.

NAME: Megan

BIRTHDAY: 17 May

AGE: 18

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT:177

CURRENT WEIGHT: 177

GOAL WEIGHT: 145-150, not too much to lose

EYE COLOR: Blue-gray

HAIR COLOR: Light Red/Strawberry Blonde, growing some dreads :)

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Anatomy, botany, art, knitting, baking, music, walking, dogs, animals, gardening, camping

PETS: A dog, Callie, and a rat, Maude (and I'm watching Maude's sister, Mora, for winter break, she's my friend's rat)

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: VT for school, NJ is home

FAVORITE COLOR: All colors

FAVORITE FOODS: Fruit- dried and fresh, chocolate, peanut butter, oats, shredded wheat, granola

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Walking, swimming, skiing, ice skating (but I suck at it)

FAVORITE BOOK(S): east, noughts and crosses, tweak, and so many

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Once, Bagdad Cafe, I don't know

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Not that into TV, but I do like Roseanne, funky cartoons, and sort of Boy Meets World

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Lana Del Rey, Brandi Carlile, Neil Young, Talking Heads, David Bowie, and I like folk and celtic music a lot and sometimes teeny-bopper pop music when I'm working out

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Binging!!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm heavier than I've ever been, I've found a new source of motivation, I won't let myself quit this time.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Exercise, stop binging, tons of veggies

RELIGION: Atheist

POLITICS: Liberal.

PIERCINGS:none, considering nose

TATTOOS: none

NAME: Ariel

BIRTHDAY: June 29th

AGE: 25

MARITAL STATUS: Married

TOP WEIGHT: 280+ (lost over 100 pounds at age 15, but obviously gained a lot back eventually!)

CURRENT WEIGHT: 272.2

GOAL WEIGHT: 135

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: Brown, though I've had MANY colours in the past, I'm kind of over dying my hair for now. Interested in dreads after my hair grows out some more!

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: midwifery, adoption, herbalism, paleo/primal lifestyle, yoga, meditation, attachment parenting,role playing games, public health, feminism, anti-racism...on and on.

PETS: amazing rescue dog, Watson!

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

FAVORITE COLOR: I don't know that I have a strong favourite, but I tend to gravitate towards green and red.

FAVORITE FOODS: KALE! - also lamb, cashew butter, peppered bacon, blueberries, collard greens, kerrygold butter, creme fraiche and a ton of stuff I don't eat anymore like brioche, steel cut oats, creme brulee, etc.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Yoga, hiking, walking the dog - still working on finding more activities I love! I had a love/hate relationship with crossfit, but I can't work it into my schedule/budget as easily as the other things. I'm very interested in being a runner but I'm never quite sure how to start!

FAVORITE BOOK(S): A Canticle for Leibowitz, Ender's Game, The House of Leaves

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Bladerunner (final cut only), The Wickerman (original 1973 film only, and NOT the American cut!), Melancholia, The Dreamers, The Proposition, The Five Obstructions, There Will Be Blood, My Neighbor Tortoro, any Werner Herzog documentary

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Mad Men, Rome, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, Father Ted, Batman the Animated Series, Wolverine and the X-men, Twin Peaks, The Twilight Zone

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Gil Scott Heron, Kurt Weill, Jethro Tull, The Decemberists, Django Reinhardt

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Staying on the wagon when life gets really difficult, and getting back on quickly when I fall off!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Husband and I are hoping to apply to adopt at the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014, so I really want to work out my problems with my weight to free myself up to be the best, least inhibited mother and wife I can be.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: exercise, paleo whole foods diet - keeping a food journal and anything else that I figure out helps me along the way!

RELIGION: Atheist, on the anti-theist side of things, though I appreciate the importance of mythology and ritual and both my husband and I have meditational/devotional altars (his is to the Norse pantheon, mine is to the Virgin Mary)

POLITICS: anarcho-communist

PIERCINGS: only ears at the moment, but I've had nose, labret, and septum in the past.

TATTOOS: Chronicles of Narnia tattoo on left upper arm, Eve tattoo on lower right arm, House of Leaves tattoo on upper back, cameo tattoo on lower left leg

NAME: Coco

BIRTHDAY: 15th November

AGE: 23

MARITAL STATUS: In a relationship

TOP WEIGHT: 180

CURRENT WEIGHT: 164

GOAL WEIGHT: 119

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOUR: Black

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: I love writing, reading, vintage hunting, dreaming, and the dreaded shopping

PETS: None

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Valencia, Spain

FAVORITE COLOR: I really like bottle green, turquoise, and mustard yellow (tres weird combo)

FAVORITE FOODS: Indian, curry is just to die for and lots of Pavlova

FAVORITE EXERCISE: running, and whatever I can do in the confines of my flat

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Adrian Mole, I capture the castle, Julian Palme, The diary of Nobody, On Chesil beach, First Love (Turgenev), Love remains and anything else by Glen Duncan

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): 1968 Romeo and Juliet, Gone with the wind, Star Wars, Jeux d’enfants, The Deal, Amelie, Paris, Manon de source, Persona (So many more, I did film at Uni)

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Downton Abbey, Frasier, Poirot, Dinnerladies, Luther, Have I got news for you, Blackadder

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Enya, Moby, Travis, Lighthouse Family, Loreena Mckennit, Mumford and Sons, Bruno Mars, Frankie goes to Hollywood, The XX, etc.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I eat too much, and I just don’t do enough exercise and abuse of empty calories like alcohol.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I am by myself and I have spent enough time in denial about how overweight I am for my height and stature.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Keep up the exercise, just eating less, no alcohol, no sugar, and cut out bread.

RELIGION: Buddhist

POLITICS: labour/socialist

PIERCINGS: ears

TATTOOS: Just one, a little snake on the inside of my ankle

NAME: Bella

BIRTHDAY: February 11th

AGE: 28 soon :)

MARITAL STATUS: In a relationship

TOP WEIGHT: 187

CURRENT WEIGHT: 184

GOAL WEIGHT: 132-140

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Dark blonde

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Music, scrapbooking, video games, friends

PETS: Will get rats later this year :)

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Gothenburg, Sweden

FAVORITE COLOR: Black and pink

FAVORITE FOODS: Mac n cheese (no more of that!), swedish dishes

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Kettlebells

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Finding Nemo, Lost in Translation, Pleasantville, Star wars, Back to the future, Erin Brokovich

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Simpsons, Twin Peaks, Downtown Gaki no Tsukai, Friends, Sex and the city, True Blood, Greek, Dexter

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Depeche Mode (huge fan), Kraftwerk, Nitzer Ebb, Madonna, Genesis, And One, Covenant, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, U2, Erasure, Yazoo, Recoil, Mr Jones Machine, Duran Duran, Chemical Brothers, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Kent, Pet shop Boys, Ultravox, Röyksopp

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Eating to much crappy food

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I am just more determined than ever, and tired of not liking what I see in the mirror. Gotta look good in front of depeche mode this summer... :)

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Sticking to the LCHF diet, joining a gym next week where I will work my butt of (literally) as much as I can.

