Screen Name: tomorrowsme

Age/Age Range: 28

Family Life: Living with partner

Occupation: Attorney

Hobbies and Interests: Crafts (crochet, scrapbooking, etc.), cooking, writing, music

Favorite Music: Depends on my mood. I have a soft spot for 90s alternative rock, since it's what I was listing to during my formative years, but I'll listen to anything- classic rock, pop (current and 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s), country, rap. Oh, and Moxy Fruvous. Workout music is mostly pop and techno.

Favorite Color(s): Purple

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Treadmill (walking now, want to start running once I get halfway to goal), resistance/weights

What are your fitness/health goals? I want to 1) get fit enough to have healthy babies in a couple of years and 2) to get small enough to fit places (restaurant booths, airplane seats, etc.). And someday I want to run at least a 5k, actually run.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I have just over a year before I turn 30, and I don't want to be fatter than I was when I turned 20. I was about 315 when I turned 20.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Persistance. I have a very long journey, and I have always hit a wall where I just want to stop tracking and eat cheese.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1. Staying on track and recording everything I eat.
2. Staying under 2200 calories a day.
3. Exercising more than 2x/week.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Not that evil- I want to look better than I've ever looked.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Pants/jeans that actually look good, and not like clown pants. Also, heels.

Screen Name: Image

Age/Age Range:49

Family Life:Single with b/f. Two grown children and one grandson.

Occupation:medical assistant

Hobbies and Interests: photography , animal rescue.

Favorite Music:Rock, blues, big band

Favorite Color(s):yellow/ orange/ blk

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:walking/bike.

What are your fitness/health goals?To get back into the habit of working out daily. Weight loss of course.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Saw my photo from my son's wedding shower.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Sugar. It's a total addiction. I can't go a day without it. Also, depression and fatigue.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?Sugar control, more exercise and more water.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :Myself, three years ago.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A decent size pair of jeans and a cute t-shirt that doesn't show the rolls.

Screen Name: PhoebesMum

Age/Age Range: 36

Family Life: Married with a brand new baby daughter :)

Occupation: Event Planner

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, gardening, running

Favorite Music: Electronica, Dance, Pop, Retroactive

Favorite Color(s): Purple

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Running, Yoga, Strenth training

What are your fitness/health goals? Lost the weight I gained during my pregancy and then lost an additional 20 pounds.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit?
Need to get back into my prepregnacy clothes for when I go back to work.
Want to be healthy for my daughter as well make sure that I am teaching her to take care of herself with good eating habits and exercise.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?
Emotional eating. I struggle with depresssion and eating is a way to help me cope.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
Tracking my food
Menu Planning
Creating and sticking to exercise routine

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :
My friend who had a baby last year. I want to show her that I can lose the pregancy weight and I just dont have to settle like her.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
Don't really have any thing special. I just want to be able to fit into clothes in most stores.

Screen Name:ChubbychickNOmore

Age/Age Range:23 will be 24 in August! =)

Family Life: I live in TN with my husband who is in the Army. I have a beautiful dog and cat by the name of Sophie(dog) and Lucy (cat)

Occupation: I currently work in retail

Hobbies and Interests: i enjoy walking my dog, love yoga, dancing as I clean my house, and having date night (tuesday movie nights)

Favorite Music:i listen to alternative christian music but occasionally listen to r&B and hip hop.

Favorite Color(s):purple and pink

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: yoga and tae bo but ive gained weight to tae bo got way harder for me to do, but its a great workout!

What are your fitness/health goals?I eat horrible. I love all the wrong fatty foods such as fried chicken and wings. I really want to change my relationship with food. I dont want to live to eat but eat to live. I want to start treating my body better by feeding it the right foods. And i love to exercise but i have become soo lazy. That changes now!

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I used to like looking in the mirror and even though i still do its a bit more painful especially because when i gain weight i can see it in my face and neck. Im not comfortable in my own skin and that is affecting how i carry myself and my comfort level with my own husband.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? fast food, wings, (i crave meat a lot), lack of portion control from me and my husband. I also love to cook i just dont know how to cook healty.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : i want to look better than myself 4 years ago lol..i was at 175 then lost 40 punds a year later and was at 135. My goal is to look better than i did when i weighed 135. (i weigh around 175 again!!)

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a little black dress. Something about a little black dress that makes me feel soo sexy.

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Im at 175 right now my goal it to weigh 120 at 5 feet.
I know i can do it, i just need the right support and lots of will power!!!

First mini goal is 169!
2nd mini goal is 159!
3rd mini goal is 149
4th mini goal is 138
5th mini goal is 128
6th mini goal is 120!!!! Im will be thrilled!:carrot:

Screen Name: Kallismom

Age/Age Range: Just turned 33

Family Life: Happily married with 2 daughters and 3 dogs

Hobbies and Interests: Hanging out with my family, reading, arts, and crafts

Favorite Music:All sorts of music from classic rock to new pop and some of everything in between. I am absolutely NOT genre loyal!

Favorite Color(s): I love citrus colors - lemon yellow, lime green, and orange.

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Dancing

What are your fitness/health goals?Have energy and be rid of achy joints

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Not one thing in particular. I am just sick of looking at how much weight I have to lose and it seeming to be such a long and daunting process, only to let another year pass and realize I could have already been at my goal weight by now ten times over.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?Being consistant (especially in social situations).

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?Letting myself become too hungry to make wise choices
Eating foods that I know will cause physical discomfort
Making myself a priority

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? Me for the past 14 years.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?Clothes that FIT!

