User name: Sophie
Age: 63 (how did I get here)
Birthday: 8/9
Married: 39 years
Children: 3
Top weight: 190
Current weight: 180
Goal weigh: 155
Heigh: 5'4"
Eye colour: Blue
Hair: Blonde/Grey
Hobbies: Weaving, beading, knitting, spinning(yarn) travelling
Occupation:retired
Geographic location: Ontario, Canada
Favourite colour: turquoise
Favourite food: everything except liver
Favourite exercise: walking, hiking
Favourite books and movies: anything with Paris(my fav. city)
Problem in weight loss: weak
What is different this time: Want to lose weight to be around for my grandson who is 13 months old
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Love to sew and paint with oils
PETS: 1 dog (long coat chihuahua)
OCCUPATION: Online store/retired from PO
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: KY
FAVORITE COLOR: Pink
FAVORITE FOODS: Mexican and some Italian
FAVORITE EXERCISE: None are favorites, but I do use my treadmill. Love to walk when weather permits.
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Beaches
FAVORITE/GROUP: I love the oldies from the 60's-70's and some Country
PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Staying with the program
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: After a health scare, I am determined to lose and keep this weight at a healthy level. (Loving SB)
User name/name: SBD Sass - but everybody calls me online and offline SASS
DIET OF CHOICE: The free one that works! The South Beach Diet!
AGE: 30
ASTRO SIGN: Gemini
MARITAL STATUS: Single
Children/ages: I have two girls - 13 and 11 mos.
TOP WEIGHT: 223
CURRENT WEIGHT: 190
GOAL WEIGHT: 173
HEIGHT: 5'8
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: blogging, debating, politics, shopping, makeup, spending time with my kids, travelling and more shopping
PETS: 4 cats (3 girls and 1 boy)
OCCUPATION: An overpaid Customer Service Rep - I work for the State of NJ
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: New Jersey - 10 mins away from Manhattan
FAVORITE COLOR: red
FAVORITE FOODS: Chinese, Spanish and Mexican
FAVORITE EXERCISE: What is exercise?
FAVORITE BOOK(S): Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, The American Frugal Housewife, Black Like Me, Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now, Poems by Langston Hughes and My St. Martin's Handbook.
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Pride & Prejudice (Keira Knightly version), Sense & Sensibility, Transformers, Blade, Ocean's 13, House Party and The Wraith
FAVORITE/GROUP: THE RAMONES!!!!!!!, Guns N Roses, Evanescence, kitty Cat Dolls and Genesis
PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I love to snack! I have a problem staying away from Cinnabun at the mall. Thank God they make those cinnabun minis or I'd be in trouble.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I like the fact that I can wear little clothes now. This is the first time ever in my life that I can fit a Medium sized shirt. No more being big for me!!!
Name: Betsi Age: 26 (posted Oct '08) Location: Waltham, MA (near Boston) Occupation: Disabled/aspiring entrepreneur... that is, I'm an autistic/depressive artist who's trying to find a place to fit! Hobbies: Art... I enjoy experimenting with lots of things, but my main artistic endeavor hobby-wise is ATCs (artist trading cards) that are trading card size artworks that I trade on an online site (ATCsForAll) and in person at my local Meetup. Health choices: On the South Beach Diet, and also trying to get more exercise in simple ways like walking more and listening to my iPod while I do housework (it gets me boogying!) My story: My sweetie (sometimes referred to as just "bf" for boy/best friend) went to the doctor and was told, as usual, that he was too heavy. The doctor suggested he go on the SBD, so he ordered the book when he got home. I agreed to do it with him, since I'm a supportive girlfriend like that. Of course, it's also because I could stand to lose too - I was on 3fC something like half a year ago, trying to lose through calorie control - consume less, burn more. I wore myself out and lost slowly and eventually burned out. It crept back on so now I'm losing it for the second time; I originally gained a bunch of weight - about 50 lbs - when I moved out of my mother's house several years ago. When Sweetie and I started SBD we lost about 10 lbs each on P1, and as of posting this we are just starting P2. I am nervous about the progress slowly, so I'm trying to squeeze in more exercise. Complications: I am a high-functioning autistic (Asperger's) which among a myriad of other odd symptoms means that I crave crunchy food on a neurological level. Weird, yes, I know. The worst of it is, the only things that feed that craving is extremely unhealthy carbs like potato chips or pretzels. I deal with this by regularly exceeding my SB allowance of legumes, and also allowing myself a very occasional small cheat. So far it seems to work ok, as long as the cheats are in the evening.
I also have recently developed a fairly high lactose intolerance - I used to have alow level one, but over the summer it abruptly got pretty back. I'm finding it very hard to cut back on cheese, especially on SBD but as long as I try to limit to one dairy per day with LOTS of lactase pills I seem to be ok.
And in case that wasn't tricky enough, Sweetie is gluten-intolerant (aka Celiac, though we have no proper diagnosis) so trying to slowly reintroduce healthy carbs on P2 is HARD since it seems the only acceptable carb is whole wheat which makes him quite ill in the short term and long term would even kill him. Weight and goals: I am about 5'8" (just shy of, really) and at my highest I weighed 200 lbs. That's what started me watching calories, and after I gained the weight back it never quite got that high. So my start weight on SB is 195. As of 10/21/08 (not quite three weeks on the Beach) I am 182.5 lbs. My initial goal is somewhere around 160-165 lbs. This is the high end of "healthy" according to the BMI - and also the high end of "one size fits all" to most hosiery manufacturers! I'm a bit fan of funky tights (stripes and polka dots, silly things like that!) but it's almost impossible to find plus sized ones. Ideally I want to get down to 150 lbs, but we'll see how things look when I hit 160 or so. I'm on 3fC because: I found my way back here when I needed some ideas for snacking on P1. I found the Fake Garlic Bread, and I've been reading recipes ever since. You girls have such great ideas for recipes - even as simple as "this is what I put in my oatmeal" and it really helps to keep from getting burned out.