RELIGION: Atheist (but spiritual)

PIERCINGS: Ears

TATTOOS: Depeche Mode's Violator rose on my back

NAME: Rhiannon

BIRTHDAY: 12 November

AGE: 34

MARITAL STATUS: In a Relationship

TOP WEIGHT: 252

CURRENT WEIGHT: 216

GOAL WEIGHT: 150-160, may change when I get there...

EYE COLOR: Hazel Brown

HAIR COLOR: Red naturally, but I color it a lot. Probably going purple here soon.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Art, film, photography, cooking, fire dancing, loads more, ren faires, music festivals, traveling...

PETS: currently just one cat. But I've had a small zoo over the years.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Ohio, near Cleveland
purpleITE COLOR: Black, pruple and red

FAVORITE FOODS: Sushi, Thai foodchocolate, Fruit, Peppers, choclate, anything mint... I will try practically anything once.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Dancing isn't really an excercize... but of all the calorie burning things I do, that one's my fave

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Tanith Lee's Flat Earth Series, andAnthony's Red as Blood, Piers ANthony's Incarnations of Immortality, The Game of Thrones series, viking Sagas...

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Man With A Movie Camera, Donnie Darko, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Edward Scissorhands, American Beauty, Angel Heart, Until The Light Takes Us, there are so many...

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): South Park, Robot Chicken, The Simpsons, Game of Thrones, Supernatural, Dr. Who, true crime stuff, random documentaries...

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Oh my... this could go on for a while. I will shorten it. I love metal, a few faves are Burzum, Bathory, Emperor, Archturus, Borknagar... you get the idea. I am also really into classic rock, Pink Floyd, Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zeppelin, etc... I like stuff from every genre, even country and rap. I love all music.

PROBLEexercising LOSS: Eating too much and excercizing too little. Quitting smoking and working an office job made me blow up like a balloon. I've always been a little on the heavy side, but it got way out of hand.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I don't work in an office anymore. I am with someone supportive. I actually have a gym membership andmotivating trainer which has been really motiating.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Exercise and limited calories.

RELIGION: Asatru

POLITICS: Cynic who has given up on politics. Traveling to other countries made me realize how screwed up the US really is.

PIERCINGS: None. I think they look good on others, but the idea of holes in my skin kind of grosses me out. I know, I'm weird.

TATTOOS: 6 currently... One on my lower calf. Three on my upper arm. One between mclichélder blades. One on my lower back (not the cliche tramp stamp, it astampy has meaning and was done before the tramp stampp fad. I'm setting up for a half sleeve on my left arm. Need to save up some $$$.

So, that's me. Glad to be here.

AGE: 26

MARITAL STATUS: Happily single

TOP WEIGHT: 213

CURRENT WEIGHT: 185

GOAL WEIGHT: 137 ish or whatever makes me feel healthy & happy

EYE COLOR: hazel

HAIR COLOUR: Bleach blonde, waist-length dreads (with leftover purple bits)

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Fish, science, spreadsheets, & roller derby

PETS: Rats

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Canada

FAVOURITE COLOR: Purple, lime, teal

FAVOURITE FOODS: Handmade pasta; Anything with fresh basil. (previously: ALL THE CHIPS)

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Hiking, fishing, jogging (weird to say), and of course roller skating.

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Harry Potter, Is everybody hanging out without me?

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Stand by Me, Silence of the Lambs, Forgetting Sarah Marshall

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Parks & Rec, Walking Dead, Documentaries, New Girl, Raising Hope

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Janis Joplin, Sublime, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Joel Plaskett, Bedouin Soundclash, Grand Theft Bus, NWA, Eminem, 70s rock, golden oldies, and so much more.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I eat my emotions. And apparently I have a lot of emotions.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I am finally confronting the reasons why I resort to food in the first place (little by little). And also, I refuse to "diet". I'm changing my lifestyle and really just want to be healthy.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: WW Online to teach me portions and moving from mainly carb lacto-ovo-vegetarian to lotsa whole foods ovo-veg.

RELIGION: Christian

POLITICS: NDP!

PIERCINGS: 9/16" & 6g lobes and 18 or so more scattered about

TATTOOS: ~55 hours (arms, legs, feet, back) & 1 cutting (scarification)

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NAME: Chyna

BIRTHDAY: 9 may

AGE: 23

MARITAL STATUS: Married

TOP WEIGHT: 220

CURRENT WEIGHT: 159

GOAL WEIGHT: 120-130

EYE COLOR: Hazel Brown

HAIR COLOR: Naturally brown, usually red

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Reading, tattoos, drawing, hiking

PETS: none :(

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Missouri

FAVORITE COLOR: Purple/wine

FAVORITE FOODS: Chocolate!! But I really love steak

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Dancing, cardio

FAVORITE BOOK(S): hunger games, harry potter, maze runner

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): any of the super hero flicks, ever after

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): bates motel, criminal minds, glee, face off

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Mumford and Sons

PROBLEM AREAS OF WEIGHT LOSS: The usual, I eat too much and work out too little...

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I am going to a clean-eating life style and getting a personal trainer.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: calorie plan

POLITICS: are a joke.

PIERCINGS: septum and ears

TATTOOS: Covered in them. Literally.

:)

Weight loss friends!
 

NAME: Sherry

BIRTHDAY: November 4th

AGE: 22

MARITAL STATUS: In a relationship

TOP WEIGHT: 200

CURRENT WEIGHT: 194

GOAL WEIGHT: 140 Hopefully lower after I reach that.

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Reading, listening to music, and video games.

PETS: I have a kitty her name is Avacyn

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Michigan

FAVORITE COLOR: Blue, purple, green, can never really decide.

FAVORITE FOODS: I don't know, pasta dishes mostly.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: I like curl ups.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Devils Carnival, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Sex Drive, Scott Pilgrim vs. The world, and a bunch of others.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): True Blood, The Walking Dead, Duck Dynasty, River Monsters.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, We Came as Romans, Coheed and Cambria, Avenged Sevenfold, Blink-182, Skrillex, Korn, Slipknot, Murderdolls, Mindless Self Indulgence, fun., and a bunch of other music.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I pretty much just ate crap all the time, and drank a ton of pop.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I wanna feel sexy again. I want to look good and like what I see and not feel fat and dragged down all the time. I've almost cut soda out completely. Almost.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Slim fast/eating good foods, and making healthy meals.

