Weight Loss Questionnaire

Gender: Female
• Age: 22

• Starting weight: 160
• Current weight: Fluctuate between 130-135.
• Goal weight: 130 (Although, I don't care about the scale anymore)

• What are your reasons for wanting to lose/gain weight? (Please state which) Lose weight. Vanity and accomplish goals I set for myself.



• Would you consider yourself as having an eating disorder? No.


• Do you feel pressure from the media to look a certain way? No.


• Who has your ideal body/Who is your body inspiration? Myself, but better.


• Why do you want to look that way? Because that's who I am and every person is unique.


• What are you doing to change your weight? Please give as much info as possible (Specific diet/workout plan/taking supplements/surgery…) I ate at a deficit and exercised. I'm eating more now that I've reached my weight loss goal. Working on fitness/body goals now.


• Do you have ‘problem areas’ (please specify) or are you trying to change all over? All over.


• How do you feel about your weight loss/gain? (Positive/negative/motivated) Positive. More confident. Motivated to do even better and continue to exceed goals and set new ones.


• Have you got people who support you? (In real life/Online) Yes, both my awesome friends on here and people IRL.


• Has dieting changed how people see/treat you now? (Friends/family/public) Yes. Sometimes it's "why are you eating that, aren't you on a diet" or "you need a sandwich!"


• What motivates you? Myself and knowing that it's up to me to become the best me possible. Although, I will admit, seeing pictures and success stories is motivating as well.


• If/when you ‘fall off the wagon’ how do you feel? (Like giving up/motivated to do better/like punishing yourself/upset) I don't get upset. I just get back to it. It also can be motivating to do better.


• How do you feel about reaching your goal? (Is it close/far away/does it seem impossible) Goals are always changing. I reached my weight loss goal and set new goals that don't pertain to my scale weight. It never ends, just keep going.


• How do you think you will feel when you reach your goal? I did reach my original weight loss goal and I am still proud.


• What if you don’t feel that way? What will you do next? I thought I'd be done, but I wasn't. I set new goals.


• What have you learnt on your journey so far? Many things pertaining to eating, exercise/fitness, myself. I am continually learning.


• What is your favourite (relevant) quote? You'll always regret not working out but you will never regret a work out.

• Gender: Female
• Age: 22

• Starting weight: 248lb (18st)
• Current weight: 233lb (16st9)
• Goal weight: 143lb (10st3)

• What are your reasons for wanting to lose weight? I have a heart condition and I don't want to die. I want to look and feel healthy. I want to be a good partner to someone in the future. I'm sick of being big.


• Tell me a bit about your past… I never had a problem with my weight until I was about 9. I went to live with my grandparents and I over ate alot. I think it was alot of comfort eating really. My weight stabilised during my teens at around 12st (so I was overweight but about a size 12/14, but I was fine with it). Then I started contraception when I was 16 and my weight rocketed! Also my foster carer used to feed me alot of Marks and Spencers food lol, which is nice but very high in fat and calories!


• Would you consider yourself as having an eating disorder? No, I wouldn't say that. But I think I have a problem noticing that I've got bigger. To me, my body looks exactly the same as it did when I was 13...


• Have you ever had an eating disorder in the past? Nope! I did consider Bulimia at one point though. Stupid!


• Do you feel pressure from the media to look a certain way? Not particularly. I don't like fake poeple and alot of the people in the media are fake these days.


• Who has your ideal body/Who is your body inspiration? My sister actually! She has put on a bit of weight since having her baby, but I think she looks lovely and glowing and I adore her body shape! (she is pear shaped like me, but she's not as fat as me so it shows better on her!)


• Why do you want to look that way? Because even though it's slightly chubby, I think it's cute. I wouldn't want to be stick thin. the moment I see a bone I know I've gone way too far...


• What are you doing to change your weight? Please give as much info as possible. I eat 1300 calories per day and watch my saturated fat intake. i aim for a piece of fruit every day (I'm not a big fruit eater) and I try to eat as much protein as I can. i drink as much water as possible. I avoid anything that has a red label on the traffic lights labelling we have on food (UK), no matter what it is that is red, whether it be fat, salt, sugar, whatever. And if something is over 430 calories I won't touch it either. I eat lots of veg on a daily basis, being pescetarian. I go to the gym every day during the week and do aerobics classes, pilates classes and Circuit training and I walk alot.


