1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top: 152-154lbs, 141lbs, 119lbs (with a final target of 112lbs)

2. How tall are you?
5'1

3. What's your family situation?
Live with my mum and younger brother. Older brother is off travelling the world with his job. And my father lives just across the road with his girlfriend.

4. Where do you live?
Ireland

5. One GOOD book.
The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. Brilliant insight into addiction.

6. One GOOD song.
Amazed by Lonestar.

7. One GOOD TV show.
Revenge.

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
A nice bar of chocolate! Cutting down has been easier than I thought. Do still get cravings but I manage to fight or allow myself to eat a bar the odd time.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Crash diets work. You know those diets where you like eat nothing for a couple of days and lose weight. Yeah, it's just going to pile back on when you start eating again.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Everything in moderation. My mum told me this one and I believe it's right! Allow yourself to eat everything you like but don't go crazy with it.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
My top weight was 170-something, about two years ago. My weight as of this morning is 120.4 lbs. My goal is 115 or a tight, sexy body, whichever comes first.

2. How tall are you?
5'5"

3. What's your family situation?
I live on my own, though my boyfriends spends a lot of time with me.

4. Where do you live?
An apartment in Mesa, AZ.

5. One GOOD book.
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson.

6. One GOOD song.
Huron Beltane Fire Dance, by Loreena McKennitt.

7. One GOOD TV show.
Sons of Anarchy

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Ooooh, that's a hard one. Keeping it to a short list - spaghetti and meatballs, steamed buns, baked sweet potatoes, roasted pineapple.

9. One weight loss lie you've heard.
Either juice diets as a whole, or a magazine headline I saw a while back - 'lose thirty pounds of stress fat!'

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Hm. That's also an interesting one. Learning to eat when hungry and not when bored was important. Calories matter, but screwing up isn't the end of the world - you can start again tomorrow. Also, this picture has been a huge source of motivation for me recently. (The caption is 'You don't get what you wish for, you get what you work for'.)

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1. What's your top weight, current weight and target? 193/178.5/160

2. How tall are you? 5'10"

3. What's your family situation? married to a sexy power lineman

4. Where do you live? Southern California - Rancho Cucamonga

5. One GOOD book. There are too many to choose, but one of my favorite diet-themed "pool reads" is Jemima J

6. One GOOD song. I am a country girl, so I love "Redneck Girl" by the Bellamy Brothers

7. One GOOD TV show. any HBO or FX series....LOVE Breaking Bad!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without. cheese has always been my weakness

9. One weightloss lie you've heard. just take this pill...

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness. Drink plenty of water....I call it "washing away the fat!"

Hey Ladies :)

1. 153/130/120

2. 5 feet 4 inches

3. Newly single, sharing an apartment with my younger brother

4. Live in Quebec city

5. one good book: omg that's a tough question, my favorite author is Dominique Demers but I don't know if any of her books were translated to english though

6. one good song (ok I can't give only one): Open Fire by silverchair , Thank you by Alanis Morissette and Mechanical Animals by Marylin Manson

7. One good TV show: Family Guy

8. One awesome food: chocolate (especially dark chocolate)

9. one lie about weight loss: i have to agree, it would be the "carbs are bad" thing

10. the best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness: there will always be an excuse not to work out or not to eat well. Respect your body: make time to work out, and watch what you put in your mouth

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target? 161/118/110-115

2. How tall are you? 5'4"

3. What's your family situation? Hubby and 3 children

4. Where do you live? Oklahoma!

5. One GOOD book. There are so many!! At Home in Midford by Jan Karon.

6. One GOOD song. Love them like Jesus by Casting Crowns

7. One GOOD TV show. Cupcake Wars! LOL

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard. Do such-and-such and the weight just falls off without any effort or changes in your eating habits! Bah!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness. Make your eating a way of life. You can't go back to what you used to do. Splurge on special occasions and then get back on track.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
187, 165, 132

2. How tall are you?
170 cm or 5'7

3. What's your family situation?
Living at home with my parents and two sisters. Have a brother who disapeared 3 years ago, which is hard. Otherwise good.

4. Where do you live?
Australia! Brisbane :)

5. One GOOD book.
I don't read that much, so I decided to do a movie instead. I LOVE the Batman Begins/Dark Knight/Dark Knight Rises trilogy. Amaaaazing!

6. One GOOD song.
Loving "Good Time" by Owl City and Carly Rae Jeppsen right now! Also "Some Night"s by Fun.

7. One GOOD TV show.
BBC's Sherlock!! LOVE IT, can't wait for series 3.

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
If I had to pick just one....Cadbury's Marvellous Creations!!