RELIGION: Agnostic

PIERCINGS: Nostril, Septum, Lip, stretched ears.

TATTOOS: I have 2.

NAME: Jess

BIRTHDAY: April 29th

AGE: Almost 24

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT: 207

CURRENT WEIGHT: ? Somewhere around 195

GOAL WEIGHT: I say 135 but I mean 120.

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: Red

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Art, writing, travelling, psychology, learning.

PETS: My sweet Corgi/Aussie Lucy.

FAVORITE COLOR: Red.

FAVORITE FOODS: God I love it all pretty much.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Crunches!

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Apocalypse Now, Psycho, Vanilla Sky, Titanic, Can't Hardly Wait.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): The Mighty Boosh, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Face/Off.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: The Beatles, Third Eye Blind, Oasis, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Marilyn Manson, Foster the People, Avenged Sevenfold, Blur.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I lose control of my eating and eat when I'm emotional. Not to mention I am surrounded by friends and family who all do the same.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I actually feel motivated and I have goals to reach and things to keep me on track. I just want to take control of it.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Separating things in to Carbs/Fats/Proteins/Fruits/Vegetables/Dairy and eating a specific amount of each per day. That and exercising often.

RELIGION: Unofficial Buddhist.

PIERCINGS: Lip, Tongue, Nostril, Industrial, Conch, Lobes.

TATTOOS: 5 total. On my foot, arm, wrist, chest, and ankle.

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NAME: Kitty

BIRTHDAY: Sept. 3rd

AGE: 44

MARITAL STATUS: Single

DOMICILE: I have lived in rural India for 16 years & eastern US.

TOP WEIGHT: 299

CURRENT WEIGHT: 260ish

GOAL WEIGHT: 150? (Maybe less when I get closer to goal)

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Midnight Blue/Turquoise ( I think my natural hair color is light brown)

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Travel, Photography, Listening to Music (live & recorded)dancing

PETS: 2 dogs.. Mutts.. my girl is 14 & my boy is 9

FAVORITE COLOR: Hmm.. Blues.. All shades

FAVORITE FOODS: Indian, Mediterranean

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Squats to press combo is my current fave..

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Birdy,

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Game of Thrones, Castle,

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Omg.. Can't pick a fav. I love ALL music.. Pogues, Clash, Crass, Bob Marley, Hayden, Chieftains, Ani Difranco, Train, The Who, Queen, Aretha Franklin.. to name a few..

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I have tried my whole adult life to lose weight.. Portions is my biggest problem

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL:
my attitude... focusing on over all health & not numbers on a scale

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: No white flour, No sugar, No dairy, No processed food I can't recognize. & EXERCISE!!!

RELIGION: I'm a spiritual person...not religious, I follow an Indian spiritual master, Meher Baba.

PIERCINGS: Nose & multiple hoops up my ears

TATTOOS:Currently 2, a bracelet (dying rose with thorns, barbed wire & chain braided) & a spiritual emblem on my upper arm. I have many more planned when money comes & weight comes off.

NAME: Jamie

BIRTHDAY: September 13

AGE: 24

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT: 165

CURRENT WEIGHT: 140 - give or take 2 pounds a day

GOAL WEIGHT: 120

EYE COLOR: Hazel

HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Cars, Traveling, Driving through the country, anything outdoors, etc.

PETS: My pit. Chaos and my pug Ginger

FAVORITE COLOR: Pink

FAVORITE FOODS: Sushi, Annies Mac & Cheese, any pasta, pretty much anything

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Stair Stepper!

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Goodfellas, Casino, Blow, Nightmare Before Xmas (anything Tim Burton really)

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Weeds, Desperate Housewives, Nip/Tuck

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: I listen to anything and everything

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: When I crave something I just eat it, and then feel guilty afterwards. I sometimes think that because I kill myself at the gym I can make poor choices in my diet but I'm working on it

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I am definitely the most dedicated I've been this time around. I am actually sticking with it and even though I get frustrated, I'm not giving up

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Calorie counting, trying different things at the gym

RELIGION: Roman Catholic

PIERCINGS: Nose, Monroe, Snake Bites, Belly Button, Collar bone dermals, Tongue

TATTOOS: 12 total. "J" on my hand, "love & strength" on my inner wrists, 2 nautical stars on my wrists, half sleeve, quote on the top of my foot, anchor on my ankle for my dad, bows on the back of my legs, lower back tattoo, and hip tattoo

I'm definitely more alt than not. I tend to gravitate toward the social deviants, the artists, the gamers, the nerds, and the socially awkward.

Name. Marian, but I prefer Squid or Squid Vicious.

Age. 31

Marital Status: It's complicated? Mostly single? Married on paper?

Home. Philadelphia, PA

Work. Currently I'm bartending and waiting tables.

Weight. Ugh. Don't even want to think about it. Last time I weighed myself was months ago and it was in the 245 area. However, i've managed to drop most of a jeans size since then.

Stuff I like. Roller Derby, Video games, RPG's, Tabletop Games, LARP, Comic books, web comics, illustration, art, feminism, creepy weird poetry, beer, booze, boobs

Stuff I don't like. Organized Religion, patriarchy, sexism, drama, rap music (except nerdcore), pragmatism, logical thinking, regulations

Music: ThouShaltNot * Leonard Cohen * The Decemberists * Voltaire * Flogging Molly * Prem Joshua * Krishna Das * The Crannberries * Colin Malloy * Me First and the Gimme Gimme's * Bob Dylan * Billy Joel * Lady Gaga * Pink * MC Chris * MC Lars * MC Frontalot * Eminem * Jack Off Jill * Rasputina * Cruxshadows * KMFDM * PIG * Bad Religion * VNV Nation *

Books. All the books. Especially the graphic ones.

TV Shows and Anime: Battlestar Galactica * True Blood * Eureka 7 * Glee * House * Fringe * Invader Zim * Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy * Daria * Lie to Me * Ghost in the Shell SAC * X * Phineas and Ferb * Johnny Test * Deathnote (anime and live action) * Game of Thrones *

Religion. I believe in Karma and the Universe

Movies: Wall -E * Everything Miyazaki (I am working on building a complete collection.) * Amelie * Most things Pixar * Pan's Labyrinth * Helvetica * Iron Giant * The Millenium Trilogy * Star Wars * Star Trek * Transformers * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind * I heart huckabees * King Corn * Devil Wears Prada * Monty Python * The Princess Bride * The Road * Zombieland * Watchmen *


Goals. Be a top roller derby skater, get a second bachelor's in illustration, write and illustrate a graphic novel, get a master's in fine art, win the lotto, lose 100 lbs, learn to play the piano, learn to sing, get a couple of half sleeve tattoos.

