Screen Name:Robwen

Age/Age Range:33

Family Life:married & 2 kids

Occupation:SAHM

Hobbies and Interests:reading

Favorite Music:i like most kinds

Favorite Color(s):red

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:WATP

What are your fitness/health goals? to get healthy enough to not have to be in this wheelchair all the time

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

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

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? willpower, more good foods, more exercise

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

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

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Screen Name:707Goddess

Age/Age Range: 33 years old

Family Life:Husband for going on 6 years 4 kids jeassica 16 george 15 angelica 14 james 10 .....adopted( sort of) aaron, eric, ( there parents kicked them out also alot of family viloence ) I also take care of my mother and my 14 year old brother Josh I live in Northern california

Occupation:Office Manager

Hobbies and Interests:SUMMER...LOL swimming camping boating walking etc

Favorite Music:Oldies r&b hip hop Alt rock

Favorite Color(s):Blue purple

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:Walking and lifting wieghts
What are your fitness/health goals? to be barbie.....LOL j/k i just wanna be healthy and TONE

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? i bought new jeans also when it hit 100 and i was too embarresed to wear shorts or anything like that

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

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Doing it

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : The girl in the mirror right now....

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Short shorts im bottom heavy
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Screen Name: FLnerd

Age/Age Range: 24

Family Life: single

Occupation: Customer Service/Translator/Quit Smoking Specialist

Hobbies and Interests: Music, Theater, Reading, Travelling

Favorite Music: Musicals, Holly Near, Fleetwood Mac

Favorite Color(s): Green

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: jogging, weight lifting, ellipitical machine

What are your fitness/health goals? I'd like to either lose 30 lbs or simply fit into size 7/8 jeans

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? When I stepped on the scale multiple times and realized that I was over 160lbs and that it wasn't going away (160 was my highest weight in high school)

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? calorie intake vs. working 60 hours a week where I mainly sit!

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? making more time to go to the gym, cooking healthy at home instead of eating out, varying my routine

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : myself when I was thin!

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

Screen Name: Smoochie3

Age/Age Range: 33

Family Life:married with 3 kids.

Occupation: office manager for my parents business

Hobbies and Interests:summer activities.

Favorite Music:country, pop

Favorite Color(s): purple

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:tae bo

What are your fitness/health goals?to be fit and healthy and toned.

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

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health?saying no to sweets, and motivation for excercise.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? I need to eat less, excercise more and know when to say when.

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : me right now.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? a swimming suit without worrying.

Screen Name: sparkle04

Age/Age Range: 21

Family Life: Married with one child

Occupation: SAHM

Hobbies and Interests: Losing weight/getting fit, Photography

Favorite Music: I like a lot of stuff!

Favorite Color(s): green

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: walking

What are your fitness/health goals? I would like to lose 40 more pounds, and get more active and energized

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

I've been trying to lose weight since my Daughter was born

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

Sticking with it

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?

Staying focused, weighing myself less, avoiding the junk

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? myself now! lol

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?
My size 10 jeans! Yeah baby!

Screen Name: BlueToBlue

Age/Age Range: 37

Family Life: living with partner for six years, no kids, no marriage plans

Occupation: director of a professional association

Hobbies and Interests: reading, crossword puzzles, hiking, birdwatching, cooking, quilting, crafts

Favorite Music: alternative country, folk, bluegrass, pop

Favorite Color(s): aqua

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: treadmill

What are your fitness/health goals? lose 10 more pounds, have a flatter stomach and more toned thighs

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit?
I had some medical issues that were symptomatic of acid reflux disease. Everything I read about it said that I would feel better if I ate healthier and exercised more. Ironically, my medical issues ended up being due to allergies, so all this diet and exercise isn't helping with that at all. But I feel a lot better about myself anyway.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Not getting there fast enough.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
- Drink more water and less diet soda
- Squats. For some reason I just cannot do these in the proper form. It's become very frustrating.
- Less salt

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than?
All those women sitting around the pool in their bikinis when my friends and I go on our annual girls' trip to Mexico.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? A little black dress. I've never been able to wear one in my life. (Now, if I can just come up with an occasion that calls for one).

Screen Name: synn1977

Age/Age Range:29

Family Life:LTR (6 years last week); no kids

Occupation: currently unemployed

Hobbies and Interests:singing, dancing, spending time with family, writing (poems & short stories)

Favorite Music:anything dancy. Loving Shakira, KT Tunstall, Rhianna, and the Pussycat Dolls right now

Favorite Color(s):Blue, Orange, Red, Purple

Favorite Exercise/Workouts:Turbo Jam, Walking, The Firm

What are your fitness/health goals?To finally get to a healthy weight and be able to walk/run next years AIDS walk RI without feeling like I am going to die

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? I have always struggled with my weight and have always tried to do something about it....this time I am just determined to do it the smart/healthy way so it lasts!!!

