:welcome: Marathon Mom :wave:

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
TOP-120
CURRENT-118
TARGET-MAYBE 108

2. How tall are you?
5'1

3. What's your family situation?
I LIVE WITH MY MOM

4. Where do you live?
I LIVE IN ARKANSAS
5. One GOOD book.
THE BIBLE
6. One GOOD song.
THE REVELATION SONG
7. One GOOD TV show.
GEORGE LOPEZ
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
SHRIMP
9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
NONE
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
NONE

1.What's your top weight, current weight and target?
165-170/152/140
2. How tall are you?
5’6”
3. What's your family situation?
Married x 30 yrs, 2 kids: 18 and 21
4. Where do you live?
KY
5. One GOOD book.
I love trash romances for escape…I’m not into “good” books
6. One GOOD song.
I’m amusical…I wouldn’t turn on a radio unless told to. However, I do cardio to oldies on an MP3 and that gets me going.
7. One GOOD TV show.
Survivor…I like to see how much weight they lose!
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Peanut butter
9. One weight loss lie you've heard.
Any OTC product/program with those before and after pics…I can stick my stomach out that far, make a sad face, then suck it back in and smile…and I can do it in 15 seconds!
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Like they say on the church signs “God allows U turns”! Just keep on keepin' on.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?

Top Weight: 147lbs, Current Weight 125lbs, Target 105lbs

2. How tall are you?

5'0'' (I always, always wear high heels!)

3. What's your family situation?

I'm living at home with my parents and 6 younger siblings because I am a penniless student :( Hopefully moving out next year though!!

4. Where do you live?

SW UK

5. One GOOD book.

SHOPAHOLIC by Sophie Kinsella

6. One GOOD song.

Destiny by Delinquant - I love this song at the moment!

7. One GOOD TV show.

Skins

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.

Onion ring style chips

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

to lose weight eat as little as possible??

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.

Don't beat yourself up over having a bad day - remember how well you've done already!

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top Weight = About 155
Current Weight = 135
Target Weight = 118

2. How tall are you?
5'7"

3. What's your family situation?
I'm a student and live at home, and sadly single!

4. Where do you live?
Dublin, Ireland

5. One GOOD book.
Northern Lights - Philip Pullman

6. One GOOD song.
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley,
or for something uplifting...
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros

7. One GOOD TV show.
Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Breakfast Muesli...full of lovely dried fruits and nuts but calorific!!

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
The maple syrup diet....living off water, syrup, lemon and cayenne pepper for 2 weeks?? Of course you'd lose weight but it's not possible!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Calorie-counting....before, I hadn't a clue how much extra I was eating each day!


And just read MarathonMom's answer to Q 10 and it's so true! To motivate me to first start losing weight I used to tell myself "I WILL BE HAPPIER" everytime I thought about eating seconds and it really did work for me...


Good work everyone, keep it up!!

xxx

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top pregnant weight: 206
Top non-pregnant weight: 171
Current weight: 137
Target: a toned 125-128 (I'll have to see how things look when I get there! FWIW, I'm really "small-boned" even though I'm tallish.)

2. How tall are you?
5'7" and 1/2. I like the 1/2 because I think it entitles me to another 2 pounds or so! :D

3. What's your family situation?
Husband and two little ones.

4. Where do you live?
Colorado

5. One GOOD book.
Fast Food Nation

6. One GOOD song.
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

7. One GOOD TV show.
Project Runway

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Cheese

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Oh gosh, so many. Perhaps: don't bother, you're just destined to be fat -- it's in your genes (perhaps a lie I've told myself more than one others have told me).

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Keep temptation foods out of the house. If you take something out of the pantry/fridge and you're afraid of bingeing, take a reasonable amount and quick throw the rest away. If you're at a restaurant, you've eaten enough and you know you should stop, pour too much hot sauce or an unappetizing amount of salt on the rest. Don't play the torture/will power/"I can control myself, really" game. Just get rid of it.
;) Lizzard

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
top was somewhere over 164 - i gave up the scale for awhile. I'm currently 135 and aiming for 120, although I'd settle for 125 again.

2. How tall are you?
5'4"

3. What's your family situation?
single, living alone - although i do have a wonderful boyfriend.

4. Where do you live?
Pennsylvania

5. One GOOD book.
just one? i recently finished "overdosed america," which is about evil pharmaceutical companies. i recommend it if you don't mind reading something that will tick you off.

6. One GOOD song.
jeez, again - just ONE? "whipping post" by the allman brothers band

7. One GOOD TV show.
i don't watch TV... haven't for years. however some friends have gotten me into "Scrubs" on DVD.

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
hot peppers

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
any of numerous gimmicks about losing a lot of weight in a short time - and KEEPING it off.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
stay active - get moving every day.

This is so much fun reading these that I have to join in.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
152/122/120

2. How tall are you?
5' 3" I noticed there's a lot of short women on here!

3. What's your family situation?
I live with my husband of 25 years. My middle daughter moved back home last year, one son away at college.

4. Where do you live?
Largest city in Iowa - there aren't many.

5. One GOOD book.
I loved Kite Runner.

6. One GOOD song.
My current favorite is "Waiting in the Weeds" by the Eagles.

7. One GOOD TV show.
I love Medium

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Oatmeal. Have to have it every morning.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Eating later in the day will make you get fatter.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness
Exercise, exercise, exercise. Especially as you age, it will keep you young.