Screen Name: oliconnelly

Age/Age Range: 21

Family Life: single, still at home with my mother and younger brother. "dating" over the internet. P:

Occupation: Cashier in a grocery store

Hobbies and Interests: reading, writing, drawing, swaps, snail mail, movies, music

Favorite Music: all kinds~! my favorite band, though, would have to be Say Anything. :3

Favorite Color(s): red, pink, and black

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: elliptical~.

What are your fitness/health goals? For one, I want to be at a healthy weight for the first time in my life. I've started having a lot of trouble out of my left knee. It's arthritic. At 21! This scares me, and so I'm trying to change it.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Well...quite honestly....the realization that I want to meet and, one day, marry James, my "boyfriend." I want to look good for him. lol

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? having to eat on a budget. Dx

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? I need to exercise waaaay more. Eat more vegetables. Change my Wendy's salad choice. D:

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : hmm....my mom, for one. >.> She's been belittling me for almost 21 years because of my weight. And, I want to prove to her that I CAN do something right.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? omg. so many things! lol just...cuter things that don't make me look like I'm in my 40's.

Screen Name: GMCMOMMY

Age/Age Range: 31

Family Life:married with 2 children

Occupation: High School Math Teacher

Hobbies and Interests:Working out, quilting

Favorite Music:all; really enjoy classic rock

Favorite Color(s):blue

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:walk/jog

What are your fitness/health goals? I would like to reach a weight that gives me a healthy BMI and in addition would like to reach a weight that is in the healthy range for my age and build,

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? April 2009 dh had incident (suspected heart attack at 33) and we reevaluated our lifestyle. We would like to see our grandchildren some day.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? We are always on the go and sometimes it is difficult to pack a healthy meal all of the time.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? 1. longer workouts 2. writing down my information in a journal 3. always packing my lunch.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : no one in particular. I just want to look good.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a sexy bathing suit.

Starting out new...
 

Screen Name:

Age/Age Range:

Family Life:

Occupation:

Hobbies and Interests:

Favorite Music:

Favorite Color(s):
Any color but purple!

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:
Walk 7 miles per week on average, trying to build up to 15 miles.

What are your fitness/health goals?
To lose weight, and be healthy. I want to learn how to make good eating decisions as a second nature

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit?
I HAVE ALWAYS been dieting. I really don't have a certain point. I have tried so many fad diets that is not even funny, I have tried diet pills. The whole point is I just haven't been able to stay on it.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?
Staying consistent, I always fall off and its the end for me. I am a "social" eater. I eat when everyone else eats, and I eat excessfully around others. By myself, I don't eat 1/2 as much. My biggest is just staying consistent.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
stop yo-yo dieting, listening to everyone else, and lose weight for myself.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :
lol, I want to look better than I do right now!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?

A two piece bikini again, and shop at the mall without a problem. Goodbye Torrid hello my old american eagle jeans : )


A little more about me:

I am a new member on here, but I have known about this site for quite awhile. The people I see on here who have counted calories and lost weight have inspired me to count calories. I have been counting calories for 2 weeks now, and I already feel better!! If you have any advice about my regitiamate below then please let me know because I want to lose this weight now that I am young so I don't have this burden the rest of my life!!!!!!

Regitamate:

1400 - 1500 calories per day

Walk at least 7 miles a week.

I used a calorie counter on my cell phone, and it has really helped. I weighed 255, and I am not going to weigh myself but once a month because I am really bad about obcessing myself with the scale!!. I use to weigh 145 pounds back in 2006, and after I had my daughter I began to stress out and the weight just piled on. I gained weight in 2007, and I have been yo-yoing from 225 to 255. I gain and lose that 30 pounds constantly, and I am ready to bypass all of it. I am ready to lose the weight!!! So I do need some support I will try to post everyday! So be my buddy if you would like to be!!!!

Screen Name: Mommy in Motion/Dagny

Age/Age Range: 26

Family Life: married with two children

Occupation: gym manager

Hobbies and Interests: running, yoga, hiking, camping, photography, books, movies, music, poetry, you name it! Oh, and coffee. I am very, very interested in coffee. :p

Favorite Music: Mostly punk, but I listen to a wide range of stuff.

Favorite Color(s):

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Running, and weight training. I love challenging myself with weights.

What are your fitness/health goals? Once, in the not so distant past, I was a very active and healthy person. I want to be that person again.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? It's always pictures! Family portraits 4 years ago started me on my journey. Then I got comfortable and the weight crept back on. I saw pictures of myself on my friends birthday party, and realized how much I had let myself go again.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Emotional eating

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1)Food journaling/calorie counting (I used to swear by it but haven't been consistent in a long time
2) Drinking more water!
3) Making the time to workout, instead of expecting to magically "find" the time

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My co-worker

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? I don't have an incentive outfit yet!

Intro.
 

Screen Name: Chubs192

Age/Age Range: 20

Family Life: Living with the Boyf'

Occupation: Student

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, Films, Music, Travelling.

Favorite Music: Acoustic, Folk, Country

Favorite Color(s): Green

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Long walks, Sex.

What are your fitness/health goals? Get to 150lbs.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit?
My nurse told me I was overweight, nearing obese for my height.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?
Boredom eating, finding motivation to exercise.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
My exercise needs to be structured, I work better with plans and lists.
I need to stick to my stopping of drinking beer and wine and fizzy.
More water has to be consumed. I dehydrate easily at the best of times.