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
That you lose more weight working out on an empty stomache.

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

oooh, i guess i can do this.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
top weight: 150 lbs. i remember stepping on the scale at the dentist and being shocked, since i didn't have a scale at home at the time.
current weight: the scale this morning said 135.
target: 125, at least for now. i don't know if i can maintain under that.

2. How tall are you?
5'2"

3. What's your family situation?
actually living with my family again due to money (i don't have any :D) and convenience

4. Where do you live?
northeast USA

5. One GOOD book.
i recommend The Eyre Affair, since that's what i'm rereading now.

6. One GOOD song.
she's not there - the zombies

7. One GOOD TV show.
community!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
salmon any way you cook it.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
there is mounting evidence against that starvation mode, so i hope it's a lie.

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

Hi guys

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target? At my heaviest I was 176lbs. Currently 136 and my target is 129lbs.

2. How tall are you? 5'5"

3. What's your family situation? I'm a single mom with an almost 6 years old boy.

4. Where do you live? Jakarta, Indonesia

5. One GOOD book. God Loves Single Moms

6. One GOOD song. Blow Me - Pink :D

7. One GOOD TV show. I don't watch too much TV but I'd say E channel's Fashion Police. Gotta love them!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without. Pastas! That's my cheat day meal :D

9. One weightloss lie you've heard. Ice cold water will make your tummy fat! Gah!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness. Weight loss is 70% what you eat and 30% workout :D

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top: 152 I think. Current: 141.6. Target: 120.

2. How tall are you?
5'6

3. What's your family situation?
Live with my parents while in college. Also in a LDR.

4. Where do you live?
NJ.

5. One GOOD book.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.

6. One GOOD song.
Lay Lady Lay by Magnet (a cover).

7. One GOOD TV show.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Eating after 6 PM will make you fat. Pfft!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
It's not about going on a diet; it's about making a lifestyle choice.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
148,139,110

2. How tall are you?
4'11" and 3/4

3. What's your family situation?
Living on my own

4. Where do you live?
Vancouver, BC

5. One GOOD book.
The glass castle by Jeannette Walls

6. One GOOD song.
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

7. One GOOD TV show.
Grey's Anatomy

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Carbs are bad

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Practice portion control and exercise

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

2. How tall are you? 5ft, 6in

3. What's your family situation? Married for ten years and have three kids, ages 4, 6, and 8

4. Where do you live? MI

5. One GOOD book. I read around 25 books a month-no way can I answer with just one lol.

6. One GOOD song. I'm loving Adele's new song, Skyfall

7. One GOOD TV show. Don't watch tv

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard. that eating low carb is bad for you

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness. haven't gotten a lot of tips yet, I just started my diet this past week :dizzy:

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top weight ever was 126. Current weight is 116. Target is 100-105

2. How tall are you?
5'3''

3. What's your family situation?
I'm single and live with roommates

4. Where do you live?
United States

5. One GOOD book.
"Born to Run"

6. One GOOD song.
"Wolf like me"

7. One GOOD TV show.
**** on Wheels

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
"Don't eat carbs after (insert time here)"

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Prepare, plan ahead! Cook your meals and store them 3 days in advance. Plan workout schedule for the week.

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

161/146.6/125

2. How tall are you?

5'3"

3. What's your family situation?

I am a single, homeschooling mom of one son (14). Currently caring for my elderly parents. My mom is 78 and my dad is 84. My dad recently had a stroke.

4. Where do you live?

Sunny Florida!

5. One GOOD book.

Love books. A home can not have too many. I can not choose just one.

6. One GOOD song.

Imagine (John Lennon)

7. One GOOD TV show.

A tie between Modern Family and Parenthood.

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

Treats in general; ice cream, chocolate, cookies, and cake. I do not have any foods that are off limits but treats are used sparingly. I buy single serve ice cream cups or ice cream bars and Kashi cookies and allow myself one treat per day. Because I allow myself this, I do not feel deprived and can easily skip a treat if I wanted. It also makes me know that on special days or holidays I can enjoy that small piece of cake and not feel I am ruining a *diet*. I am not on a diet, I am living my life.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

That you need to diet. Listening to all the diet commercials, they are filled with lies...I am guessing that even the overly cheery people on them are lies. I do not have a make-up team, a hairdresser that follows me, and can not have airbrushing done in-person.

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

Log it, log it, LOG IT! Logging everything that goes in your mouth and all exercises. Not sure if this will be true once at goal, will have to wait and see what is needed then.