• Do you have ‘problem areas’ (please specify) or are you trying to change all over? I'm trying to change all over, but I'd say my most embarrassing area is my bingo wings, so I'm eager to get rid of them as quickly as possible.


• How do you feel about your weight loss? (Positive/negative/motivated) It varies. Today, I feel motivated, but not necessarily positive, as I know I have a long way to go and I'm struggling to see the change, even though I've lost over a stone in weight. Also it is taking me a long while. I lost alot of weight to start off with and then let things slip and nearly gained the lot back on (I got to 231lb and put on to 243lb), and I still haven't got back down to where I was. It's added another month and half to my weight loss


• Have you got people who support you? Lots!


• Has dieting changed how people see/treat you now? I don't really know - I haven't asked or noticed. but I'm very open with everybody about my weight loss and diet.


• What motivates you? The prospect of a good weigh in on saturday! I'm going to Cyprus in September, so need to be in much better shape for that; and I have a friend that insists that Slimming World is the best thing and you lose loads of weight on it yada yada... I personally think it's a con, and I want to prove to her that it can be done for free


• If/when you ‘fall off the wagon’ how do you feel? I don't feel like giving up necessarily, but it does often lead to a binge and can last a few days...


• How do you feel about reaching your goal? (Is it close/far away/does it seem impossible) It seems VERY far away....


• How do you think you will feel when you reach your goal? Happy I hope!


• What if you don’t feel that way? What will you do next? Oooh gosh I don't know! I haven't thought about it! DRINK! haha! na, only kidding. I genuinely don't know.


• What is your biggest worry? That I will have loads of excess skin, and my stretchmarks will look more prominant. ( I earned them through getting fat, not childbirth...)


• What have you learnt on your journey so far? To NEVER fall off the bandwagon again, coz it sets you back two months...If there's two in a packet, you don't have to eat the two of them. This also saves me alot of money these days. Packets of Pasta n Sauce are two servings, not one. Cleaning burns LOADS!


• What is your favourite (relevant) quote? "Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold". I don't know if it's relevant or not, but I love it all the same

Age: 44
Starting weight: 188lbs
Current Weight: 161 lbs
Goal Weight: 148 lbs
I want to lose weight to have more energy, be stronger and look better
Would you consider yourself as having an eating disorder? No
Do you feel pressure from the media to look a certain way? No
Who has your ideal body? don't know
Why do you want to look that way? Because it shows I'm healthy
What are you doing to change your weight? Eating at TDEE - 20% and doing some exercise 5/6 days a week
Do you have problem areas? Yes! A really big bum
How do you feel about your weight loss? Really pleased, I feel like I am taking control of my health
Have you got people who support you? yes my husband is doing this with me and my children weigh me every Saturday
Has dieting changed how people treat you? Yes - I think people take me more seriously now I am slimmer
If you fall off the wagon how do you feel? That I need to get back on the wagon...
How do you think you will feel when you reach your goal? More confident, lighter and stronger
What have you learnt so far? That it is very easy not to be honest with yourself
What is your favourite relevant quote? Not sure

Gender: Female
• Age: 20

• Starting weight: 154
• Current weight: 139
• Goal weight: 125-130

• What are your reasons for wanting to lose/gain weight? The reasons I am losing weight are simple. I want to feel good, concerning all aspects of my life. I want to look at myself in the mirror and accept myself, my lifestyle, my body, and who I am as a person. Losing weight doesn't only change the number on the scale but it also changes my mentality. One day I hope to become a mother and instill a healthy relationship with food in their life. I want to introduce REAL, LIVE, and WHOLE foods. No more processed, non-nutrient dense foods. We only have a short amount of time here on Earth to enjoy and the best way to do that is to make sure our bodies are nourished in it tip-top shape. I have become a very active person and since then, I have established more friendships but also a desire to be in the outside world.


