Hello,

One of the founders of this site invited me to join, so I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Lisa and I’m a writer with the women’s magazine, FIRST. I love to write about people’s weight-loss success stories. So if you have a story to share, I'm all ears. (I find these stories so inspiring and motivating and I hope I'm not alone!)

I cover new weight-loss topics every three weeks. For example, I’m currently looking for women to profile about the following themes:

* women who lost weight by adding more healthy plant-based proteins into their diet
* women who lost weight with a "rainbow" eating approach--trying to eat a wide range of different colored foods at every meal
* women who lost weight with the help of flavorful spices (perhaps the women felt more satisfied, and less deprived of taste...)
* women who experienced major weight loss with the help of juicing or juice detoxing

So if you have a story to share, I encourage you to contact me. Thanks for reading my post. I wish you all continued success with your efforts. And I hope to hear from you soon.

Take care,
Lisa
You can reach me at: LisaMaxb ( at ) yahoo…

I gained 105 pounds when I got pregnant with my daughter. After my daughter was born, my relationship took a turn for the worse and soon ended approximately eight months after she was born. As many can relate to, this created a terrible sense of security and self image, emotional instability and just the added stress of being a new, single mommy. This took an immediate toll on my health and diet. I carried the weight for a few years after having her.

How I did it?I did months and months of research online (it was the best option for the single mommy budget) to find out what, how, when, how much, etc. it would take to get the results I needed. I changed my diet SIGNIFICANTLY. I went from eating maybe two to three times a day (if that) to eating every two to three hours. Portion control of healthy options became a way of life. I began doing cardio every morning as soon as I got out of the bed and would do this at least five days a week. After work at night, I would weight train.

The key to success: I truly feel in order to get the results you want, all major components must be there: diet, cardio and weight training. One without the other will only prolong the results, which could ultimately lead to me giving up. And that wasn't an option. I do feel diet was truly 80 percent of my results.

I started use weight loss meds (usually order online at Costmeds.com ) a month ago. I lost 4 pounds the first week, and have since only lost 2.