Politics. Liberal Anarchist? I believe everyone should take responsibility for their actions and be respectful of everyone. Mostly, I avoid politics because they irritate me.

NAME: D

AGE: 33

MARITAL STATUS: Married, 2yo son

TOP WEIGHT: 210 (unless were talking baby weight, then 240)

CURRENT WEIGHT: 205

GOAL WEIGHT: Not exactly sure, but would love to weigh 150 by Christmas (maybe not realistic, but that's what comes to mind)

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: I just finished my PhD, so I'm sort of rediscovering what hobbies/interests I have. I used to be a drummer in a punk band! I also play bass guitar and piano. I met my husband in drum corps. I go to Bonnaroo every year. I love researching events in my community and going on little mini-adventures. One fun example is our visit to the RC & Moon Pie Fest in Bell Buckle, TN. I love road trips! I love Just Dance (a wii game) and wish I could somehow turn that into a career.

PETS: 2 cats (1 crazy one, 1 grumpy one); 2 dogs (1 emo one, 1 Jack Russell)

FAVORITE COLOR: Purple and blue sparkle mix.

FAVORITE FOODS: Sushi, hibachi, lobster, fish tacos, fajitas

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Just Dance, P90X (esp Stretch and Kenpo), Tennis (I'm terrible), Slow jogging (aka shuffling), the weight machine circuit at my school gym

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): I love movies so much... so hard to pick favorites... I'll list some random ones that come to mind. Grosse Pointe Blank, The Invention of Lying, The Big Lebowski, The Bourne movies, The Men in Black movies, Brain Candy, anything by Matt and Trey, anything by Kevin Smith, anything involving Cameron Crowe

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Weeds, Desperate Housewives, Nip/Tuck

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Again, I love music so much, favorites are tough. Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, NIN, Nirvana, Faith No More, Pixies, Ramones, My Morning Jacket, Daft Punk, Ani DiFranco, Ben Kweller, Ben Folds

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Emotional/reward eating, general feelings of resentment that I don't deserve to be fat (unaccepting of the work I need to do), denial, never feeling full no matter how much I eat (psychological? chemical? not sure), having a toddler, grad school, etc. :)

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I am done with school. My child is in day care. I need to get a handle on this before I get a job and THAT becomes the reason I can't change my lifestyle. I'm ready. I'm not in denial. I still feel like it's unfair, but it's kinda like, "Well, okay. It's unfair. Life's unfair. Let's get to work."

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Intermittent fasting, limiting carbs, counting calories, doing one physical activity each day (whatever that means... I'm working on it)

RELIGION: Nope

PIERCINGS: Nope

TATTOOS: Nope

Hello there, I'm not sure whether anyone would ever class me as alternative. But I doubt anyone would ever class me as mainstream either. I sort of float out in the ether somewhere. I used to feel deeply uncomfortable in my own skin, but the older I become the better I feel and the happy I am to be the person I am... eclectic, a little odd, a book worm, political....

I'm 27, I'm about to finish my masters in Social Policy and am starting a Ph.D in September.I'm single and have no children. The single thing doesn't bother me particularly, but I desperately want children one day. My biggest fear is that I will never get the opportunity.

dieting/food: 2010 was, categorically, the worst year of my life. I went through some very upsetting and traumatic experiences and suffered profoundly. As a result I put on a significant amount of weight. In January 2011, I was jolted back into reality and became pretty obsessed with losing weight. I lost 28 lbs in 2 months - not healthy! After that I got a hold of myself, started going to therapy and started losing weight healthily. At around 145ish I got satisfied with my weight and wandered off the diet trail... but I am back to finish off the job!

Books: Slaughterhouse Five, A Secret History, The Handmaid's Tale, The Shipping News, anything and everything by Richard Yates...

Movies: I like the indie genre, though I'm not fussy enough to require an indie budget... I like anything with Mark Duplass or Greta Gerwig in it, anything by Wes Anderson, Away We Go, Your Sisters Sister, Stranger than Fiction. I am also a fan of sillyness: Airplane, Groundhog Day...

TV: West Wing, Parks and Rec, Portlandia, Community, Mad Men, I love me a bit of Grey's Anatomy.... really enjoying Orange is the New Black

Random facts: I really like words that are an amalgam of other words - whatsoever, albeit, notwithstanding, hitherto. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I love to write and sing and I just started decorating cakes.

NAME:Sharon

BIRTHDAY:July 19

AGE: 32

MARITAL STATUS: Married

TOP WEIGHT: 250

CURRENT WEIGHT: 233

GOAL WEIGHT: 150 ish

EYE COLOR: brown

HAIR COLOR: Black and depending on my mood, purple, pink, blue or red... right now black and red

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Loud music, video games, reading and spending time with my kidlets

PETS: My dog Tank and my cats Emily and Mitzi

FAVORITE COLOR: Pink..black. especially together

FAVORITE FOODS: tostitos and el paso cheese dip.... yummmmm

FAVORITE EXERCISE: walking

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Nightmare Before Xmas, Alice in Wonderland and The Crow

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Spartacus, Sons of Anarchy, True Blood, Game of Thrones

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Anything loud. Pantera will always be a favorite though

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I'm a "bored" eater. When I can't find something for my hands to do, IU'll eat. I've started keeping sunflower seeds near me just in case. You gotta work to get those buggers out of their shells before you can eat them, so it makes for a frustrating snack, and you don't eat as many!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I really don't know. It just feels different.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Calorie counting, 30 day challenges.. being accountable for my actions

RELIGION: spiritual in my own way

PIERCINGS: Nose, tongue, labret, ears

TATTOOS: a skull and a pineapple on my one wrist, a hummingbird and morning glory on my forearm, eeyore on my hip, a cross on my calf, a maple leaf on my foot, a turtle on the back of one shoulder, and a red-eyed treefrog on the other... so...8??

NAME: Jenna

BIRTHDAY: July 22

AGE: 19

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT: 196

CURRENT WEIGHT: 168

GOAL WEIGHT: 140

EYE COLOR: grey

HAIR COLOR: sandy brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Comics, writing, tabletop RPG, feminism, science

PETS: sadly none :( pets aren't allowed in my apartment

FAVORITE COLOR: red

FAVORITE FOODS: Chinese, pizza, chocolate... you know, anything that's NOT good for you!