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Giving up my junk food in any capacity and portion control. I have to learn to measure everything I put in my mouth.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Portion Control, Sticking with a plan, Learn to love to EXERCISE

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? :I honestly do not want to look better than anyone. I simply want to look like a healthier me!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size?A bellydance costume made by aphil!

Screen Name: Mommy2MyBinker

Age/Age Range: 19

Family Life: Married as of June 2nd of this year! (Picture in avatar is from wedding). I have one son and husband has also one son and one girl. My son is 2 next month, his is 5 and daughter is 10.

Occupation: Soon to be working HR Asst. here at the St. Vincents hospital.

Hobbies and Interests: Web graphics, or simple things like that. Playing with my son, or making cute little things for the hubby. I'm just crazy sappy like that I guess hehe.

Favorite Music: I love anything from rock (new & old) to country. I love anything that has a beat to it!

Favorite Color(s): Pink & brown.

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: I'm loving Tae Bo... but it seems to kick MY butt more than often

What are your fitness/health goals? To be able to hard wrestle with the kids and not be out of breath.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? Sadly enough... my wedding photos. I was really embaressed to see what I had actually looked like.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Binge eating. I seem to do really good, and then completely nuts and eat anything in my sight

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve?
*Water intake
*Exercising
*Watching my food intake

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? Hmm... I'm really not too sure. I just want to have the body that I had before my little one made his appearence.

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? Shorts (due to my ucky legs... even though the hubby begs to differ ) or a nice dress and not have to see the bulk in my tummy!

mrs jamie! where have you been? i have been worried about you.. i see you are doing okay, and im sorry if this seems stalkerish heh

Screen Name: Booskibabe

Age/Age Range:23

Family Life: Married for 2 years to my soulmate

Occupation: part time nanny

Hobbies and Interests: kids, reading, internet, playing games, KNITTING (love that) bike riding

Favorite Music: Christian, country

Favorite Color(s): I like most of them, but mostly blue and green

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Pilates

What are your fitness/health goals? To be a size 8, to be healthy, to get pregnant - I have PCOS and losing weight will really help

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? When my clothes didn't fit. When my SIL had a baby and her post-pg weight/size was the same as mine, and I've never been PG!.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Exercise. I do great for a week, feel great, tell myself I love the way I'm feeling.... then I stop. Also I tend to binge - do good for a while, then BOOM! Eat everything in sight

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? 1. Consistent exercise 2. choosing better food - I stay within my calorie requirements but that doesn't mean I choose good nutrition! 3. cut back on sugar

(Evil motivation ) Who do you want to look better than? : Is it too evil to say my SIL? I figure if both SIL's can have babies and I can't then at least I can look hot!

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? I found a gorgeous sweater to knit that I'm going to make for myself when I hit goal. Also I promised DH I would get a bikini.

Lol, well hello. I've been BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. But somethings went down awhile back and I deleted everything. Email, LJ, everything. I talk to Lauryn still ever so often.

Screen Name: stephiewilliams

Age/Age Range:25

Family Life: Married for a little over a year, dating 5 prior to that

Occupation: Photojournalist

Hobbies and Interests: I am an avid runner, love tennis, photography, movies

Favorite Music: Bad pop music and gay dance hits

Favorite Color(s): I love Blue and Pink

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: A nice long run along a beautiful trail

What are your fitness/health goals? To firm up, get rid of these last 10 lbs and just become a healthy workout diva

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? My clothes started getting smaller on me. And I had a kick *** expensive wardrobe I refused to get rid of.

What do you struggle with the most on this journey to health? Eating...I can exercise with the best of them...but when it comes to what goes in my mouth I need some hand holding.

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? 1. Counting my calories 2. Avoiding Sweets 3. Making healthy choices

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

What can you not wait to wear when you are at goal weight or size? I have a slinky black dress that you have to be perfect to look great it...it is wedding season and I have a ton to go to. This is my motivation

Screen Name: Flying Betty

Age/Age Range:23

Family Life: Single living alone

Occupation: Grad student

Hobbies and Interests: Computers, music, reading, dancing (tap and swing)

Favorite Music: Everything! (seriously)

Favorite Color(s): Purple

Favorite Exercise/Workouts: Dancing!, swimming, walking, riding my brand new bike

What are your fitness/health goals? Be fit and healthy for the rest of my life. I have diabetes on both sides of my family so that's a very legitimate concern and my mom who has the exact same body as I do has arthritic knees that have been exacerbated by years of being heavy.

What was the "trigger" or incident that made you decide it was time to lose weight and become more fit? First was going to the doctor and seeing that my weight started with a 2! But it took another year and a set of vacation pictured for me to realize how big I was. Then I moved out on my own and started a new lifestyle with my new life.

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

What are three things in the area of diet/exercise you need to improve? Strengthen my upper body, the occasional binge/eating compulsion, a major sweet tooth

(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? 2 piece bathing suit, anything that'll make my engineering friends notice that I'm actually female