Occupation: Soon to be Registered Nurse 1 yr left!
Hobbies and Interests: camping, going out, reading, and recently tennis
Favorite Music: R&B, the good stuff
Favorite Color(s):Pink
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Wii Active
What are your fitness/health goals?
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Dont fit into anything or look good anymore, my fiance is a buff marine and i need to keep up with him someday, my health, being an example as a nurse
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? sticking to the diet. when i stick to it and exercise i can lose great amounts of weight the first week, then i get demotivated and gain it back, then the cycle starts over again
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? 1: Sticking to the diet! 2: Learning to resist 3: Staying motivated
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Ohhh lots of people!
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? cute swim suits, sexy clothes...get out of wearing sweats most of the time
Hobbies and Interests: Video games, reading, playing with my dogs, music theory, photography, watching shows I find interesting and the list goes on hehe.
Favorite Music: All but rap basically
Favorite Color(s): Black, red and pink.
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Yoga, running and all the warm up stuff like jumping jacks, push ups and sit ups
What are your fitness/health goals? I want to lose about 120lbs and elimate insulin usage.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? When I started to getting sick and my doctor told me that my kidneys are showing signs of damage.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? I get exhausted too easily when I work out due to my illnesses (asthma, anemia, thyroid problema nd diabetes) and I feel hungry all the time.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? I need a better menu.
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Hmm, all the people who called me fat?
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A corset.
Family Life: newly remarried after divorce from an abusive alcoholic, settling in, changing lifestyle from career woman to homemaker
Occupation: homemaker
Hobbies and Interests:
Favorite Music: classical
Favorite Color(s): light spring green
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: belly dance, walking
What are your fitness/health goals? weigh 140 pounds, avoid diabetes, remove pain in feet and back
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Remarrying after divorce and seeing my wedding pictures!
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? being on the road and away from controls
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? sweet cravings, scheduling, emotional eating
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : my husband's ex!
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
a sexy little black dress to drive hubby wild!
Family Life: married w/3 kids ages 10 and 8 yr old twins
Occupation: clerical
Hobbies and Interests: i love party planning
Favorite Music: Rock!
Favorite Color(s): I don't really have a favorite color
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: walking
What are your fitness/health goals? To be able to run a mile straight without stopping. To loose 25 lbs
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? When the clothes I wore while pregnant with my twins still fit me-8 YEARS LATER!!
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Giving up my "bad" foods
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
Portion control/Organizing myself enough to keep a log and not give up/Being able to exercise for more than 15 minutes without giving up
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : sister-in-law
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
A bathing suit that does not have the skirt or shorts attached!!
Family Life: Married with 2 kids, 14 & 18 & 3 stepkids
Occupation: School Administrator
Hobbies and Interests: Scrapbooking, Portuguese Water Dogs, Sleeping through the night!
Favorite Music: Pop, Country, Classical, some Rock
Favorite Color(s): Black
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: None, walking if I was forced to pick.
What are your fitness/health goals? Lose the weight once and for all and get on with my life.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Lost 90# a few years ago, regained 40 and almost hit that dreaded point on the scale that starts with a "2".
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Cravings and binging on sugar
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Improve quality of diet so that I can stay within calorie target - and make exercise a way of life.
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My old self of 5 years ago!
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? My old pants and capris...I have a bin full of size 10's and 12's that are beautiful...some still have tags!
I'm coming here fresh from the South Beach group and I just can't live like that long-term. I always do this - start some new diet plan and then realize that it won't work for me long term and end up counting calories or points. So, I've lost 11+ and need to keep it going...I know that my calories will have to be low. My metabolism isn't what it used to be!!
Favorite Exercise/Workouts:super hoola(wii) stretching leg lifts
What are your fitness/health goals? to be healthy
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? When I hit 201lbs I heard my heart hit the floor. I refuse to be so unhealthy.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Family obesity
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Schedule a Dr apt, and work on a plan...Fill the cabinets with good food...steady workout plan
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : I want to look better than I do now. I want to feel amazing in my own skin, and confident enough to walk around in shorts.
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? halter top and or a bathing suit
Hobbies and Interests: Art, Sports, Reading, Sleep
Favorite Music:Little bit of everything
Favorite Color(s):Blue, red & Black.
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Swimming, Lax, Soccer - though most of my exercise is running/walking because of time constraints - I'm not avaiable when lap swimming is.
What are your fitness/health goals? Loose 70 lbs, and me able to swim at the speeds I was formerly able to.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Pictures.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Stress & Peer pressure
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Consistency, night time binging, eating when stressed.
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : All my friends from high school (I know, I know its bad - but I used to be the skinny one. Now everyone else has lost weight and I'm the fat one.)