FAVORITE EXERCISE: walking

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Marvel movies, the Losers, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Star Trek, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Psych, Firefly, Star Trek (TOS), Elementary, Marvel cartoons (shh I'm an adult), How I Met Your Mother,

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: I really like power metal. For bands...Master Plan, Poets of the Fall, Three Days Grace...

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Binge eating *headdesk*

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I do the grocery shopping haha

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Calorie counting. Also (and this is kind of strange, but it really works) I tape a bunch of pictures of grumpy/disapproving superheroes to the fridge and cabinets. Nothing like a disappointed Captain America to make you think twice about eating those extra calories.

BOOKS: Any marvel comics, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Bell Jar, Harry Potter, Blood Meridian (I'm all over the place haha)

RELIGION: Complicated mixture of science and faith

PIERCINGS: Just my ears. I don't do needles well haha

TATTOOS: None, for the same reason as above, although I may just brave it anyway as a reward for making goal.

NAME:Debbie

BIRTHDAY:September 24th

AGE: 45

MARITAL STATUS: Married

Kids: 2 girls. 1 is following my footsteps - 15 has nose pierced & purple hair listens to all my old music! Ramones, Bauhaus and sometimes some Yaz. The younger is still finding her way. Dad takes them to some great concerts! Heavy metal - which I'm not really into.

TOP WEIGHT: 171

CURRENT WEIGHT: 163

GOAL WEIGHT: 130-ish

EYE COLOR: brown

HAIR COLOR: Brown - but dying it dark red burgundy brown in about an hour. :D

HOBBIES/INTERESTS:Camping, hiking, biking, embroidery (check out sublime stitching - I love her stuff!)

PETS: A cat, a dog, 2 snakes & a bearded dragon. (The turtle & leopard gecko died about 2 months ago) It's a zoo here.

FAVORITE COLOR: Orange & black

FAVORITE FOODS: Mexican food

FAVORITE EXERCISE: hiking

FAVORITE MOVIE(S):anything by Tim Burton.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Portlandia, Arrested Development.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: It varies. Right now I'm loving Skillet

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS:Portion control. If it tastes good I want more!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I have a partner in this - my husband.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: I've gone gluten free since January 1, 2013. Found that it wasn't the pasta sauce giving me heartburn - it was actually the pasta. Now that I've cut out gluten I feel so much better!

RELIGION: Christian

PIERCINGS: ears

TATTOOS: 2. A green elephant and a daisy - different places on my body.

NAME: Reese!

BIRTHDAY: February 11th

AGE: 25

MARITAL STATUS: ~Single~

TOP WEIGHT: 222 lbs

CURRENT WEIGHT: 173 lbs!!

GOAL WEIGHT: 140 lbs for now, possibly lower once I hit 140

EYE COLOR: Hazel

HAIR COLOR: Way dark brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Oh gosh, idk, I like a lot of things. Reading, writing, running, running to the zombies run app especially omg, LGBTQ activism & in general keeping up with the community, feminism, I love music & am constantly on the prowl for new songs to throw into my run playlist, baking is super fun, so is gardening, looove science & science news, sharks & shark activism, also drawing, though I've been feeling so lazy on that front for awhile, but art in general is still a big interest for me regardless

PETS: I've got three goofy dogs, 2 yorkies and 1 maltese

FAVORITE COLOR: Orange! Or red. Maybe yellow. Turquoise is also a very nice color. Chartreuse on occasion.

FAVORITE FOODS: P i zz a, froyo, and manicotti

FAVORITE EXERCISE: I love to run & swimming is super fun, too

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Hmmmm.. Monty Python & the Holy Grail, D9, the Cornetto Trilogy omg, To Wong Foo, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Stonehenge Apocalypse, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Cutthroat Island, What Dreams May Come, Captain Blood, The Birdcage, and The Good the Bad and the Weird

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Supernatural, Elementary, Hannibal, Community, Breaking Bad, Pushing Daisies, Firefly, The Walking Dead, Dexter, Psych, Teen Wolf, X Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chuck, Twin Peaks, Dead Like Me, and The Wire

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Q U E E N, if I could only listen to one band ever again, it'd be Queen.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Attempting to tell my cravings NO and giving in regardless has been my biggest hurdle. Boredom snacking, too

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I've been focusing on health this time, rather than self hate & punishment, and forming a support system for once

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Mostly just eating healthier & more frequently, while monitoring calories, sugar, & portions, as well as keeping super hydrated. Plus running 3 times a week

BOOKS: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, all of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Demian by Hermann Hesse, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and of course, Harry Potter, just all of it

RELIGION: I'm an atheist

PIERCINGS: I used to have so many piercings, but I've retired all except for my lobes, which are both 1/2"

TATTOOS: Only two so far, one on my ankle and one on the back of my neck. I'd love to have more, but I think I'll save for a big piece as a reward for hitting goal. Maybe a nice thigh piece, or you know, I've always kind of wanted half sleeves & possibly chest plates

NAME: Bridget, but prefers Mori

BIRTHDAY: November 14

AGE: 30

MARITAL STATUS: non existent ;)

TOP WEIGHT: 286

CURRENT WEIGHT: 268

GOAL WEIGHT: 150 ish, but probably be happy to get out of the 200s

EYE COLOR: Blue-green grey

HAIR COLOR: natural is medium brown, current is dark brown but have been red, blue, green, purple and black

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: makeup, macabre and goth/punk stuff

PETS: none

FAVORITE COLOR: black, but also likes purple and blue

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Chicago, IL

FAVORITE FOODS: Chinese, pizza, soda

FAVORITE EXERCISE: elliptical and swimming

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Inglourious Basterds, Thor, Little Miss Sunshine, Drop Dead Gorgeous

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): American Dad, The Walking Dead

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: lots of goth and punk. Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, etc. I also like newer bands like The Knife, Austra and some Lady Gaga.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Binge eating, snacking, portion control

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Tired of being overweight and having lack of confidence

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Calorie counting, intermittent fasting, portion control

BOOKS: The Hunger Games, What Was She Thinking?, John Dies At The End, and this biography on Carl Von Cosel (a necrophiliac)

RELIGION: atheist

PIERCINGS: My ears, but had both nostrils pierced and had snake bites not they are no longer there. I am getting my septum pierced as soon as I get $$

TATTOOS: Eye of Horus on back, geisha with cherry tree on left forearm. I will be getting a chest piece next year.