(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :
My sister who calls me fat subtley or not so much every few days.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
My pretty dresses, corsets and black silk shorts

Intro to me - SandraCougar
 

Screen Name: SandraCougar

Age/Age Range: 39

Family Life: Married, 2 kids

Occupation: Jack of all trades, master of none! farm wife, bookkeeper, etc.

Hobbies and Interests: getting healthy and feeling great

Favorite Music: 80's of course, Duran Duran!!

Favorite Color(s): Green

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: FIRM DVD's

What are your fitness/health goals? to drop 50lbs and build lots of muscle

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? pictures for our church directory.....

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? not much of a veggie eater

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? keep exercising, eat less and be healthy

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Myself from 16 yrs ago!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a fitted dress that doesn't hide any lumps or bumps under it!

Screen Name: Goldiloxx

Age/Age Range: 47

Family Life: Female partner, 2 cat sons

Occupation: Editor

Hobbies and Interests: Entertaining, kayaking, cooking, road trips, eating great food!

Favorite Music: eclectic

Favorite Color(s): blues

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: kayaking, bellydancing, biking -- want to learn to be a runner/cycler!

What are your fitness/health goals? Lose 103 pounds, become a runner/cycler, have atletic activitis be a major part of my life!

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Been a-tryin this since I was 6, which is 42 years...

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Portion control. That's all the struggle there is...

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Portion control. Giving up when the going gets tough.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? Myself and how I look right now.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Little jean shorts and a boyfriend tee-shirt! (omg, I'm 47, for gosh's sake!)
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Screen Name: Bootsie

Age/Age Range: 57

Family Life:Married

Occupation:Ranchers wife

Hobbies and Interests: Training stock dogs , animals, love to carve wood

Favorite Music:cowboy church


Favorite Color(s): blue, red pink

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:dancing

What are your fitness/health goals? be healthy ,loose 35 pounds

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? mirror

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? stress and being hungry

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? stress, exercise, choosing more energy foods in the morning hours

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : ME!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Smaller clothes
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Screen Name:WilyKitt

Age/Age Range: 32

Family Life: Married for 10 years this August and we have a 7 yo Boy and a 4 yo Daughter

Occupation:Stay at home Mom/Student

Hobbies and Interests: I love to play games on Pogo when I have the time and offline I like to craft and cross stitch

Favorite Music: I have been told by my loving Husband that I am stuck in the '90's alterna rock, bot I love almost everything popular

Favorite Color(s): Green all the way baby!

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I love to walk, if I can have a day where the car does not move yet I got all my shopping ect done I am a happy girl!

What are your fitness/health goals? I want to be healthy and beable to bend over without it being a chore!

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I don't want to be the "large" girl anymore, I want to beable to go places and not think of how fat I am compaired to the others there

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? The kids snack cupboard:D Really it's telling myself I am worth this investment in myself, I have been told I'm fat pretty much my entire life by my parents, even when I was a slim child and I think it has affected me more than I have ever known until the last 3 years since I quit my job working with them. I am gonna work past that!

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? My Diet coke addiction, eating when bored not hungry and fast food when I am alone.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My older sister :devil:

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? My cute mini Jean skirt my Hubby loves! I bought it 3 years ago when I was 30 lbs lighter, it will be pulled from the back of the closet!

I'm so excited to be here!
 

Good afternoon fellow chicks! I'm really excited to have found this site. I can tell that everyone here is extremely supportive and in just a few minutes of browsing I have come across several fantastic ideas and inspiring stories.

I have been a major yo-yo dieter since I was about 18. I was a chubby kid growing up and when I went to college, I decided it was time for that to change. So I basically starved myself, took diet pills, and eventually went from an all-time high of 175 to an all-time low of 119. Since the unhealthy 119, I have yo-yoed up to 145, down to 130, up to 165, down to 140, up to 155, and now I'm at 142lbs. But this time I have absolutley committed myself to REASONABLE, HEALTHY dieting and exercise. Feeling strong and healthy and knowing that I am doing all I can to age gracefully and always be an active woman who takes care of herself and enjoys life is a much more important goal for me than seeing any particular number on the scale.

I can tell that I will be surrounded by amazingly inspiring and supportive people here, and I'm really stoked to meet you all! HUGS!

Screen Name: Mallorita

Age/Age Range: Soon to be 27

Family Life: Married, no kids.

Occupation: I teach English as a Foreign Language to professionals and university and high school students in Quito, Ecuador.

Hobbies and Interests:International politics, human rights and sustainable development, cooking and baking all sorts of things I shouldn't be eating, walking, writing, reading...

Favorite Music:Alternative rock, classic rock, some folk.

Favorite Color(s):Any shade of gREEn!

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:I LOVE walking! I walk home from work every day (about 3 miles), and like to go out for walks in the park or short hikes on the weekends. My current exercise routine also includes Jillian Micheals Shape Up videos and Rodney Yee Yoga Now, but I'm starting to get bored with it and want to find something new to change things up a bit.

What are your fitness/health goals? I want to feel STRONG, light, upbeat, and full of energy. I want to be able to go hiking and not feel like the dead weight of the group.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Two people in my life were diagnosed with cancer within a short period of time and I decided that life is too short to be wasting being a binging emotional wreck of a couch potato. I decided that I needed to start LIVING.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Emotional eating, snacking that turns into binging, and not being able to get back on the wagon after taking a little spill off the edge.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1) I would really like to become more disciplined about keeping a food/emotion journal. I think it would help me tremendously to see on paper how my emotional and physical well-being are intertwined. I just need to get myself to stop for a few minutes every day to actually scribble down some notes.
2) I need to find some better coping mechanisms to avoid binges and also be able to stop them once I have started.
3) I've gotta start loving myself! I can be a real b**** to myself some times. I'm working on this one, but it's a big challenge for me to recognize and stop those destructive thought patterns.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :
I want to look as good as a girl I went to college with. She is hot, she is beautiful inside and out, and if she can do it, so can I, damn it! :)

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? I keep envisioning the day I can go to the beach and feel comfortable in my swimming suit, SANS cover up or T-shirt or sarong. That will be true liberation!