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1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
180/173/147
Smallest I've ever been was 135 but it was gross I don't want to go back there. I felt sexy and comfortable at 146.

2. How tall are you?
5"7'

3. What's your family situation?
I live with a husband and dogs

4. Where do you live?
Denver!!

5. One GOOD book.
Don't laugh but Jurassic Park I like others but this is def one of my favs although I prefer short stories

6. One GOOD song.
Earth Wind & Fire - Shinning Star

7. One GOOD TV show.
Daria

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
I hate to admit this but Cheese

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
So many, I think fasting will work long term tough bothered me the most

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Don't commit to anything you can't maintain for a lifetime.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target? 171 (2009?), 159, 139

2. How tall are you? 5ft, 2in

3. What's your family situation? Married April 2013, no kids

4. Where do you live? Scottsdale, AZ (land of impossibly thin women with huge fake boobs!0

5. One GOOD book. Just finished reviewing about 35 cookbooks...liking the vegetable ones.

6. One GOOD song. That new one by the Wild Feathers.

7. One GOOD TV show. My husband and I have a date to watch Jeopardy every night.

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard. that someone has maintained a weightloss with shakes or pills. Clean eating and exercise is the ONLY way!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness. Not exactly a tip, but I knbow that I will have to be dedicated to staying active for the rest of my life.

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top 245. Current 147, Target is 135

2. How tall are you?
5'4"

3. What's your family situation?
Married. No Children.

4. Where do you live?
Tacoma, WA

5. One GOOD book.
I have not read one in a long time so don't recall right now.

6. One GOOD song.
Right now I love "Roar" by Katy Perry

7. One GOOD TV show.
I love Son's of Anarchy

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Just one? Can't do it. Bacon Cheeseburgers. Cookies. Pasta. and Cake.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Fat's are bad.


10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Don't be hard on yourself. It's ok to indulge every now and then. Just
pay attention.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
top: 185 current: 184 target 175

2. How tall are you?
5 foot 9

3. What's your family situation?
Alone.

4. Where do you live?
California, but I hate it.

5. One GOOD book.
A Separate Peace

6. One GOOD song.
Honey by Mariah Carey

7. One GOOD TV show.

The fall (BBC)

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
umm...I do enjoy a good cheeseburger.


9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Ummm...that it's a one size fits all mechanism. NOPE. Some people work out harder than the thinnest girl in the room but they have a sluggish metabolism or other health issues that cause them to hold on to fat.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Health and clean eating is more important than being thin or a number on a scale.

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

299/ 135/125-135

2. How tall are you?
5'5 (okay 5'4 and 3/4''. lol close enough)

3. What's your family situation?
in a relationship, no kids

4. Where do you live?
Beautiful LA

5. One GOOD book.
I am in the middle of Wild By Cheryl Strayed.

6. One GOOD song.
roar sung by katy perry is my go to song right now.

7. One GOOD TV show.
The Mindy Project!!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
mushroom and guac burger. yum.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
eating after 6 is bad and eat a big breakfast.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
take it one day at a time, if you mess up it's not the end of the world. Just start again.
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Hi everyone!

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
210/147/130

2. How tall are you?
5"6

3. What's your family situation?
Common-Law with the best dude ever

4. Where do you live?
Waaaaaay North in Canada- a few hours east of Fairbanks, Alaska

5. One GOOD book.
"The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith- (really written by JK Rowling- author of Harry Potter!)

6. One GOOD song.
"Some Nights" by FUN

7. One GOOD TV show.
DEXTER!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
COOKIES!! And pb/j sandwiches

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
"you can't do it"

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
"Count calories!" I eat whatever I want, just not as much as I used to!

To get to know each other better. Let me see ....
1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Hmm, upwards of 70kg (I don't weigh myself when I know I'm heavy!), 62kg and 58 target.
2. How tall are you?
173cm
3. What's your family situation?
Married for 2.5 years, with a dachshund, greyhound and 2 finches.
4. Where do you live?
Near Sydney, Australia
5. One GOOD book.
The Hobbit
6. One GOOD song.
Summer of '69 (daggy!)
7. One GOOD TV show.
Jericho
8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
CHEESE! My favourite
9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
The good old 'no carbs after 5pm' myth
10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Food is fuel

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
150 when pregnant, but what I am now--137--is my top weight non-pregnant. I'd love to get back to 120.

