DATE: 1/14/10

USERNAME/REAL NAME: fiveminutes/lesley

AGE: 26

BIRTHDAY: 07/17/1983

MARITAL STATUS: unhappily single

SPOUSE’S NAME: n/a

CHILDREN/AGES: 11 week old beagle named gizmo, 6 year old cat named aj, and my mom's two cats 7 year old sita and 8 year old zoe

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: music, electronics, animals, hiking, camping, roller coasters, any thrill ride

PETS: see children - because they really are like children. lol

TOP WEIGHT: 305

CURRENT WEIGHT: 224.9

GOAL WEIGHT: 170 (though i wouldn't mind a bit less)

HEIGHT: 6'2"

EYE COLOR: blue

HAIR COLOR: brown

OCCUPATION: electrical engineering undergrad

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: jacksonville, fl

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: the motivation. it's so easy to know you need to lose weight, it's hard for me to get that motivation to actually do it

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: hopefully an excellent support system from here and starting trips to the therapist

What helps is to create a laughing corner in my life and on facebook
Take care

DATE: 2/18/2010
USERNAME/REAL NAME: merrie
AGE: 52
BIRTHDAY: 2/24
MARITAL STATUS: single, living with my boyfriend Don
CHILDREN/AGES: none
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading, watching TV, singing
PETS: 1 cat, 1 dog
TOP WEIGHT: 290
CURRENT WEIGHT: 250
GOAL WEIGHT: 150
HEIGHT: 5'6"
EYE COLOR: blue
HAIR COLOR: dark auburn (and gray, unfortunately!)
OCCUPATION: copyeditor
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Albuquerque, New Mexico
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Being patient with myself and not beating myself up when I eat too much of something or something unhealthy
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: This time I don't hate myself for being fat and most of the time I'm not embarassed by my weight, I'm able to accept it as simply where I am right now
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I've suffered from major depression for at least 35 years and I am bipolar II; taking zoloft and lamictal; family history of bipolar I disease and major depression; recently diagnosed as prediabetic

DATE: 2/25/10

USERNAME/REAL NAME: cmyhc01/Christine

AGE: 30

BIRTHDAY: 10/9/79

MARITAL STATUS: Single, living with boyfriend

SPOUSE’S NAME: Charlie (partner...not spouse. Yet )

CHILDREN/AGES: n/a

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Eating!!! It's a major issue. Reading, traveling, spending time with friends and family...

PETS: 2 cats

TOP WEIGHT: 304 pounds

CURRENT WEIGHT: 268 pounds

GOAL WEIGHT: 160 pounds

HEIGHT: 5'10"

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: Naturally dark brown. Currently caramel.

OCCUPATION: Administrative Assistant to an orthopaedic surgeon.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Just outside of Boston

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Yoyo-ing and emotional eating

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I am doing this for ME. Not to snag a guy, not to fit some sort of impossible cultural standard. I don't want to wind up with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes (all run rampant in my family). Also I've recently had bilateral knee surgeries and was told that I'll eventually need bilateral knee replacements. I want to postpone that horror for as long as I want and I know dropping all of this weight will help that goal.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I suffer from chronic moderate depression and anxiety. I see a psychiatry nurse practitioner for this. I'm currently on a protein sparing modified fast and have lost some of my pep since I began but am also ecstatic about my success.

Well, here it goes.

DATE: Feb 28, 2010

USERNAME/REAL NAME: LadyJez / Angela (Yeah, I know, there is no similarity. It's an offshoot off a name in a book I read many many years ago.)

AGE: 39

BIRTHDAY: July 2, 1970

MARITAL STATUS: Single, Never Married

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Crocheting, knitting, sewing (really any craft), reading, cooking, eating (hehe), computers, and more...

PETS: 2 Dogs; Saidy (mutt) and Mac (Rat Terrier)

TOP WEIGHT: 300

CURRENT WEIGHT: 297

GOAL WEIGHT: Ultimate: 140

HEIGHT: 5'3"

EYE COLOR: Hazel

HAIR COLOR: Reddish Brown with "Natural Platinum" highlights

OCCUPATION: Technical Writer

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: North of Dallas, Texas

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: My meds.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: More will power. Support of friends. I need to do this for my health, and for me.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I'm quiet. I tend to ask a lot of questions. I'm also severely depressed and have put on over 50 lbs. thanks to all the medications (and self-medicating with food) that I have done over the last couple of years.