Screen Name:Allhaka

Age/Age Range: 41

Family Life: Married, young adult daughter

Favorite Music: HUGE music fan! I'm an 80's hair metal girl at heart, but I love all rock....

Favorite Color(s): purple

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Right now I am really into my stationary bike.

What are your fitness/health goals?
I'd like to MAINTAIN a healthy weight for my size.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?
I start and stop. I have issues sticking with my plans....

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
Drinking water. I might go the whole day and consume less than 8 ounces of ANY liquid.
Sticking with my WO plan.
Not getting too obsessive.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than?
I like this question. :) I'm not feeling very snarky right now. I guess I'd just like to look good to me.....

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
Nothing! :carrot:

I have some other issues playing into my weight that are going to make this journey a little tough. I have an auto-immune disease and I am the QUEEN of giving into that (w/ regards to exercise) when i'm flaring. The truth is I feel SO much better when i'm working out so I really need to knock that off. Over the past year or two, i've gone into full blown menopause (yay for me - I always was an early adopter) AND found out i'm hypothyroid and both are kind of atypical. I don't have a TON of weight to lose, but I seem to really be putting it on now quite easily and I just need to get into some good habits for the future....

I'm tracking my food and workouts mainly on Spark but I don't really love the forums over there, so I will be checking in here a lot for my motivation.

Looking forward to getting to know you guys!

Screen Name: punkrprincessa (old screenname I've always used since high school days :))

Age/Age Range: 23

Family Life:

Occupation: just graduated college

Hobbies and Interests: love music, cooking, food, travel, and sunshine.

Favorite Music: anything thats catchy!

Favorite Color(s): none!!!! weird, huh?

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: RUNNING! Hate it, but it works! Loveee Zumba!

What are your fitness/health goals? Weigh 120-125, and be toned and in overall good shape.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Scale reading one day, just made something click. I always wanted to wear cute clothes and look nice and I realized I could never wear the things I wanted while I didnt care about my appearance.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Overeating.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? More consitent excercising, more water, and more drive to workout.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : thats a tough one!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a bikini and sit down in it!

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Screen Name: LiliK

Age/Age Range: 48 in August

Family Life: Married with a grown stepdaughter and a really spoiled old cocker spaniel.

Occupation: Teacher and medical transcriptionist.

Hobbies and Interests: Anything medical, music, travel, reading.

Favorite Music: Too much to list. Quicker to say I don't like rap and I don't like listening to opera (although I enjoy it live!).

Favorite Color(s): Depends on my mood; purple is usually good.

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Walking for now. As I lose weight, I'm hoping to include strength/weight training plus yoga.

What are your fitness/health goals? Getting healthy and strong and DROPPING THIS WEIGHT!!!

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? My husband has had weight loss surgery, and he is looking and feeling great. My turn now, and surgery isn't for me. I want to feel fantastic, and I want to blow his mind.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Planning ahead for appropriate meals and finding time for exercise (busy schedule).

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? 1. Planning and preparing meals ahead of time so I don't cave and grab something quick and bad for me. 2. Incorporating exercise as a fun activity on a daily basis. 3. Eating at home more frequently so I have better control over what I eat.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than?: LOVE this question, but am keeping the answer secret for now (but I appreciate the motivation, as I'm not sure I would have considered this on my own).

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A bathing suit--I used to swim competitively and lifeguard, and I love the water/beach, but there is no way I'm going out in public in a bathing suit until I drop this weight and get my body back into shape. Also, a pair of fantastic, tight, lean jeans.

Screen Name: envelope

Age/Age Range: 37

Family Life: married, 3 kids, 1 dog, 1 bunny

Occupation: student

Hobbies and Interests: couponing, hanging out with the family, watching ice hockey.

Favorite Music: Country

Favorite Color(s): blue

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: elyptical

What are your fitness/health goals?
Eat healthy and work out daily

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit?
When I returned to school to become an elementary education teacher, I decided that when I started teaching I wanted to walk into a classroom at a healthier weight.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?
Eating when stressed.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
Eating at night
Eating more vegis
Eating less processed foods

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :
:)

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
I have a swimsuit in my drawer that I can not wait to wear.

New from Georgia
 

I can't remember if I introduced myself or not. I created an account, introduced myself to the overall group but I'm not sure if I introduced myself to all of you calorie counters. If I did, well, just ignore this post, and if I didn't then....here I am :D

Screen Name: GaDragonfly

Age/Age Range:55

Family Life: Married, no children, 5 cats

Occupation: Executive Assistant to COO and CMO of a university hospital

Hobbies and Interests: BBQ judging, reading, kayaking

Favorite Music: blues/jazz

Favorite Color(s): Blue

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Yuck

What are your fitness/health goals? To be able to climb a mountain after kayaking 8 miles downriver

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? A recent picture

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Nighttime binging

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Snacking, getting motivated to exercise, drinking water

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? wetsuit

Screen Name: Magnolia Rayne

Age/Age Range: 36

Family Life: I have a beautiful daughter who is my world and a loving, supportive husband who means everything to me.