2. How tall are you?
5' 5.5"

3. What's your family situation?
Married 14 years, two kids.

4. Where do you live?
Southern US

5. One GOOD book.
Anna Karenina

6. One GOOD song.
Life in the City (Michael Franti)

7. One GOOD TV show.
Six Feet Under

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
The "Master Cleanse" diet. Of course you lose weight; you're taking laxatives and ingesting a third of the calories (and little of the nutrition) your body needs. But it doesn't help you learn the healthy habits you need over the long term.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
It's about changing your habits.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
Top Weight: 164 - Super depressed, never exercised, caught in a really bad binge cycle for 10+ years.
Current Weight: 139 - I was down to 128 but binged my way up to 141 in about 1 month.
Target Weight: 120-125

2. How tall are you?
5'6

3. What's your family situation?
Married for 6 years, no children YET.

4. Where do you live?
Northeast, USA

5. One GOOD book.
The Tipping Point; Malcolm Gladwell

6. One GOOD song.
Any classical

7. One GOOD TV show.
I don't own a TV!

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
Homemade bread / wine

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Eat six small meals a day.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Weigh yourself everyday. I used to weigh myself once a week (or once a month), but if it was the wrong time of the month or wrong day of week I would see a gain in the scale and be completely demoralized and give up. Weighing every single day allowed me to see the fluctuations in the scale according to my body. And that is how I learned that the only time a real loss shows up for me, is around 2-4 days after my period, otherwise the scale is up and down for the rest of the month!

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

Top: 160
Current: 137
Goal: 125ish

2. How tall are you?

5'3" (otherwise known as 5'2.5")

3. What's your family situation?

Single...just me and my cat! Parents, siblings, and extended family live about 1000 miles away. I moved for my career.

4. Where do you live?

Colorful Colorado...urban corridor.

5. One GOOD book.

The Manitous by Basil Johnston

6. One GOOD song.

Minutes on a Screen by The Tossers

7. One GOOD TV show.

...any sort of documentary really.

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

Potato chips. But really there are so many!

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

You must give up x in order to lose weight, even though you don't have a medical condition that necessitates giving up x.

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

Stay active.

Top weight 225 current weight 155 goal weight 135
Height:5'5
Family situation: married for seven years no kids, but four small dogs that think there my kids! Oh three birds.
We're I live: Vista, ca sunny san Diego
One god book I enjoyed: Mommy Dearest.
One good tv show: Fargo
One food I can't live without: starchy carbs,
In in out, a grilled cheese with their French fries...
One wight loss tip or lie I'm sick of hearing: carbs are the devil ..
Really? At the end of the day it's a lifestyle change completely. We all must endure are journey and live or lives. Don't listen to the negative people around you, I can't begin to tell you the negative co workers who are surprised I haven't gained my starting weight back.Nice to be around supportive people. Thanks!

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
159lbs - 135 lbs - 120 lbs

2. How tall are you?
5'3"

3. What's your family situation?
Still technically live with my parents but spend most of my days and nights with my boyfriend.

4. Where do you live?
Chicagoland

5. One GOOD book.
The Woman In Black

6. One GOOD song.
Cover The Road by Kelly Family

7. One GOOD TV show.
Game of Thrones

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
So unhealthy but La Choy Chow Mein. Yeah, the one from the can, with rice and "crunchies".

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Don't eat the egg yolk...why??? It's healthy and seriously that will not make you fat. -_-

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
It's an oldie but a goodie...drink lots of water. That's the first thing I started to do to help myself lose weight and it works.

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

169/149.5/120

2. How tall are you?

5'1"

3. What's your family situation?

Married 35 years, 2 grown kids

4. Where do you live?

Otterburn Park Quebec

5. One GOOD book.

Game of Thrones

6. One GOOD song.

Meh :P

7. One GOOD TV show.

3rd rock from the sun

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

Mashed taters

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

What make me really laugh is cellulite cream :dizzy:

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

Eat salad before every meal

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
182 / 146,3 / 132 or a flat stomach

2. How tall are you?
5'7"

3. What's your family situation?
Single

4. Where do you live?
Slovenia, Eu

5. One GOOD book.
Memoirs of a geisha - Arthur Golden

6. One GOOD song.
Budapest - George Ezra

7. One GOOD TV show.
Sherlock Holmes

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Low fat products are good for you

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Learn to have a happy life.
And this is so true. When I'm truly happy there is no mountain to high, no path to long, no weather too cold / hot, no desserts too tempting etc. Being happy it's something it doesn't came easy to me.

Ooh cool!

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
~150, 135.5 (!!), 120. Maybe 110, I keep changing my mind!

2. How tall are you?
5'5''

3. What's your family situation?
Single, living with my parents (I'm 19). I want to move out once I finish the two year course I'm taking, though!