DATE:3/5/2010

USERNAME/REAL NAME: rebeccamichelle777/ Rebecca Michelle Brooks

AGE:40

BIRTHDAY:11/22/1969

MARITAL STATUS: Married

SPOUSE’S NAME: Roman

CHILDREN/AGES: None thanks

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: I used to be a professional muralist & faux finisher, now I paint only for fun. I enjoy learning how to use new software for digital painting and creating websites. I enjoy studying with Finis Dake & Chuck Missler about the Bible, researching the paranormal and helping people who have preternatural issues with our paranormal group.

PETS: found an abandoned black & white cat and named her Pudding.

TOP WEIGHT:220

CURRENT WEIGHT:214

GOAL WEIGHT:175

HEIGHT:5'7"

EYE COLOR: sometimes gray, or blue, or hazel

HAIR COLOR:black to brown

OCCUPATION:webmistress/painter/housewife, er uh I mean DOMESTIC ENGINEER LOL
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION:Marin county, California

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS:Keeping it off, graveyard schedule helped me gain 50 lbs!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Having online community support to motivate me. I've always dieted alone, this will be the first time I've joined a community.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I love to rethink fast food recipes into healthy meals. Finding new ways to make my "diet" tasty so I don't feel like I'm doing without, cut back on binging.

DATE: 3/26/10

USERNAME/REAL NAME: aliquot/Samantha

AGE: 23

BIRTHDAY: 4/25/86

MARITAL STATUS: Not married, but taken.

SPOUSE’S NAME: boyfriend's name is Brian

CHILDREN/AGES: I have cats?

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: ...not much as of late.

PETS: 2 cats; Dax and Worf

TOP WEIGHT: 243.5

CURRENT WEIGHT: 223

GOAL WEIGHT: 149

HEIGHT: 5'5''

EYE COLOR: Brown

HAIR COLOR: Brown

OCCUPATION: Student and laboratory technician

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Florida

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Motivation

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Uh. I have no idea. Maybe it won't be different.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? Not really.

DATE: 4/6/10

USERNAME/REAL NAME: jenwoobiekins/Jennifer

AGE: 36 years, 344 days!

BIRTHDAY: April 27, 1973

MARITAL STATUS: Single, but in a great committed relationship - as married as you can be!

SPOUSE’S NAME: Rob

CHILDREN/AGES: None - unless you count the dogs

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Scrapbooking, card making/paper crafts in general

PETS: Two Jack Russell terriers, a St Bernard, a Newfoundland/Lab mix, two St Bernard/Newfoundland/Lab mix puppies, and a Dashchand.

TOP WEIGHT: 260

CURRENT WEIGHT: 260

GOAL WEIGHT: 145

HEIGHT: 5'4"

EYE COLOR: Hazel - blech!

HAIR COLOR: Brown with some red highlights compliments of L'oreal

OCCUPATION: Mortgage Loan Underwriter

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Springboro, OH (between Dayton and Cininnati)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Getting started, staying motivated/interested. Portion control, portion control, portion control! Ice cream. Lack of exercise. Just about everything that contributes to remaining overweight.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I just want it more.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I'm always searching for answers. I've been in therapy and treated for depression for three years after thereatening suicide and being hospitalized for awhile. I seem to know WHAT needs to be done to "fix" my life, I just don't know why I can't just DO it. That is the answer to life...

DATE: April 21, 2010

USERNAME/REAL NAMEalai Mama/Wendy

AGE: 55

BIRTHDAY: February 9, 1955

MARITAL STATUS: Married

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Audio Books, The Beatles, playing on the computer, my pups

PETS: 2 Dogs; Bullet & Mags - Chihuahuas

TOP WEIGHT: 265

CURRENT WEIGHT: 245

GOAL WEIGHT: Ultimate: 160

HEIGHT: 5'5"

EYE COLOR: Brown

HAIR COLOR: Dyed Brown (underneath gray )

OCCUPATION: Office Manager

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Northern Virginia

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I am a foodaholic and have never completed any program with maintenance.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Highly motivated. My coaches and this web site.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I began my first diet in 1968 and have yo yo'd since then. I hope I can achieve long term success. My depression has made it challenging.
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USERNAME/REAL NAME: niccarmic/ Renae