Occupation: Graphics designer/Homemaker

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, writing/blogging, singing, dancing

Favorite Music: Anything up beat, motivating and makes me feel alive.

Favorite Color(s): Any shade of brown, Hunter green, Black

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Walking, dancing, strength training, pilates

What are your fitness/health goals? To reach a health weight of 130 lbs and to maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle. To exercise on a daily basis and to actually enjoy it and look forward to it. To drink more water and eat more freggies.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? When my mother's neighbor walked over to my daughter after not seeing her for a year and noticed she had lost all her weight (due to meds) and said to her, "thank God your not fat anymore. I thought you would end up as fat as your mother."

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Exercising regularly

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1.) Setting exercise as a priority
2.) Emotional eating
3.) Water intake

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than?: My brother-in law's girlfriend and my cousin.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A beautiful sun dress that comes mid-thigh

Screen Name:SheGos91

Age/Age Range:19

Family Life:Fiance and our cat Ninja

Occupation:Nanny

Hobbies and Interests:reading, music, movies

Favorite Music:Music is my life I'll listen to anything

Favorite Color(s): pink, orange, green

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: yoga

What are your fitness/health goals? 135 the healthy weight for my height and to be in shape

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? when I was 10 pounds away from 200 pounds I knew I had to do something. And when my fiances EVIL mother told me I me I was getting fat. I just want to stick it to her.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Emotional eating

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Daily exercising, motivation and cuting back on eating

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? Make my evil ex who got my ex bestie prego kicking himself. Also my fiance now deserves a healthy beautiful woman. And I do to

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? all my clothes that don't fit now hopefully a bikini next summer

Screen Name: bluecrystal9

Age/Age Range:29, almost 30 (:o)

Family Life:in a relationship with amazing partner G

Occupation:student/artist/gallery assistant

Hobbies and Interests:making things, writing, bicycling, music, life!

Favorite Music: from folk/bluegrass to electronic to hiphop

Favorite Color(s): anything brilliant!

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:started the Couch to 5K plan, weight lifting (tho i'm slacking a bit), bicycling, Zumba (:carrot:)

What are your fitness/health goals? i want to be toned to ripped, eventually. i want beautiful muscles! to go from 180 to 140, somewhere in that range for my medium build 5'4" 3/4 frame.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Approaching 30 has been my reason for all of my goals lately. That, and my brother (and my partner's bro) is getting married next winter and I want to look damn good going into my 30s!!

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Lack of faith that this will happen with perseverance and effort. But I am sticking to it like glue. I've never actually "tried" to lose weight, it's happened because of my habits--but i live in an area of the world that is foggy and cloudy much of the time--which motivates me to eat carbs!

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? I want to lift more. But i don't have access to weights right now, so i am doing a circuit. i tend to not exercise as much around my moon time, because i feel really achey and my knees hurt a bit. Since I've started my goal trajectory, i've been on it!

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : the 20 somethings i work with/see in class :cool:

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a bikini! ha, i've never worn one and don't own a swim suit at the moment either. also, something like a leather/latex bodysuit would be pretty cool ;)
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Screen Name: summersmom98

Age/Age Range:34

Family Life:I am married and have one 12 year old girl from a previous relationstip

Occupation:I am a technical writer for the military plane AV8 Harringer.

Hobbies and Interests:I love to paint, sew, hang out with my daughter and husband. I also love to spend time with my dachshund Peyton.

Favorite Music:I like most kinds of music. I would say may favorite is 80's hair bands..

Favorite Color(s):I like the colors green and orange.

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I like working out at the gym as often as possible. My daughter and I ride our bikes when its not burning hot out.

What are your fitness/health goals? I would like to lose 20 pounds. My biggest goal is to get my prolactin levels stable so I can ovulate and have another baby. We have been trying for 10 years. Ive tried clomid but it didnt work. Although due to insurance issues I was only able to take it for 3 months.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I was always thin until I met my husband 10 years ago. He is a chef... Ive been riding the usual weight roller coaster. Well now I am so tired all the time. (Most likely from life stresses and the prolactinoma) I think the chubby face is the worst part.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Keeping my self esteem up that it will actually work out in the end.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? I need more self control from ice cream. I think a workout buddy would be nice. I need to realize the weight didnt appear overnight so it wont disappear overnight either.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Nobody in particular.. Just better than I do now. Although my husband insists I love fine.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? I would like to wear a stylish babydoll top without looking pregnant.

I really hate the way I look. I hate pictures of me also. Sometimes I think I look good and most other times I find every flaw possible. But I would gain 100 pounds to have another baby. It hurts me that I cant give my husband a baby.
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Screen Name: beautiful days ........... 3fatchicks blog : jazzyjess

Age/Age Range: 23 years a month and two days.

Family Life: half samoan, so i have a really really really really large family

Occupation: student/library clerk

Hobbies and Interests: music.. finally graduating from college

Favorite Music: all kinds! serge gainsbourg, white stripes, murder city devils, the beatles, lcd soundsystem, jens lekman, **** robot, hot chip, sleater-kinney, bratmobile.. just to name a few.

Favorite Color(s): I'm in love with the whole rainbow :D

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: elliptical, zumba

What are your fitness/health goals? be healthy enough to go to disneyland and knotts and be able to fit in ALL the rides!