OCCUPATION: stay at home slave...sorry, mom. Part time baker/server.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN
FAVORITE COLOR: Red
FAVORITE FOODS: Mexican
FAVORITE EXERCISE: weights, yoga, body flow
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Wonder Boys, all Harry Potters, the new Twilight (yeah I know it's not out yet), almost any Judd Aptow film and oh so many more movies
FAVORITE/GROUP: Yonder Mountain String Band
PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: laziness, no will power.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I have to lose it, no more excuses.
Children/ages: I have a 5 year old girl, and 2 year old triplets, 2 boys and a girl
TOP WEIGHT: 305 preggo with the triplets (preeclampsia, so I held water)
CURRENT WEIGHT: 207
GOAL WEIGHT: 160 ish
HEIGHT: 5'10"
EYE COLOR: blue
HAIR COLOR: brownish with highlights
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: internet, playing with my kids
OCCUPATION: SAHM - but used to be an elementary teacher
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Huntington Beach, CA
FAVORITE COLOR: purple
FAVORITE FOODS: mexican, italian, and anything sweet
FAVORITE EXERCISE: walking, elliptical trainer
FAVORITE BOOK(S): I have NO time to read these days
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Sleeping with the Enemy
FAVORITE/GROUP: 1970s and 1980 rock, country, alternative
PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I can loose the weight, but it keeps coming back, because I go back to my old ways. I'm just disgusted with my actions.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I don't know. I've got to make a positive change in my life or I am going to end up just like my mom. Overweight with lots of health problems. I'm an older mom and I need to be here, and be able to move for my kids.
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Reason: spelling mistakes
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Hobbies? what are those? My life is consumed with working 40 hrs/wk and going to school online for my bachelors
PETS: 1 cat
OCCUPATION: Dental Hygienist
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: NY
FAVORITE COLOR: Pink
FAVORITE FOODS: Mexican all the way
FAVORITE EXERCISE: I hate it all! ..probably pilates
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Little Miss Sunshine, Fight Club, Godfather, The Notebook
FAVORITE/GROUP: Brad Paisley, Rascall Flatts, Carrie Underwood, basically all country
PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Commiting for the long term
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I have probably 3000 dollars worth of cute skinny clothes I used to fit in that I can't bare to throw out!!
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: I love to paint, listen to music, go to live concerts, drink coffee and meet new people
PETS: a fish name gregory
OCCUPATION: student/barista
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: WA
FAVORITE COLOR: Blue
FAVORITE FOODS: Really good goat cheese, pastries, hot chocolate, cheesy new york style pizza
FAVORITE EXERCISE: weight training my arms
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, Old School
FAVORITE/GROUP: too many to list
PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: the diet part, I can do the working out I can never stick to eating well, I can't have one cookie or one slice of pizza. I tend to binge eat and over do it.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Everyone I live with has been on a plan and sticking to it for a month now, so having the house be a no junk food zone and hearing about their weightloss achievments makes me want to really stick with it too.
FAVORITE EXERCISE: Swimming, cycling, strength training
FAVORITE BOOK(S): don't have much time to read but just finished the Twilight series by Stephenie Myer and LOVED it. (I know, it's a teen book but I liked it anyway)
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): WAY TOO MANY to mention. Mostly sci-fi, horror, drama, supernatural, etc.
FAVORITE/GROUP: DAVID COOK!!! and also Daughtry, Evanescence, Nickelback, basically rock music but I love dancing to pop and Latin music.
PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: I keep gaining?...lol j/k I have a really hard time denying myself my comfort junk food. And I am pretty lazy when it comes to exercising. I do like weight training but I hurt myself and now I'm scared.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: Did something very outside of character for me - I signed up to audition for a band that plays at clubs & corp functions. So I don't want to look bad on stage AND I need to have enough energy just to do it.
FAVORITE/GROUP: I like everything from Maria Callas to Britney Spears.
PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: Honestly, my problem with weight loss is largely emotional. I can be REALLY great at diet and exercise but as soon as I get small enough that someone notices, I freak out. I'm not sure why this is but I'm going to change it.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: I'm committed to making this lifestyle change. I'm sick of being fat. I want to have children and be energetic and healthy enough to chase after them. I want to role model healthy, appropriate behavior. I'm seeking a support system and keeping a blog to work through emotional issues as they arise.
(Loving SB)
Of course, it's also because I could stand to lose too - I was on 3fC something like half a year ago, trying to lose through calorie control - consume less, burn more. I wore myself out and lost slowly and eventually burned out. It crept back on so now I'm losing it for the second time; I originally gained a bunch of weight - about 50 lbs - when I moved out of my mother's house several years ago. When Sweetie and I started SBD we lost about 10 lbs each on P1, and as of posting this we are just starting P2. I am nervous about the progress slowly, so I'm trying to squeeze in more exercise.