NAME: Midge

AGE: 27

MARITAL STATUS: Married

TOP WEIGHT: 65 kgs (143 lbs)

CURRENT WEIGHT: 56 kgs (123 lbs)

GOAL WEIGHT: 50 kgs (110 lbs) note: I'm tiny, around 5'2"

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading detective stories

PETS: none

FAVORITE COLOR: Black, maroon, purple

FAVORITE FOODS: carbs :)

FAVORITE EXERCISE: running, aerobics

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): blue velvet

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): black books, bbc's sherlock, it crowd, coupling,

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: sneaker pimps, muse, the organ, oasis, garbage, gossip, depeche mode, sonic youth, david, bowie, iggy pop, lady gaga

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I am too lazy for doing resistance training, and being on a budget doesn't help when you try to eat healthy. Oh, and I have a history with eating disorders, so I have to be careful with dieting.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: determination

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: eating more protein, less bread/ramen/potatoes, drinking less

RELIGION: I was raised as a roman catholic

PIERCINGS: 3 in left ear

TATTOOS: none

am I really an alternachick?
 

Name: Fiona, but you can call me Fi (pronounced "fee")

Birthday: February 22, 1955 (Pisces sun, Pisces moon, Aquarius ascending)

Age: 58

Appearance: Think Scandinavian, except short...Long, slightly wavy, naturally blonde hair (varies from light to darker depending on sun exposure) w/ scattered strands of silver that no one but me can see, greyish-blue eyes, semi-fair skin that easily tans to golden brown. I usually wear oversize tees w/ leggings & long skirts, like black rock-band tees w/ black leggings, also tie-dye & wearable art, long bead necklaces and silver jewelry, plus Birkenstocks all year 'round (socks w/ sandals? you bet!), black work boots in snow & ice.

Status: Married for 35 years to a botanist (trees) and all-round nature lover who has naturally multihued hair (brown, blond, copper, & silver) that is even longer than mine and a beard that was once red but is now mostly white. We are childfree by choice. Think of us as hippies/bohos and intellectuals, and you won't be too far off the mark.

Pets: None currently, but we are deeply committed to living with oriental shorthair cats: we've had two consecutive pairs of them, always littermates, brother & sister, and are currently awaiting the birth of our third pair.

Weights: See under avatar.

Career #1: Academic psychiatrist (M.D.) with special interests in teaching longterm psychoanalytic psychiatry, research in psychiatry/neurology overlap (mind/brain duality), & psychatric issues of medical/surgical patients.

Career #2: Nonfiction writer specializing in book reviews, essays, author interviews, & columns in horror literature & true crime.

Career #3: Collage and mail artist.

Interests: Mind/brain issues, horror literature, sailing, sharks, dinosaurs, rocks & fossils, art (mostly late 19th, 20th & 21st centuries), collage, mail art. I like writing long letters w/ a fountain pen, making envelopes by hand & decorating them with collage. I'm getting into languages these days: currently teaching myself French & Sanskrit.

Colors: Black, purples, blues & greens. But I love all colors, including red & orange. I look best in black, royal blue, turquoise, bright red, & sage green.

Exercise: Currently doing daily non-weight-bearing leg exercises to rehab an injured knee, plus light free weights for upper body. Plan soon to add swimming & walking. After I get into low 200s, will join a gym for body shaping/building. I want muscles!

Books: The more the merrier! My house is absolutely stuffed with them. Titles I read over and over again include Edgar Allan Poe's collected works, T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies, Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Don DeLillo's White Noise, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Stephen King's The Shining and The Stand, Cormac McCarthy's Child of God, Suttree, and Blood Meridian. Favorite authors not already mentioned include Oscar Wilde, James Salter, Jorge Luis Borges, George R. R. Martin, Sylvia Plath, Patti Smith, Wallace Stevens, William Gay, Joe R. Lansdale, Flannery O'Connor, and whoa...too many more to list. I love just about all of horror literature. Currently reading the Civil War novels of Howard Bahr. I also like alternative comix, like Herriman, Crumb, Larry Marder, Jhonen Vasquez, and a bunch of graphic novels. My husband is a manga otaku.

Music: Ever since hearing her perform on my college campus in 1976, I'm been a huge fan of PATTI SMITH, all through her career. I was a teenager in the 1960s and early 1970s, so I love old rock-n-roll, early rock, and psychedelic rock. Also blues, blues rock, 1980s New Wave, industrial, grunge, garage, alternative. Too many favorite artists to list, but top faves include Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Allman Brothers, Talking Heads (plus David Byrne's solo career), Laurie Anderson, REM, Phish, Foo Fighters...I've been avidly listening to rock radio w/ live deejays ever since I was 9 yrs. old, including decades of alternative/college radio. Now I listen to Sirius XM, especially the channels called Deep Tracks, Jam On, B. B. King's Blues, Tom Petty's Buried Treasure, and Little Steven's Underground Garage.

Movies: Lots of sci-fi, horror, foreign, suspense thrillers, shoot-em-ups. Flicks I see over and over include everything by David Lynch, James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein (see avatar), Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Ghostbusters, Fight Club, the Alien(s) series, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension. But most of all I like splatter pics in the tradition of Herschell Gordon Lewis, like Peter Jackson's Dead Alive and Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2. Every summer for over 20 years now I hold a splatter festival with fellow splat fans, watching around 23-25 flicks in a five-day marathon.

TV: Not much actually, but I've been an ardent fan of The Twlight Zone, Star Trek (all the series), Twin Peaks, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and Breaking Bad.

Religion: Pagan (Indo-European wiccan/druidic with a significant dash of Hinduism.)

Politics: Lifelong Democrat on the far left end of the spectrum, Populist, Socialist, Progressive.

Activism: Peace, fat acceptance, shark conservation, civil rights, gay rights, animal rights, anti-commercialism, against power-seeking & money-seeking of all kinds.

Abiding Passions: Patti Smith, sailing, the ocean, omnivorous reading, sharks, Dada.

Piercings: Just two in my earlobes right now, but I've had others in the past. I'd like to have an eyebrow piercing, but have fears about rejection.

Tattoos: None yet, but I plan to get a Sanskrit tattoo of "shanti" (inner peace) three times on my inner forearm after I reach goal weight, and probably more.

Problem in Weight Loss: Emotional/compulsive eating of sweets. Also not very motivated because I genuinely like being fat.

What's Different This Time: I'm taking a vacation from my Big 3 problem foods (see sig), and I'm highly motivated because of some health problems that have arisen.

Weight Loss Plan: Atkins "induction" phase with all-organic veggies & dairy products, and meat that is humanely raised w/o antibiotics on organic feed.

Parting Thoughts: The Alternachicks section needs a regular chat thread! I hope we can get one started.