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?: Fashionable jeans and all of the other skinny clothes collecting dust in my drawers
__________________
Hi
I am Sandie from New Zealand. I am less than a week into the journey, but enjoying it so far.
I am about 40kg beyond a healthy place for my height, and don't want to continue on this upward weight journey, so in the immortal words of those from Middle Earth (my home region), Lord of the Rings, "You shall not pass!" From now on the trend is down!!
I work in a men's prison Drug and Alcohol Rehab and love my work. I have a 22 year old daughter, a 20 year old son, and a 17 year old daughter. I married at 17, first child at 20, and have been with my partner for 27 years all up. The 2 younger ones are still at home.
I love to sing and read, and study, still going on my Masters. I love painting both pictures and houses, and we are hoping to build a house soon, which is a first for us.
Well, hope you are all going well on your journeys,
Some words of encouragement in Maori
Kia Kaha!! It means stand strong and courageous.
Family Life: I'm homeschooled, so I'm pretty close to my mom. My brother's in college, and my sister's going to attend this fall, so I'll be the last one at home. My parents are pretty great, but they're constantly fighting.
Occupation: High-school sophomore. Yeah, it's not a real job, but it's pretty tough!
Hobbies and Interests: Playing guitar, reading, writing, singing, composing, writing lyrics, critiquing the movies made from my favorite books
Favorite Music: I don't have a genre that I specifically like; I'm in love with anything from Skillet to Jimmy Eat World to Journey
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I love square dancing, ultimate frisbee and biking.
What are your fitness/health goals? I want to lose 50 pounds by November 21st of 2009
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Just going to the pool with my friends and realizing that compared to them, I looked like a whale among toothpicks.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Not eating too much of something. I really have to watch my calorie count.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Diet discipline, doing more aerobic exercise and weight training.
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Gosh, I sound like an awful person, but... my best friend.
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Jeans that look good on me!
Family Life: Married 19 years with 2 Kids ages 11 and 13 (girl and Boy)
Occupation: Freelance Crochet Pattern Designer and instructor
Hobbies and Interests:Crochet, Knit, Reading, Gardening Running
Favorite Music: Rock - Mainly Bon Jovi, Daughtry and Nickelback
Favorite Color(s): All things Blue and Pink
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I love to run
What are your fitness/health goals? Lose 60 pounds / be healthy
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I a insulin resistant and have been battling forever
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Cravings
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? More Water, More Exercise and not feeling guilty for taking ME time
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My Sister. She was always would make me cry when we went clothing shopping.
Hobbies and Interests: Not a whole lot of free time with 2 boys! But I like to read and swim.
Favorite Music: Country and rock
Favorite Color(s): Pretty much any shade of blue, and burgundy
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Swimming - which I don't get to do much of.
What are your fitness/health goals? Get to a healthy weight and be fit enough to keep up with my 3 year old.
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Feeling like I can't be active with my son, seeing pictures of myself
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Being active. When I have free time, I want to relax. But I need to start working out during that time.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? More produce, exercise more often, limit fast food
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : A certain cousin of mine
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Shorts, semi-form fitting clothes
Hobbies and Interests: internet, games, wii, music, reading, movies
Favorite Music: Faith Hill, Nickelback, Charlotte Church, Theory of a Deadman and many more
Favorite Color(s): Red and black
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I love Wii Fit Rhythm Boxing and my Biggest Loser/Jillian Michaels DVDs
What are your fitness/health goals? I want to be under 150 pounds
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I finally decided I want to live.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? I am always thinking about food and it makes me crazy.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Less salt or none at all is what I want to achieve...Being consistent everyday...Being positive everyday
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Uhh...me as I am now.
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Anything less than a size 10 jeans.
Last edited by Onederchic; 07-05-2009 at 12:26 AM.
Family Life: Married with one daughter aged 11 who is Autistic
Occupation: Stay at home Mum
Hobbies and Interests: reading, watching TV, being on the computer
Favorite Music: Neil Diamond, L Cohen, Al Stewart, Queen, Motown and much more.
Favorite Color(s): Red, purple
Favorite Exercise/Workouts: None
What are your fitness/health goals? Right now to be able to cut my toenails
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? No big trigger just a series of incidents that have made me sit up and take notice.
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Believing I can do it.
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Commitment, Commitment, Commitment!
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : My sisters.
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A classic little black dress.
__________________
What are your fitness/health goals? To be within a "normal" weight range and feel comfortable in my body
What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Knee pain, and seeing pictures from a recent vacation
What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Getting moving, and dealing with work stress
What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
-portion control
-getting regular exercise
-avoiding emotional eating
(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Friend from work
What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Dresses/skirts, and short-sleeved tops
1 yr left!
Just in from the Beach...
) Who do you want to look better than? 
: My Sister. She was always would make me cry when we went clothing shopping.
But I like to read and swim.