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? i woke up with my hand numb, went online and read that it could be from diabetes. getting on a scale at a pharmacy and seeing i weighed 324 pounds.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? emotional eating.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? not overdoing my diet into oblivion, than gettting tired of it and quitting... again!

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Beyonce, baby!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? I'm comfortable wearing whatever right now.

Screen Name: KarenBee

Age/Age Range: 53

Family Life: married, lots of kids, 6 still living at home with us.

Occupation: recently started working part time at a thrift shop -- used to be a full time homemaker, and have had lots of different jobs in the recent past -- just can't seem to stick with anything too long --

Hobbies and Interests: sewing, internet, reading

Favorite Music: oldies; 60's and 70's rock, pop, and soul; classical; 70's disco; soft rock

Favorite Color(s): red

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I don't really do any formal exercise -- my job keeps me on my feet walking and moving around for hours, and that's pretty much all the exercise I get

What are your fitness/health goals? I want to weigh what my driver's license says I weigh (158), and be able to easily fit into any size 14 pants that I try on.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I regained back a lot of what I lost in 2004

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? snacking -- it's hard to not mindlessly munch

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? I should probably start some sort of formal exercise

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : most of the women my age that I know (wow, that really does sound bad) :o:D

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? any pair of size 14 jeans that I try on

Screen Name:jodicrutch

Age/Age Range:42

Family Life:married, 2 kids

Occupation:Pediatric Speech Pathologist

Hobbies and Interests:Reading, watching college football and basketball

Favorite Music:R&B, Gospel

Favorite Color(s):Peach, Red

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Walking, water aerobics

What are your fitness/health goals? To make exercise a habit that I actually enjoy. My health goals are to decrease/eliminate my blood pressure medicines

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? When I realized that I am too tired and uncomfortable to enjoy physical activities with my sons. I want to be healthy and fit so I can enjoy our physically active vacations, instead of sitting and waiting because I'm too tired.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Staying positive and not giving up. Making time for myself to exercise and plan my meals, without feeling guilty about taking time away from my family.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1.Eating more fruits/veggies
2.Reducing the fast food urge or at least making healthier choices when we go
3.Making exercise a habit

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My sister-in-laws (all 6 of them)

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? cute jeans and a tankini swimsuit next year (without a coverup)

Screen Name: nona337am

Age/Age Range: 28

Family Life: Mother to an 8 year old (who ruined my figure LOL)

Occupation: IT Industry

Hobbies and Interests: Outdoor Sports, Computer Technology

Favorite Music: All kinds

Favorite Color(s): Black

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Walking, Weights

What are your fitness/health goals? Be athletic, lose weight and be healthy

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I saw a recent photo of myself and was mortified! So you can say I was scared straight! LOL

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Motivation

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Learn to eat and cook healthier meals. Prepare meals in advance and exercise everyday.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : I don't want to look better than anyone but everytime I see Jennifer Lopez or Kim Kardashian's body - I cringe!!!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A bathing suit without a cover up.


:) Nona

Screen Name: Kalymarie

Age/Age Range:24

Family Life: Engaged, getting married next spring.

Occupation: Merchandiser

Hobbies and Interests: Riding my horse, my dogs, swimming

Favorite Music: Country

Favorite Color(s): Pink

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Running, Eliptical, BodyPUMP

What are your fitness/health goals? Loose 80 pounds, Run 5k

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Watching the video from my proposal and only being able to see how HUGE I have gotten

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Eating Better, Finding time to workout daily

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?Cutting out sweets, Doing more toning/weight lifting, building my stamina

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :My sister is 5'10 with the body of a supermodel, I would love to just be able to stand next to her and not look invisible

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?I can't wait to wear a bathing suit and feel comfortable, and SKIRTS

Screen Name: Taffeta

Age/Age Range: 21

Family Life: I'm living at home with my parents and brother while I work my way through college.

Occupation: Student working on BA

Hobbies and Interests: School...? Heh, I don't really have any hobbies, I need to work on that.

Favorite Music: Alternative rock and country music. Yes, you heard me. Plus a lot of other stuff. I like what I like, it doesn't matter who sings it or what genre it is.

Favorite Color(s): Oranges and reds, I really have a thing for autumn colors.

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I like hiking, and biking, and rock climbing, anything outdoors. I don't own a bike at the moment :/ and we don't have any rock climbing places in town... So at the moment I use a Richard Simmons workout DVD and walk.

What are your fitness/health goals?: I want to weight 140 lbs, which is right around my ideal weight. Mostly I want to be healthy. I've always liked the idea of cutting out as much processed foods as possible.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit?: Heh, it's actually kinda funny. When I was 15, I weighed 160 lbs and my parents started getting on my back about watching what I ate. I really didn't care at all, never really thought about my weight, but I literally got up one morning and decided I'd lose weight to get my parents off my back. I counted calories and exercised for 30min/day, and lost 20 lbs in about 2 months. I felt AWESOME, but I eventually fell off of the wagon, and now that I REALLY CARE I can't seem to get back into what my mom and I call the "click".