NAME: Chelaina

BIRTHDAY:January 11

AGE: 22

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT: 266

CURRENT WEIGHT: 263

GOAL WEIGHT: 160

EYE COLOR: Blue/green

HAIR COLOR: It's dyed brown right now, but it's naturally blonde

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Geeking out about books, movies, TV shows, my favorite actors (and cosplaying/meeting them when I can). I like to do crafts but I'm not artistically or musically inclined.

PETS: two dogs and three cats

FAVORITE COLOR: Blue. Like the color about half an hour after the sun sets, when it's that deep dark color

FAVORITE FOODS: a lot of things that are terrible for me. currently fighting my love for microwave popcorn.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Just Dance/Zumba. And I'm learning how to love running.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Moulin Rouge, Shawshank Redemption, almost any GOOD book to film adaptation, lots of others.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Supernatural is my all-time favorite, but Doctor Who, Pushing Daisies, Merlin, Scandal, Sherlock, Game of Thrones, Teen Wolf, almost any crime show (except CSI, tbh), Halt and Catch Fire, Legend of Korra and lots of others are definitely up there as well.

FAVORITE BOOKS: This one is just mean. Harry Potter will always be my first and best book love, anything by Tamora Pierce, the Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, anything by Dickens or Fitzgerald (esp. A Tale of Two Cities and Tender is the Night). I really like fantasy novels, and I'm still all about the young adult genre.

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: I listen to mostly alternative/pop punk. Right now my most played artists are probably Wild Cub, Bleachers, and Hozier.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I have a tendency to binge, and on the most unhealthy food I can find. I also struggle with anxiety and depression, which make getting up and exercising very difficult.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm finally facing the real problems that I have, instead of ignoring them. I have to address my core issues before any of that weight is going to come off.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Taking it one step, one day, one goal at a time. Starting with water intake and cardio.

RELIGION: Agnostic, but spiritual

PIERCINGS: lower lip, belly button, cartilage, and double lobe.

TATTOOS: only 2... so far ;) Part of my weight loss goal is to be healthy and fit enough that I can get all of the tattoos that I want (like chakras down my back, or a couple thigh pieces) I have "Her time has come" on my right inner forearm, which is the first line of one of my favorite books. And the Fearless rune from the Mortal Instruments on my left shoulder.

Really happy and excited to meet all of you :)

NAME: Di

BIRTHDAY: Nov 20

AGE: 38

MARITAL STATUS: Engaged

TOP WEIGHT: 250

CURRENT WEIGHT: 233

GOAL WEIGHT: 125

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Red Brown and starting to grey

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Leathercrafting, Soapmaking, Canning, Building wee tiny robots (playing with electronics) Reading, Comics, Video games, Tabletop RPG (playing and GMing), Origami, Collecting hobbies.

PETS: None at the moment. Too soon since the last one.

FAVORITE COLOR: Green

FAVORITE FOODS: Salty Snacks. They're my kryptonite.

FAVORITE EXERCISE: That's funny.

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Labyrinth

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): n/a

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Prog Metal, Industrial, Goth. Stratovarius, Sabaton, Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Symphony X, Dream Theatre, Two Steps from ****, Between the Buried and Me, Amon Amarth, Xandria, Revamp, **** Yeah, Ministry, Frontline Assembly, Grendel, Mindless Self Indulgence, Steam Powered Giraffe, Prodigy, Sisters of Mercy, and many others that come to mind if I sit and think about it.

&&& Really? H E (two tetris elbows) is censored? Consider the warm place to the south (no not Florida) inserted into the above censored asterisks. &&&

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Lack of motivation. We'll see if I can keep up the drive for this.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Not sure yet :) Never cared enough to make a real effort at taking it off before.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Weight Watchers

RELIGION: Personal.

PIERCINGS: Nada. Even the ears grew over.

TATTOOS: Tribal turtle on my right ankle, about 6 inches square

NAME: Anna

BIRTHDAY: March 27

AGE: Close enough to 40 to just say 40

MARITAL STATUS: Confirmed spinster

TOP WEIGHT: 210

CURRENT WEIGHT: 150ish

GOAL WEIGHT: 125

EYE COLOR: Amber (that sounds cooler than light brown)

HAIR COLOR: Dark brown with grey roots because I've gotten too lazy to dye them

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading, cooking, hiking/walking, weightlifting, yoga, crosstitch

PETS: two cats, Sinclair and Lucinda Williams (Lulu)

FAVORITE COLOR: blue/green, red/orange

FAVORITE FOODS: pizza, ice cream, cake, beer, wine, vodka, cured meats, cheese, french fries (Any idea yet why I'm here?)

FAVORITE EXERCISE: hiking, weightlifting

FAVORITE MOVIES: Hot Fuzz, Jaws

FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Broadchurch, Twin Peaks, How I Met Your Mother, Law & Order, Nashville, Doctor Who (but 9th and 10th Doctor only)

FAVORITE MUSIC: Loreena McKennitt, Emily Barker, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, Lucinda Williams, Gretchen Wilson

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Food is awesome and I love it. Lots of it, all the time. Also, binge eating disorder. And alcohol has calories.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: intermittent fasting

RELIGION: batty self-created combo of Christianity/neo-paganism/bhakti yoga

PIERCINGS: Five in left ear, two in right. In a previous life, nose and eyebrow

TATTOOS: inner forearm - black ohm; right shoulder - 4 point star in Celtic knotwork; back - tiger face with orange lily border (I call it my tiger lily.)

Name: Ginger

Age:63

Status: Married 42 years, 4 children, 4 grandchildren

Pets: Penny, a miniature Doxie who is also dieting for her health. Poor baby, At least I understand why I'm off sweets.

Top weight : 299

Current Weight: 225

Goal: Between 129 & 139- who knows what all the excess skin will weigh? But I Remember being comfortable at 129. Decades ago.

Career: Retired from working in Nurseries and growing and selling organic flowers. I 've been a Feng Shui Practioner for 15 years, A Reiki Practioner for 6 years.

Interest: Gardening, people lover, Anything energy healing wise, Nature: Passing it all on to the children, Faeries

Color: All, but fav is pastel pink And purple

Looks: 5'1/2 ", long grey hair ( was auburn), blue eyes, pear shaped

Music: Can an old hippy admit she loves country? Celtic, Sound Garden, 60's& 70's rock, William Ackerman, Gary Stadler, Sherly Crow, Melissa Ethridge, heck really anything but rap. Just love music. Learning to play " singing" bowls.

Movies: Favorite is The Secret Garden, 2nd is " Dirty Dancing." I was baby in the mid 60's. Like anything not gory , But Fav genre is comedy I do not want to leave feeling wrung out when movies cost so much.