• Tell me a bit about your past: As a child I always thought I was a little on the heavier side, never overweight but I think I struggled more than the average girl with her weight. Starting a young age I was always looking into diets. During Junior High is when I started to put the most weight on, I decided to make a change and became more active by going to the gym. Entering high school I was at my lowest weight, 125. I was skinnier and thought well of myself. As time progressed I slowly started adding on the pounds. At the end of high school I was probably at around 135-140lb. Since my sophomore year in high school I have been working in an ice cream shop. After my senior year we also opened a candy shop and this is where I started to really pack on the pounds!! I would 1/2lb bags of taffy almost every shift, along with other samples. I couldn't control myself. I was addicted. EATING JUNK FOOD WAS A HABIT! The environment that we establish ourselves in I think can make a huge impact of how we create and mold ourselves as people. At this point I weighed my heaviest, a whopping 156lbs! On my small frame of 5'3'', it was disgusting.

• Would you consider yourself as having an eating disorder? Throughout my eating mayhem I did trying eating and purging, lasting about a week. But I also would consider overeating an eating disorder as well.


• Have you ever had an eating disorder in the past? Previously stated. ^^


• Do you feel pressure from the media to look a certain way? I could go on and on about this. One thing is true; we, as a nation, will always want to compare ourselves to those who are not like us. We want to be taller, more toned, prettier, etc. And maybe in a sense it pushes us to be the better version of ourselves (if we go about it in a healthy manner). But realistically, I know that I will never ever look like a Victoria's Secret model. I am not DESIGNED to look like that. This is one of the biggest hurdles some of us have yet to overcome...


• Who has your ideal body/Who is your body inspiration? I am my own inspiration. Yes, sometimes I will look at other women and say, "Wow, they are beautiful." But I don't want to look like them, I want to look like me. I want to see MY ribs, my perky butt and my strong, buff arms. If I had to choose a woman to look up to though, I would choose Kate Upton. She's curvacious and absolutely beautiful.


• Why do you want to look that way? I believe her and I have similar body types.


• What are you doing to change your weight? I started out with doing a Fitness Kickboxing and a MMA class about 5-6 days a week. I felt stronger and had more endurance but I wasn't seeing a shift in weight or inches. I knew it was my diet. So, I started tracking everything I ate and put into my mouth. I made myself become responsible for the way I ended up. I was eating about 1200 calories a day and burning about 3000-3500 calories a week. The scale began to shift and I knew that this was the healthier way to start doing things. After about 2-3 weeks I got my body fat checked and was at 22%. During this time, my martial arts instructor suggested that I exclude gluten from my diet. After doing research all night, It was decided, I would become gluten-free. I slowly was still losing weight but felt a whole lot better from excluding all breads, pastas, pastries, crackers, etc., from my diet. I also joined a Jiu Jistu class about 2 months ago and am loving it. I find that going to classes and being involved in something with other people really motivates me to be a better me. I eat mainly whole foods, with an occasional treat (no reason to restrict myself from all good things) and eat a lot of protein to keep up with my strength training (approx. 110-140g a day).

• Do you have ‘problem areas’ (please specify) or are you trying to change all over? I have always loved the shape of my body but of course, my stomach is/was absolutely the most terrifying place. I had rolls! At age 20, I knew I needed to change this. Also, the outside of my thighs needed a lot of toning.


• How do you feel about your weight loss/gain? There will always be ups and downs but I keep myself motivated and positive because there is no where to go but UP.


• Have you got people who support you? MFP has really helped with encouraging me to make healthy choices and gave me the support system I needed. My significant other really supports me but as far as family goes, they always try to pressure me to eat what they are eating.


• Has dieting changed how people see/treat you now? I think people now see that I am actually serious about losing weight and compliment me on my loss. It makes feel really good about myself and encourages me to keep going.


• What motivates you? You. Everyone who is trying to change their own lives. But ultimately, I try to be my biggest supporter.


• If/when you ‘fall off the wagon’ how do you feel? I kick myself for the rest of the day but keep going. NO reason to stop.


• How do you feel about reaching your goal? My hope is that by July I will have reached my goal weight.


• How do you think you will feel when you reach your goal? Delighted. Overwhelmed with joy. HOT hot hot. Sexy. Confident. Motivated.


• What if you don’t feel that way? What will you do next? I will. I have no choice.


• What is your biggest worry? To not see results as fast as I'd like to. Or for other people to not see me like I see myself.