4. Where do you live?
Brazil!

5. One GOOD book.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

6. One GOOD song.
Piledriver Waltz.

7. One GOOD TV show.
The Flash.

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
Açaí diet - that one always makes me laugh! Since it's from Brazil, we pretty much all know how caloric it is, so the only reason having this as your only meal would work is because it can probably cover the calories you need through the day anyway. Tons of sugar, though!

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
That it's about changing habits. It's not a temporary thing, it's not something you do partially or change little things here and there, it's a whole new mentality and changing habits requires effort and time and trial and error regarding what works for you.

Due to time constraints, I'm going to do these piecemeal, if that's o. k.

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

The most I ever weighed was after pregnancy, and that was about 230 (I'm 5' 2"). But my most recent high weight was around 140. My current weight is about 116.7.

Not sure of my target. I just want to look good in shorts, even when I'm sitting down, lol! I only know I won't go below a BMI of 18.5, as that is the medically safe cutoff, from what I've read.

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

299/137/135

2. How tall are you?

5'5"

3. What's your family situation?

Engaged no kids (will be married in 3 weeks!)

4. Where do you live?

Los Angeles, Ca

5. One GOOD book.

Gone Girl

6. One GOOD song.

all of me john legend

7. One GOOD TV show.

dawson's creek lol

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

french fries. or peanut butter.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

sprinkle stuff on your food to lose weight. wraps.

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

it's okay to have a bad day, as long as you don't make all the days worse.

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

At my heaviest (the end of my pregnancy), I was 198 lbs. Day to day life, I floated around 180. Currently 157, aiming for 140, but won't be too upset if it dips a little lower.

2. How tall are you?

5'5"

3. What's your family situation?

Married to a wonderful husband with one son (2 1/2). He will not be our last

4. Where do you live?

With my in-laws in Massachusetts

5. One GOOD book.

Just one? Hmm... My go-to book is Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley

6. One GOOD song.

Take Me Home Tonight, Eddie Money

7. One GOOD TV show.

Grimm

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

Chocolate, in any form

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.

You just have to eat less; you don't have to change your whole diet.

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

If you really want to lose the weight and keep it off, don't call it a diet, make it a permanent lifestyle change.

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
135/133/105

2. How tall are you?
5'0 exactly!

3. What's your family situation?
I'm recently out of college and back living at home with mom! Wooo!

4. Where do you live?
I live outside of Williamsburg, VA

5. One GOOD book.
I LOVE books. I'm a history teacher for goodness sake! It's hard to just pick one good one. However, the one book that I can always come back to is "All Quiet on the Western Front". Its deep, its dark, and I always come out looking at the world a little differently each time I read it.

6. One GOOD song.
Country Roads by John Denver! I love folk, bluegrass, and country! :)

7. One GOOD TV show.
Easy one! FRIENDS! No sitcom can ever top it.

8. One awesome food you don't want to live without.
CHEEEEEEEEEEEESE! I love all of the cheeses. I would live in a house of cheese if I could.

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
I'm always so intrigued by the scam-my instant weight loss commercials that come on cable television. My favorite was a commercial for a "salt" that would help you lose weight.

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
Everyday your body gets a little stronger and a little slimmer with practice. I watch a lot of Cassey Ho's POP Pilates videos, and really enjoy her inspiration! :)

1. What's your top weight, current weight and target?
202/148/145

2. How tall are you?
5'10"

3. What's your family situation?
Single and living alone, but I'll be moving in with family by the end of the month.

4. Where do you live?
Japan. I'll be going back to the US very soon, though (see question #3).

5. One GOOD book.
"Mistborn" by Brandon Sanderson.

6. One GOOD song.
"Stepsisters' Lament" from Cinderella by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

7. One GOOD TV show.
"NCIS".

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

9. One weightloss lie you've heard.
My favorite was a weight loss commercial promising to pack all the nutritious goodness of Japan's food into a little pill for you to take to lose weight, touting how Japanese people are the longest-lived in the world. Yes, the Japanese have long lifespans and are pretty skinny on average, but trust me, that's lifestyle and portion control, not the food itself. They love their carbs (rice, noodles, etc.), their fried foods (karaage, gyoza, etc.), and their sweets (I receive cakes and cookies in the office on almost a daily basis).

10. The best tip you've received with regard to long lasting slimness.
There's nothing you can't have tomorrow, so you don't have to eat it all today. <-- Helped me a lot with remembering I don't have to satisfy all my cravings at once. I have a fair number of them for chocolatey things, as I'm now reaching the end of my weight loss journey and am looking forward to slowly incorporating them back in (on a far more moderate and healthy basis). ;)