Tv: Trying to cut way back, no more news except local ! Makes me want to eat. Love british mysteries on LPB , Oprah's Super Soul Sundays.

Religion: Baha'i by way of Catholic, Many inbetween including Nature. On a spiritual journey that pulls from all religions and teachers To form an ever evolving, open minded personal path.

Problem in weight loss : I am currently trying to eat mindfully and stop when full. The stopping when I am enjoying the meal is hard.

Weight Loss Plan : Right now it has evolved to 3 meals a day chosen out of a possible list with my pendulum. No sugar ( of any kind other than raw honey), No white Flour, Pasta or Rice. 95 % gluten free, Meat only once a week) Lots of Water and herbal teas. No artificial sweeter and the onl natural one other than raw honey is stevia.

Favorite Foods: Right now it is gluten and sugar free muffins of all sorts. My most fav is Cinnamon Apple made with almond flour. I will share it.

I guess I'm sort of an Alternachick since I've been posting under the subforum a bit. :) I'm pretty much a plain Jane but have a lot of contacts in/admiration for different Alternachick-y communities.

NAME: atmos

BIRTHDAY: March 30 (just turned 30!)

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT: 160

CURRENT WEIGHT: 145 after a gain

GOAL WEIGHT: 125

EYE COLOR: Blue

HAIR COLOR: Dirty blonde that's a bit red in the sun

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Genealogy, hiking, Irish dance, beer tasting, music, crochet

PETS: A very sweetly evil cat

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Colorado Front Range

FAVORITE COLOR: Green

FAVORITE FOODS: Pizza, chips, ice cream, yogurt, strawberries

FAVORITE EXERCISE: A toss up between Irish dance and hiking

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Books about physics, weather, astronomy, or ancient religions and culture, particularly Insular Celtic and Egyptian

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Not much into movies. Repo the Genetic Opera and a lot of Tim Burton's work come to mind.

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): Crime documentaries

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: Gaelic punk (The Tossers, The Real McKenzies, Flatfoot 56, The Young Dubliners, The Welch Boys, The Pogues to name a few), 90s rock/alt rock/grunge

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Emotional binge eating

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I don't know that anything is different. But I'm hopeful.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: Calorie counting at 20% reduction from TDEE and ample exercise.

RELIGION: Pagan, specifically Druidry but leaning towards a more Celtic Reconstructionist path

POLITICS: Independent but lean more liberal.

PIERCINGS: One in each ear lobe

TATTOOS: None yet, but I've been considering either a tree of life or Gaelic phrase (see signature) on my left side. Haven't settled yet.

Hey!
 

Hey! I'm Katelin, and I'm definitely an alternachick, even though I fall on the "indie folk" side of the spectrum.:carrot:

Name: Katelin

Age & Birthday: May 5th, 2000 (15)

Top Weight: 150 (at 4'11)

Current Weight: 130 (at 5'2)

Goal Weight: 120

Eye Color: A very green hazel

Hair Color: Medium Brown

Hobbies: Singing, musical theater, (minus the dancing) playing guitar, music, reading, songwriting, painting, traveling, history, writing, geography, psychology/mental health, and photography.

Pets: None

Geographic Locale: Southern NY

Favorite Color: Peacock Blue

Favorite Foods: Ice cream, (:o) raspberries, blackberries, apples, peanut butter, and pasta with pesto sauce (gluten free pasta, that is)
Favorite Exercises: LONG walks, hikes, and core workouts.

Favorite Books: A Catcher in the Rye, Breakfast of Champions, Persepolis, Slaughterhouse Five, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Book Thief, any poetry by Plath or Cummings, The Enormous Room, and The Bell Jar.
Favorite Movies: Once, The King's Speech, and Whiplash.

Favorite Musicals: Once, (LOVE LOVE) Fiddler on the Roof, Hair, A Chorus Line, Ragtime, Urinetown, and Cabaret.

Favorite TV Shows: PARKS AND RECREATION **** YES

Favorite Music (get ready for a laundry list) The Civil Wars, Daughter, Bon Iver, Gregory Alan Isakov, James Vincent McMorrow, Lucy Rose, The Swell Season, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Norah Jones, Ingrid Michaelson, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Lord Huron, Joy Williams, (formerly of The Civil Wars) The Staves, Mumford and Sons, The Lumineers, The Head and the Heart, The Beatles, Beirut, Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, Of Monsters and Men, Bombay Bicycle Club, The XX, and Alt-J.

Problem in Weight Loss: Binge Eating Disorder (Now Recovered!!!!:D)

Weight Loss Plan: 90 minutes of physical activity daily and following macros. Gluten free and proud!

Religious Beliefs: Agnostic Atheist

Political Views:(Very) Liberal Democrat:cool:

No tattoos or even piercings, I HATE needles.

Hi I'm new.
 

Name: Iris

Age: 30

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Weight & Height: 5'4, 177.

Job: I work for a music company doing music stuff. I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing with my life.

Music: Experimental, noise, avant-garde, industrial, goth, post punk, punk, all kinds of things.

Books: Zines. Macabre non fiction. Morbid Curiosity Magazine. Anatomy. Comic books. Forensic anthropologist autobiographies. Biographies of writers and artists. Sometimes I read fiction.

TV: It's complicated.

Interests/Hobbies: Walking. Playing the cello and harmonium. Coffee. Visiting weird places.

Goals: Lose weight. Learn more. Be happy.

Religion: Pagan.

Relationship Status: In a relationship.

NAME: lisa

BIRTHDAY: 4/7/67

MARITAL STATUS: Single

TOP WEIGHT: 315

CURRENT WEIGHT: 303

GOAL WEIGHT: 180 but I'd settle for 200

EYE COLOR: blue

HAIR COLOR: brown

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: the outdoors, Nascar, NFL football, crochet, scrapbooking

PETS: currently, 2 cats, 1 dog

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: west-central Ohio

FAVORITE COLOR: burgundy

FAVORITE FOODS: chocolate

FAVORITE EXERCISE: yuck

FAVORITE BOOK(S): sci-fi, mystery, action adventure

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): sci-fi, super hero, action adventure

FAVORITE TV SHOW(S): cooking shows, PBS shows, too many to name

FAVORITE BAND/MUSIC: alternative

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: portions too large

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I've set my mind this time, no matter how long it takes, I will get healthy again.

WEIGHT LOSS PLAN: weight loss classes, weight loss clinic, drink more water (accomplished), the Mediterranean Diet

RELIGION: raised Presbyterian

POLITICS: probably more Democratic

PIERCINGS: none right now, I feel kinda too old for them.

TATTOOS: 3
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Goals: 180 lbs., continue to get healthier and healthier, improve my heart and lungs