AGE: 33

BIRTHDAY: 06/22/1976

MARITAL STATUS: Married

SPOUSE’S NAME: Greg

CHILDREN/AGES: NIck 13, Carli 12, Michael 7

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: walking, reading, watching kid sports

PETS:

TOP WEIGHT: 260

CURRENT WEIGHT: 260

GOAL WEIGHT: 160 ish

HEIGHT: 5'9

EYE COLOR: brown

HAIR COLOR: brown carmel highlights

OCCUPATION: medical Biller/ mom

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: PA

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: no will power

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: hopefully will get some will power and have the support of this site

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?

DATE: 4/22/2010

USERNAME/REAL NAME: StarGazingLily/Melissa

AGE: 25

BIRTHDAY: May 1 1984

MARITAL STATUS: Relationship for 3 years

SPOUSE’S NAME: Not spouse yet but his name is Kurt

CHILDREN/AGES: None yet

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading,writing,spending time with family,hanging out with friends,dancing,roadtrips,gardening,music

PETS: 2 bunnies Female buttons, Male Patches

TOP WEIGHT: 180 something

CURRENT WEIGHT: 180 something

GOAL WEIGHT: 140

HEIGHT: 5'1

EYE COLOR: Hazel

HAIR COLOR: Brown

OCCUPATION: Cashier/Cosmetologiest

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: USA,PA

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Depression,body issues, no will power

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Trying to get to my pre pregnacy weight and wants to fit into a small pair of jeans

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?
I am weird!

DATE: 05/04/2010

USERNAME/REAL NAME: CityLights / Dehlia

AGE: 22

BIRTHDAY: March 11th

MARITAL STATUS: Single

SPOUSE’S NAME: N/A

CHILDREN/AGES: N/A

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Writing, reading, traveling, painting, pilates, yoga, dancing, thrift stores, used bookstores, concerts, film.

PETS: N/A

TOP WEIGHT: 196

CURRENT WEIGHT: 186

GOAL WEIGHT: 150

HEIGHT: 5'1"

EYE COLOR: Blue/green

HAIR COLOR: ash blond/brown

OCCUPATION: Student

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Denver, CO, USA

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Revamping my diet and binge eating.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: My determination and overall just being in a better state of mind/fed up.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? Don't think so

DATE: 07/02/2010

USERNAME/REAL NAME: Tab

AGE: 29

BIRTHDAY: 7/22/80

MARITAL STATUS: separated

SPOUSE’S NAME: whocares

CHILDREN/AGES: n/a

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading, videogames, drawing, music, RPGs

PETS: 2 cats - Holst and Dusk

TOP WEIGHT: 297

CURRENT WEIGHT: 280

GOAL WEIGHT: 150

HEIGHT: 5'3"

EYE COLOR: Gray

HAIR COLOR: dark blond/light brown

OCCUPATION: n/a

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Missouri

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I can't seem to do it on my own

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Support from these forms -hopes-

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? Chronic Depression, Anxiety attacks, poor diet, no self esteem, self loathing, bad genes... small wonder I'm fat..

**our names have been changed for privacy purposes. a truce of sorts with DH **

DATE: 7/8/10

USERNAME/REAL NAME: Mommy in Motion/Dagny

AGE: 26

BIRTHDAY: Dec. 3

MARITAL STATUS: married, 8 years next month

SPOUSE’S NAME: Alex

CHILDREN/AGES: Patrick (7) and Joan (5)

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: reading, photography, camping, running

PETS: one beagle

TOP WEIGHT: Pregnant 200+ pounds (I didn't want to know anymore and stopped looking at the scale!) Non-pregnant: 178. Starting over at 145

CURRENT WEIGHT: 140 (according to the scale this morning- "official" weigh ins are on Friday)

GOAL WEIGHT: 115? I will probably stop before then, but I figured if I am going to dream- dream big!

HEIGHT: 5'5"

EYE COLOR: brown

HAIR COLOR: brown

OCCUPATION: gym manager

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: MS

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: emotional eating when I am stressed or angry (mirrored by barely eating when I am depressed) and lack of motivation to work out lately!

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I have lost weight successfully in the past and had confidence in the way I looked. I know I can get back there ("there" was 125 lbs, 2 years ago)

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?

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