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?: It's kind of hard right now because I have very very little say on what food is available to me. My parents do the grocery shopping and I simply can't afford to buy my own stuff. My dad and brother couldn't care less about dieting (for the most part) and when they shop for food, it's always junk and sweets. My mom is dieting like myself, but her approach seems to be 'if it's not in the kitchen I won't eat it' and so doesn't grocery shop besides what she needs to make her Monday night dinner (we trade off nights for cooking) thus we end up only having what the guys bring in. Say I wanted something for lunch right now (which I kinda do now that I think about it) I would have a choice of a can of diced tomatoes, deli slices ham, and 100 cal pudding; or I could cook the 6-8 serving lasagna in the freezer >.> yeah. We just don't keep snacks, healthy or other wise, and since everyone (but me) eats lunch out at work, we don't have lunch items. We switch off dinner nights, and only buy what ingredients we need for that night, and none of us know the meaning of the word "breakfast"... So I end up with a mediocre lunch, and then binge on dinner.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?:
1) I need to actually get up and exercise every night.
2) I need to can sugar, or at least moderate it properly, whichever my willpower can handle.
3) I need to stop making excused and get things done.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than?: My current self...? I think that's the point. I don't really have anyone else in mind.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?: OMG I swear I have a closet FULL of stuff that I bought when I was a size 10 and it's all so cute! Some of my favorite stuff is in that closet... which do I want to wear the most? A really cute cocktail dress that I never got the chance to wear >.< .

I can't remember if I introduced myself when I was first posting in here (2 years ago) so I thought I'd better re-introduce myself!
Screen Name: rainbowstripe

Age/Age Range: 23 (24 on October 2)

Family Life: Been with my boyfriend for 2.5 years, live sometimes at his house with his parents, and sometimes at my house with my parents! Have a lovely sister too, she was married last July.

Occupation: Artist/Part time retail

Hobbies and Interests: Films, Music, Video Games, Anime, Art, Cute things/quirky things.

Favorite Music: No one genre, I like a huge range of stuff.

Favorite Color(s): Purple, Black, Pink, Turquoise.

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Hip Hop Abs, Turbo Jam (though I'm still learning, it's hard to catch on sometimes!) Wii Fit, Exercycle/Stationary Bike. Walks!

What are your fitness/health goals? Become a healthier weight for my height (not necessarily BMI based), lose around 22 more kg (48 pounds), get fit enough to keep up with my boyfriend or at least be able to enjoy the outdoorsy things he likes to do! Have more clothing options!

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Just getting sick of how I look sometimes, feeling like I don't quite deserve my super hot boyfriend (which is silly but true) and my dad's recent diabetes diagnosis. He currently weighs 66kg/145 pounds, which is too low for him and a side effect of his ill-health, but still made me feel terrible knowing that he weighs so much less than me!

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Finding the motivation to continue to exercise day after day. Temptation to eat food that I know is not that nutritious for me.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
Need more stamina and motivation. Need to start enjoying more fruits and broaden the vegetables (though that is way improved already). Not beating myself up if I have an off day (which I rarely do).

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :
Not really evil... but I want people to look at me and see a whole package, not just a pretty face or whatever. This is evil : I want my sister to see me and get motivated to lose weight as well as I worry about her health more than my own.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
I can't imagine actually feeling comfortable in a bathing suit, but it would be amazing if I did, I would totally get one of those vintage style pin up ones. My boyfriend has even said that if/when I get to that point, he'll pay airfares and accommodation for a holiday to somewhere tropical! Also can't wait to just wear normal things like skinny jeans and a tee shirt and not feel self-conscious. Short dresses without tights or leggings!

Screen Name: LeanneRenee

Age/Age Range: 30

Family Life: I'm single and live on my own.

Occupation: Nonprofit fundraiser/ event planner gearing up to work on my Masters.

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, dancing, theatre, celebrity gossip, TV and hanging out with my amazing friends.

Favorite Music: I love Elton John and Eminem, show tunes and Britney Spears. I'm also really into Indie/ Alternative music.

Favorite Color(s): Pink and lavender.

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I really love to dance and any kind of class that is dance-based like Zumba. When I am into it, I love to run but it takes awhile for me to stop hating it and start loving it!

What are your fitness/health goals?: Ideally, I want to weigh 130 or less but my main goal is to get healthy in general. I just hit 30 and I refuse to spend my 30's feeling unhappy about my body like I did through most of my 20's.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit?: Turning 30 did it for me. I was superfit, toned and healthy until I went to college. I started piling on the weight and have never taken it off. I feel lethargic most days and am worried about the long term effects of my unhealthiness. I just finished a run in a musical, Cabaret, and I danced my butt off for two months and I was able to keep up with the younger dancers but my body really showed me it was out of shape and I was physically drained every night. I lost about 10 lbs but I started about 15 lbs heavier than I've ever been. Time to get this weight off!

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?: When I get home from work the last thing I want to do is cook or work out. I take the easy way out and grab fast food and lay on my couch while I watch TV. And sticking to whatever I am doing! I always quit after I lose about 18 lbs and gain it all back.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?:
1) Packing a good lunch so I don't eat out every day.
2) Get myself on a regular exercise and sleep regimen.
3) Staying motivated!

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than?: My 20-something year old self!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?: I'm five-foot-nothing, so jeans are impossible to buy. I want to buy a great pair of superexpensive designer jeans that can be tailored to fit ME. And a bikini. :cool:

Screen Name: Likklebex

Age/Age Range: 38

Family Life: Partner and one child

Occupation: Teacher

Hobbies and Interests: All sorts

Favorite Music: All sorts

Favorite Color(s): Aqua

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Wii Fit

What are your fitness/health goals? I want to lose 4 stones

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Fed up of not looking nice in my clothes and plus my OH said that if i reach my goal weight he will reward me with a marriage proposal!

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Only just started so I'll answer this later!

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Stop snacking, exercise more, continue to be motivated

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My Sister!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? nice dresses and jeans that fit properly

Screen Name: Penultimate

Age/Age Range: 20

Family Life: I live in a dorm on campus during the school year, but I come home to my parents' house for summer and I'm home on weekends a lot.