• What have you learned on your journey so far? Hard work and dedication will pay off. Its not about being perfect, it's about being consistent.


• What is your favourite (relevant) quote? "Obsessed is the word the lazy use to describe the dedicated."

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• Gender: Male
• Age: 27

• Starting weight: 233
• Current weight: 225
• Goal weight: 160

• What are your reasons for wanting to lose/gain weight? (Please state which): I want to have more energy and look good. I want to not have to worry about health problems as I get older.


• Tell me a bit about your past… (Were you always unhappy with your weight? Did it begin in childhood? Did a specific event trigger unnatural eating habits?) Started in my teenage years. Lost a bunch of weight senior year. Gained it back a few years later.


• Would you consider yourself as having an eating disorder? Yes. Binge eating is a big issue for me. I lose all control at times.


• Have you ever had an eating disorder in the past? (If you are now recovered) No


• Do you feel pressure from the media to look a certain way? (If so please elaborate) Eh...kind of. Being a guy I'd say not so much.


• Who has your ideal body/Who is your body inspiration? Tom Hardy


• Why do you want to look that way? I don't know. I think he's got a similar build naturally to me....so it's probably somewhat doable with a lot of hard work.


• What are you doing to change your weight? Please give as much info as possible (Specific diet/workout plan/taking supplements/surgery…) Eat less processed food and less junk food. Drink more water. Run 3 days per week. Do strength training a couple days a week.


• Do you have ‘problem areas’ (please specify) or are you trying to change all over? Man boobs. But all over mostly.


• How do you feel about your weight loss/gain? (Positive/negative/motivated) Indifferent. I haven't been losing as quick as I'd like...but I do suspect some if it is muscle gain and fat loss washing each other out. My pants fit better.


• Have you got people who support you? (In real life/Online) My wife, My co-workers.


• Has dieting changed how people see/treat you now? (Friends/family/public) Sort of...my co-workers are good about making healthier choices when we do things like break room breakfasts and pot lucks.


• What motivates you? Looking good I suppose.


• If/when you ‘fall off the wagon’ how do you feel? (Like giving up/motivated to do better/like punishing yourself/upset) Like a drug addict. Seriously...I feel like food is completely controlling me.

• How do you feel about reaching your goal? (Is it close/far away/does it seem impossible) It's far away. I'm trying to set smaller goals along the way so that I don't have that big glaring number staring at me all the time.


• How do you think you will feel when you reach your goal? Fan-f'ing-tastic.


• What if you don’t feel that way? What will you do next? Most likely whether I feel fantastic or not I'm going to set new goals. It might be to lose another 5 lbs. It might be to gain muscle. Only time will tell.


• What is your biggest worry? Giving up for the hundredth time.


• What have you learnt on your journey so far? Well...for one I'm pretty certain "learnt" isn't a word. But I've learned that 90% of the stuff you see on tv/magazines/internet about weight loss is BS. There's no reason to starve yourself. There are no miracle foods. And weight loss isn't the most important thing. Health is.


• What is your favourite (relevant) quote? Don't have one.
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• Gender: Female
• Age: 24

• Starting weight: 160
• Current weight: 132
• Goal weight: 127

• What are your reasons for wanting to lose/gain weight? (Please state which) I lost weight because I was sick of myself. I was always self conscious and didn't want to be anymore.


• Tell me a bit about your past… (Were you always unhappy with your weight? Did it begin in childhood? Did a specific event trigger unnatural eating habits?) I grew up always playing sports in high school (track, basketball, volleyball, cheerleading). Once i graduated, went to college and lost all physical activity. And the scale went up.


• Would you consider yourself as having an eating disorder? Nope. I love eating


• Have you ever had an eating disorder in the past? (If you are now recovered) No


• Do you feel pressure from the media to look a certain way? (If so please elaborate) Nope. The stick thin girls don't appeal to me. I'd rather be muscular and have a shape to me.


• Who has your ideal body/Who is your body inspiration? Jamie Eason


• Why do you want to look that way? Like noted above, I don't like the stick-thin physique. I rather the muscular end of the spectrum


• What are you doing to change your weight? Please give as much info as possible (Specific diet/workout plan/taking supplements/surgery…) I started out doing purely cardio and lost around 25lbs. Then I started weight training and lost the remaining weight, and I've actually put a few pounds back on in muscle. I eat around 1900 cals/day, with equal amounts of protein and carbs (around 160g), around 40g/day of fat.