1.What's your top weight, current weight and target?
163 (when I did get on the scale) 111/105
2. How tall are you?
5’3. What's your family situation?
I have been married for nearly 9 years, two kids (daughter: 5) & (son: 2 1/2)
4. Where do you live?
South NJ
5. One GOOD book.
I just read The audacity of Hope by Obama...it was ok...pretty darn idealistic stuff.
6. One GOOD song.
Honky Tonk Woman by The Rolling Stones
7. One GOOD TV show.
Lost (sadly no more new shows until April 26th) *sob*
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
canned tunafish
9. One weight loss lie you've heard.
You shouldn't have to feel hungry when you're losing weight.
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.

1. Top weight, current weight and target?
156/141/130
2. How tall are you?
5'6
3. What's your family situation?
Super Single and loving it! :) No children, except for my sweet furry 4-legged daughter, CoCo.
4. Where do you live?
Suburbs of New Jersey
5. One GOOD book.
"The Little Black Book of Style" by Nina Garcia (Fashion Director at Elle magazine and fashion judge on one of my favorite shows Project Runway!)
6. One GOOD song.
My favorite songs are the ones that keep me going when I'm running on the treadmill! Right now, I'm loving Rihanna's "Don't stop the Music" and "Shut up and Drive"
7. One GOOD TV show.
DEXTER on Showtime and "How To Look Good Naked with Carson Kressley" on Lifetime. Ladies...please watch this show when you get a chance to sit down and relax! Who knew that a MAN would teach me how to stop struggling with negative self-image. And learn to accept, embrace and flaunt the body I have now!! Instead of waiting till I reach my goal weight to love myself.
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Haagen-Dazs Strawberry Ice Cream (soooooo yummy)
9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
"Cut fruits and carbs from you diet and watch the pounds melt off your body."
(I admit I tried it....in a week's time I lost maybe two pounds and turned into a nasty, snarly, wicked witch! Co-workers were begging me to eat a bagel and shut up!)
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Love yourself enough to take really good care of yourself.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
175/162/low 150's
2. How tall are you?
5ft 9in (and shrinking I think - I used to be 5' 10")
3. What's your family situation?
Living with my boyfriend, his dog and my dog (who's lovingly referred to as my kid!)
4. Where do you live?
Coon Rapids - a suburb of the St.Paul/Minneapolis area
5. One GOOD book.
Anything by John Sanford from the "Prey" Series
6. One GOOD song.
This is a tough one since I'm a music junkie. The one that's running through my head right now - "Lonely Long" By G. B. Leighton
7. One GOOD TV show.
CSI - the original
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Chocolate
9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
If you don't eat, you won't gain weight.
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Your goal weight is the weight in which you're happy with yourself.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target? Top 180-185 Current-158ish (on gym scale post breakfast and workout). Target-130 but I'd settle for 140.

2. How tall are you? 5' 6.75"

3. What's your family situation? Engaged, no kids, just 3 fur babies. Piju, an elderly chow chow, Murphy, a delicate abysinnian, and Binks, my overweight baby "harbor seal" (when he lays on his side and his chub sticks out, he looks like a seal).

4. Where do you live? I live in Warwick, RI but I work in Boston, MA

5. One GOOD book. Oh god, so many to list. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon-all of her books are fantastic!

6. One GOOD song. Take me the way I am by Ingrid Michaelson

7. One GOOD TV show. LOL, WAAAAY too many to list. Current faves are Grey's, Lost, New Amsterdam, Hells Kitchen, Top Chef, Family Guy

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without. Cheese

9. One weightloss lie you've heard. It's genetics that make you fat.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness. Even if it's just a walk around the block, it's something, and it's better than nothing.

1.What's your top, current and goal weight??? 156/154/120lbs...but I'd settle for 130lbs!
2.how tall? 5'3''
3.family situation: married to a german man for 15 years now. I have 2 beautiful sons 10 and 7 yrs old
4. where do I live? canadian living in mexico due to job relocation
5.one good book: Angela's Ashes
6.one good song: islands in the stream by dolly+kenny!!!
7.favourite tv show: curb your enthusiasm
8.food I can't live without: mushroom pizza
9.weightloss lie I heard: you look great the way you are!
10 best tip I ever received with regard to long lasting slimness: keep counting calories and get movin'!

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target? 143/116/110

2. How tall are you? 5'1"

3. What's your family situation? CHAOTIC-married w/2 boys, 4 & 8

4. Where do you live? Richmond, VA

5. One GOOD book. Any of the Harry Potter books!!!-ditto!

6. One GOOD song. Eye of the Tiger

7. One GOOD TV show. hehehe, I'm bad, but I love America's (or Canada's) Next Top Model-again ditto!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without. mmm Ice Cream-omg you are ME!!

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
that you can spot reduce

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
don't try shortcuts, they don't work

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
195.2 starting weight, 180.6 currently, 168 goal. With my height 168 gets me down to a healthy BMI rating, which I'm using as a goal b/c several diseases such as heart disease run in my family.

2. How tall are you?
5' 8.75"

3. What's your family situation?
Married, no kids, 2 dogs, 3 cats :D

4. Where do you live?
Maine

5. One GOOD book.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

6. One GOOD song.
"The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson. And anything by Jason Mraz.

7. One GOOD TV show.
"My Family" on PBS.

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
"Wicked Whoopie" brand oatmeal whoopie pies.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Well, I'm not sure about this one...I've heard people in my WW group insisting that diet sodas and diet sweets are the way to go, and maybe it works for them, but diet/artificially sweetened-anything doesn't work for me. So maybe that's a weight-loss lie, for me? I'm not really sure.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
My husband (who is very supportive) always tells me when I get disappointed that my weight loss in any given week may be as low as 1/10 of a pound..."the longer it takes to lose it, the longer it stays off." I don't know how he knows that, but I believe him. And it makes me feel good about my tiny weekly weigh-losses. :)