User Name: sg3 Real Name: Summer

Starting weight/current/goal - 156/153/130 hoping to get at least 1 lb per week by September for a cruise.

Location: South Georgia
Age: 35

Marital Status: Married for 7years

Kids: 1-2 yr old son, 2-step daughters ages 15 and 27 (this one is married and first grand daughter is on the way)

Pets: 2 dogs a Samoyed and a Yorkie

Work: Full time accountant for a large manufacturing company

Plan: South Beach, I have done it before and lost 35 lbs, I know I can do it again. My problem is when I am not prepared and I get desperate and give up easy.

Favorite diet cheat: anything dessert and tortilla chips, we LOVE Mexican food.

Hobbies: I have a 2 year old what else do I have time for? lol

Reasons for wanting to lose weight: Its been 2 years since I had a baby, I have run out of excuses. I had a c section so its hard to get rid of the tummy. Also going on a cruise in September and need my cruise body!

What else? we love to travel and we love to venture out and find new places to eat.

User Name: weezle (call me Lisa!)

Starting weight/current/goal - 160/132/115

Location: Springfield, IL

Age: 35

Marital Status: Married

Kids: Adrianna (will be 17 this year)

Pets: Voodoo and Siren, Siberian Huskies

Work: Operations for a large call center.

Plan: Perfect 10 Diet (unprocessed,) but I started here on the Beach and that's where my heart is!

Favorite diet cheat: Anything involving cheese and potatoes. Also Sour Skittles.

Hobbies: Singing, reading, couponing, binge-watching TV shows.

Reasons for wanting to lose weight: Originally vanity, but as I get older, with the weight comes potential health issues for not only me, but my family, even my husband who is "Skinny Fat." Whole, unprocessed foods make me feel better on the inside and outside.

Favorite Exercise: Isn't that an oxymoron? Volleyball would be my all-time favorite, but I also have a love-hate relationship with kickboxing and running.

Weight loss challenges: Potatoes, cheese, and beer. Or wine. Or tee many martoonis.

Tent or spa: When I was younger? Tent. Now? Spa please.

Ocean or mountains: Ocean please! Gulf of Mexico, specifically. Key West 2016, baby!!!!!!!!!!

User Name: sanagelosia

Starting weight/current/goal - 175/175/130

Location: NOLA

Age: 30

Marital Status: Married

Kids: 1 toddler

Pets: none

Work: Office Clerk

Plan: South Beach Diet

Favorite diet cheat: Sweetened condensed milk (on almost anything)

Hobbies: Reading, Netflix binge watching

Reasons for wanting to lose weight: definitely vanity as well

Favorite Exercise: weight lifting

Weight loss challenges: pasta/pho/southern cooking/ alcohol

Tent or spa: Spa

Ocean or mountains: Mountains. I felt magic for the first time in Sequoia.

User Name: Spearmintskies
Name: Taylor
Gender:F
Age (or general age group): 22
BIRTHDAY: Jan. 26

MARITAL STATUS: Single, but seeing someone wonderful. Don't plan on being married for a very long time, if at all.

TOP WEIGHT: 197 (The day I went into labor)
SBD STARTING WEIGHT: 182
GOAL WEIGHT: 150. My pre-pregnancy weight and the weight I felt best at. I was at the peak of my health here. I felt like I could take over the world.
HEIGHT: 5'7"
EYE COLOR:Blue
HAIR COLOR: Blonde and lavender
LOCATION: Pacific NW Washington
KIDS: One almost 3 year old boy.

PETS: a sweet 8 year old kitty who lives at my parents at the moment, as I'm in an apartment and she is a mostly outdoor cat.
CURRENT JOB: I'm a bartender at a taproom and bottleshop that features 800 bottled beers/ciders and 16 taps.
PREVIOUS JOB: Barista at Starbucks

Why did you choose South Beach? I've done the SBD with my mother once or twice when I was a teenager and I really enjoy that it focuses on real, nourishing foods as well as teaching you how to eat, rather than just restricting and making me feel deprived. It's the diet that I've had the most long-term success with.
FAVORITE BOOKS: I enjoy historical fiction, biographies, and general fiction.
FAVORITE KINDS OF MUSIC/BANDS: alternative, love classical piano, anything with a nice calm beat. I love Coldplay.
FAVORITE HOLIDAY: I love the winter holidays. Christmas and Thanksgiving. It's awesome time with family.
HOBBIES: gardening, research, cooking, brewing beer, reading and playing video games (especially simulation games)
FAVORITE COLOR: "Think of the sunrise on the water during a foggy morning." Cool hues of blues, greys, and greens. Earthy tones.
FAVORITE FOODS: Korean food is my all time comfort food, veggies, nectarines, bananas and peanut butter, fresh baked breads and chocolate cookies. <3
FAVORITE EXERCISE: I like jogging but I've never been very good at it, I get embarrassed. Love yoga and basically anything that's fun, challenging, and makes me feel good for the rest of the day.

PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Having junk in the house causes me to lose my self control. I haven't had the habit of regular exercise since I got pregnant (3.5 years ago) and I really, really, love beer. Many of my friends are also involved in the craft beer scene and it's always been hard to say no and to find a balance when it involves my social life.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL:
I am so insanely tired of being where I am and not having the body I know I can have again. I'm tired of not being at my prepregnancy weight where I felt best. I'm doing this with my mother so I'll have more accountability, and I am very serious about my long-term health and weight. People keep telling me that I'm young and shouldn't worry about food/exercise/alcohol, but I have my son to live for and I know that it's possible to be conscious of your health while having a fruitful life at the same time.
Beach or Mountains? Both. I live in between 2 mountain ranges and am literally on the Puget Sound. It's gorgeous and amazing and I wouldn't have it any other way. Being 5 minutes away from the water and 30 minutes away from Mt. Rainier is the best.
Tent or Spa: Tent. Save the spa for when you come back. ;]

User Name: Amatxlatina Real Name: Kathy

Starting weight/current/goal - 293/293/150

Location: Plano TX

Age: 48

Marital Status:Widowed since April 14, 2013. I lost my husband to liver cancer

Kids: No 2 legged ones

Pets: 1 dog Papitese (papillion/maltese mix) Luna she's my baby!

Work: Licensing Specialist for State Farm

Plan:South Beach Phase 1 Gluten free. I will officially be starting Sat after I go to the grocery store to buy what I need. I am excited to start!

Hobbies: I love to cross stitch, read, watch tv and movies.

Reasons for wanting to lose weight: I want to be at a healthy weight for once in my life.