Occupation: Physics undergrad

Hobbies and Interests: (Copied from my profile >_>) Physics, Astronomy, Science in general, Playing Saxophone & Piano, Drawing, Reading, Video Games, Computers

Favorite Music: Anything but not everything!

Favorite Color(s): Blue with Silver

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Dance Dance Revolution, treadmill (running), stairmaster, freeweights

What are your fitness/health goals? To lose about 30-40 lbs, get into a size 7-9 pants, and lose my cankles, flabby arms, and thunder thighs!

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I've been struggling with my weight ever since I hit puberty. Some attempts have been more successful than others (I lost about 30 lbs when I was 16, now at 20 I've gained about 10 of it back). I was raised by my family to eat what I want when I want, and I'm sick of being the fat one. I also don't want to follow in my mother's footsteps to a sedentary lifestyle, morbid obesity, hypothyroidism, and a plethora of other health problems.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? I'm a notorious binge eater and I have no portion control! D: I'm also always mega busy with school so it's really hard to find time to exercise.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
1. Exercising EVERY day, even if it's only for 5-10 minutes. I'm studying physics and all my classes are REALLY time consuming and require hours and hours of studying every day, so it'll be a challenge to find time...
2. Portion control!!! I almost always clean my plate. My stomach is a bottomless pit. I need to learn to save some for leftovers the next day!
3. Binge eating. I can go through an entire bag of chips or box of crackers or cookies in one sitting. It's amazing I only weigh as much as I do!

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : XD Uhhh. I guess I don't care as long as I make my legs look better. I'm still not going to look great even after I lose weight because I have an ugly manly face with a big jaw and nose, so I'm just hoping that maybe having a nice body will make up for it...

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Dresses and skirts WITHOUT having to hide my cankles with boots or legwarmers!

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Screen Name: Ready4skinny

Age/Age Range: 32

Family Life: Married 10 years, one 8 year old, 2 fur babies

Occupation: SAHM

Hobbies and Interests: Handwork - Dollhouse minatures, quilting, crochet, needlepoint, reading, gardening...

Favorite Music: Country and Christian

Favorite Color:ahh - PURPLE

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: taking my son to school on our bikes, 6 miles, swimming, Netflix's - workouts, walking

What are your fitness/health goals? I was on the swim team in HS and would like to be able to do a 500 m race again, also to complete a 5k running/jogging the whole way

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Just tires of being fat, knees hurt, can't keep up with son, and TIRED OF DRAWSTRINGS in my pants.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? feeling entitled - if I workout then I EARNED - pizza, donught, cookies, shells and cheese....

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? diet-eating more fruits and veggies, not so many sweets - exercise- do it more regularly

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than?: My Sister, Sister in law, and I now its kind of crazy - my Mother in law, I have never felt on equal ground with her

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A new wedding dress! - for the renewal of our vows :D

Screen Name: StarGetsFit

Age/Age Range: 32

Family Life: Married and living in the husband's family's compound: 1 acre, 11 in-laws.

Occupation: Montessori Assistant

Hobbies and Interests: reading, hiking, cooking, putting off going to grad school

Favorite Music: I like a bit of everything

Favorite Color(s): Purple!

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I like to hike. I like exercise with a purpose, going somewhere, etc. I HATE just working out at the gym for the sake of working out.

What are your fitness/health goals? I would like to be fit enough to participate in a Warrior Dash next summer.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Realizing how close I am to 300lbs

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? I love food and I love eating, I really do. I especially like going out to eat.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Not eating fast food, drinking enough water, getting off the damn couch and exercising

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : I just want to look younger. My fat face ages me.

Screen Name: Shades

Age: 47

Family Life: Live with my partner of 12 years in the countryside with 2 dogs and a cat

Occupation: Home-maker and Astrologer

Hobbies and Interests: reading, guitars, films, gardening

Favorite Music: Al Green, Barry White, Republic of Loose, Indigo Girls

Favorite Colour: Red

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I enjoy walking early in the mornings

What are your fitness/health goals? To be able to wear jeans again and normal trousers without an elasticated waist! To walk my dogs up and down the hills without getting out of breath

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Breaking though the 15 stone barrier and realising that lacing my shoes was making me breathless

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Giving up cold beer and crisps

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Actually getting on the treadmill, becoming more active, avoiding snacking

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : I don't want to look better than anyone but Ellen Degeneres looks really fit. I find her quite inspirational

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size: My favourite pair of jeans and a lovely stripey jumper that I have which is too small. I have a wardrobe full of clothes I can't wait to wear. Clothes are a big motivation for me as I'm well tired of the tracksuit look

Screen Name: CoCoMonkey

Age/Age Range: 41

Family Life: Married, 1 teenage son (14) :D

Occupation: Legal Secretary

Hobbies and Interests:I like to read, watch movies, swim, ride my bike, hike, camp & fish

Favorite Music: Country & Classic Rock

Favorite Color(s): Blue

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I don't have one yet, but I'm going to start Zumba this week, it looks like fun. :dizzy:

What are your fitness/health goals? Healthy BMI, work out 5 days a week:carrot:

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? There was just a "click" in my brain that said enough, you are done with this and you can do it.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Excercise:nono:

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?Working out, Getting Enough sleep, Portion control

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : There are a couple of ladies here at work that just think they are the bomb....yeah, I want to blow 'em outta the water! :devil:

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A nice dress, a belt, jeans and a tank top.