• Do you have ‘problem areas’ (please specify) or are you trying to change all over? I've changed all over, the last places I'm waiting to meet my expectations are my tummy and hips. Of course.


• How do you feel about your weight loss/gain? (Positive/negative/motivated) Love it!!! I don't ever want to stop living a fit life. I'm addicted now.


• Have you got people who support you? (In real life/Online) Yes. My brother. And my boyfriend recently started going to the gym with me.


• Has dieting changed how people see/treat you now? (Friends/family/public) Yes... I've lost a couple friends because they didn't like the fact that I was changing for the better. They always had a bad attitude about it.


• What motivates you? The fact that I actually lost 30lbs. on my own.


• If/when you ‘fall off the wagon’ how do you feel? (Like giving up/motivated to do better/like punishing yourself/upset) It motivated me more to get my hiney in the gym again.


• How do you feel about reaching your goal? (Is it close/far away/does it seem impossible) awesome!


• How do you think you will feel when you reach your goal? I met it and I've put a few lbs. back on in muscle. It feels great!


• What if you don’t feel that way? What will you do next? n/a


• What is your biggest worry? n/a


• What have you learnt on your journey so far? To stop making excuses. I was always the person who thought "Oh I'll start going to the gym when ____" I finally just told myself to shut up and do it now.


• What is your favourite (relevant) quote? You eat to live, not live to eat.
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• Gender: Female
• Age: 19

• Starting weight: 283
• Current weight: 236
• Goal weight: 144

• What are your reasons for wanting to lose/gain weight? (Please state which) I want to lose weight because, I am unhappy with the way I look and the way that I feel.


• Tell me a bit about your past… (Were you always unhappy with your weight? Did it begin in childhood? Did a specific event trigger unnatural eating habits?) I have ALWAYS been unhappy with my weight. I weighed in at 205 pounds when I was only in the 5TH grade... very pathetic. My family is all overweight as well.


• Would you consider yourself as having an eating disorder? I did have bulimia but, overcame that when I got pregnant. I currently do not.


• Have you ever had an eating disorder in the past? (If you are now recovered) Check above.


• Do you feel pressure from the media to look a certain way? (If so please elaborate) Yes, I do. They always have skinny girls looking amazing.


• Who has your ideal body/Who is your body inspiration? I don't have someone who has my ideal body.


• Why do you want to look that way? I want to look sexy.


• What are you doing to change your weight? Please give as much info as possible (Specific diet/workout plan/taking supplements/surgery…) I am eating 1660 calories a day, working out for at least an hour 6 times per week. I refuse to take supplements or have surgery.


• Do you have ‘problem areas’ (please specify) or are you trying to change all over? My thighs, my stomach and my upper arms.


• How do you feel about your weight loss/gain? (Positive/negative/motivated) I am unmotivated at the moment because, I have no idea how I will look when I get to my goal but, I am positive about the weight that I have already lost (48 pounds)


• Have you got people who support you? (In real life/Online) My MFP friends are incredible support along with my fiancé.


• Has dieting changed how people see/treat you now? (Friends/family/public) No.


• What motivates you? The mean words that people say


• If/when you ‘fall off the wagon’ how do you feel? (Like giving up/motivated to do better/like punishing yourself/upset) I feel discouraged and like I have failed myself.


• How do you feel about reaching your goal? (Is it close/far away/does it seem impossible) It sometimes feels impossible but, I am willing to do it and I am ready for it.


• How do you think you will feel when you reach your goal? I will feel successful and amazing


• What if you don’t feel that way? What will you do next? Keep going!


• What is your biggest worry? I am worried that I won't look good after I lose the weight and I will have liked myself better fat


• What have you learnt on your journey so far? I have learned that people will continue to talk badly about you and people will fakely compliment you. I have also learned that you will lose exactly what you put in. If you don't work out, you won't lose as much


• What is your favourite (relevant) quote? When you feel like you aren't going to ever make it to the top of the mountain, imagine the view from the top!





Great questionare!!

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