Originally Posted by KTna (Post 803478)

Screen Name:
KTna
Age/Age Range:
27
Family Life:
Married, no kids yet.
Occupation:
Marketing
Hobbies and Interests:
Music, cars, real estate, art...
Favorite Music:
depends on the day, alternative-rap-classical...everything!
Favorite Color(s):
they all work for me
Favorite Exercise/Workouts:
Yourself!Fitness, Dance Dance Revolution, walking
What are your fitness/health goals?
I would like to get to 150, and see where I will go from there
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit?
Lost when I got married (but not enough) gained after that, lost for a cruise, maintained after that, now losing for my friends wedding that I am in (in June) and after that I am continuing losing for my birthday
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?
body image, I can't see the loss, and I feel that I haven't come as far as I have, I struggle with accepting the loose skin
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
I need to exercise more in general. I try to get up in the morning, but it's so hard!
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :
Myself, but I would like to look like one of the female wrestlers on WWE
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
Bridesmaid dress in June, and look great in it!

Originally Posted by aphil (Post 794007)

*Screen Name: Aphil

*Age/Age Range: almost 30! :lol:

*Family Life:
Married with two children-Raiden is 3, Jasmine is 6

*Occupation:
Middle Eastern dancer with Troupe Taleeba, professional seamstress and costume maker specializing in belly dance costumes and movie costume replicas, vendor for belly dance merchandise, member of the costume staff at TheForce.net

*Hobbies and Interests:
Art, dance (all kinds), music and instruments, costumes and costume design, sci-fi and fantasy movies and books, foreign culture, wine and mead, Renaissance faires, exercising, Natural health and eating practices, funky clothing, any craft-crocheting, floral design, beading, painting-you name it I do it. :lol:

*Favorite Music:
Middle Eastern, Prince, Ani Difranco, Adult alternative-folksy stuff, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, classical, Gothic-Type O Negative or Manson type stuff, Electronic Techno-Raver stuff, Bluegrass (yeah-imagine that! :lol: ) Afikan Jenbe, Native American and Middle Eastern drumming...really anything that makes unique use of instruments and musical talents. (So I actually pretty much hate pop music like Britney Spears and Hillary Duff.)

*Favorite Color(s): green, black, and any shade of brown. I like orange as well.

*Favorite Exercise/Workouts: strength training, belly dancing, walking, and yoga.

*What are your fitness/health goals?
To become stronger, more flexible, and more more aerobically fit. I would ultimately like to maintain a weight of around 140-but I am in no hurry. I concentrate the most on athletic fitness. I also concentrate on eating as much of a natural diet as possible.

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

After I had my first child I weighed 200 pounds. The trigger to get fit was when I saw photos of me with her during a baby pageant. It tore me up to see how fat I was. I made it to goal and maintenance, and soon became pregnant again.
I hadn't even recuperated from his birth totally yet when he became very ill with pneumonia and aspirated lungs at a few weeks of age. He was in intensive care for a while and I was doing breathing treatments and such every couple hours for a while after his hospital release. Once that was all over with-I realized how worn out and fat I was. I was 211 pounds and tired and just worn out. I couldn't wear anything but housewife sweatpants. I knew I had to start taking care of myself, if I was going to take care of my children.

*What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?
Binge eating/snacking

*What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
*Stop occasional binge eating/snacking
*To drink more water
*To try to push my dance experience and ability to a higher level

*(Evil motivation :devil: ) Who do you want to look better than? ;) :
Every female on my husband's side of the family. :rofl:

*What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
Shorts! (legs are my problem area)

Originally Posted by WantsSkinnyJeansBack (Post 2269273)

Aphil,

I love Ani, too. To the point where I wrote paper about her lyrics in a psych class in class. She's wonderful.

I have a problem with the occasional binge eating as well.... tough stuff!! Do you have any suggestions?

Congratulations on your weight loss!! Very impressive!

Tracie

Originally Posted by VermontMom (Post 794614)

Screen Name: VermontMom, real name Holly

Age/Age Range: oh, over 40 (44) :D

Family Life: Married, to same guy, for 25 years. Two sons, 22 and 14. One huge furry Alaskan shepherd

Occupation: Pastry Baker

Hobbies and Interests: MOTORCYCLES, working out, mostly baking but some cooking, reading, gardening, motorcycles

Favorite Music: I am hopelessly stuck in the music of late '70's and 80's, lol, but I also like the girl groups of the '50's, early Elvis.

Favorite Color(s): Black studded leather (sorry! :D) Black and dark deep colors, greens/burgundies.

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: anything by Gilad. I like weight training, I love muscles, I think a muscled woman is so sexy, strong.

What are your fitness/health goals? I would like to be a compact size 6, around 140, with definite muscle tone. I want people to be able to tell I work out. I would like enough bodyfat eliminated so I can actually see what non-fat legs and ankles look like. I do not want to see any rippling on the back of my thighs.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Nothing in particular; just felt time marching on and I was unhappy, tired all the time, sick of myself, jealous of nice-looking women.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Keeping my eating under control. I got to a comfortable size 6, weight 142, but have allowed some pounds to come back, due to lax attention to portion control and being accountable.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? again, going back to realizing I FOREVER have to be vigilant; staying AWAY from white sugar/flour/cakey sweets; drinking my 64 ounces of water daily.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Anyone significantly younger than me :D

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Is this limited to only one??? Leather chaps, with just sexy panties...at a motorcycle rally :rofl: and a short denim skirt with heels.

thanks, aphil!






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