I am a single in my 40's live by the beach in the LA area I work as a designer - And my job has created a lot of additional stress for the past few years I started the 6wbmo on 03/03/03 I was pretty diligent and followed the program to the detail.. Journaling, weighting my food portions, exercising, cooking all my own food and drinking water 100 oz per day etc. I also took my photos every 6 weeks and measurements ..(which I keep hidden away LOL) but used them often as motivation of what I had already accomplished and where I WAS GOING to be! it was not easy to look at the pictures... I knew I had become overweight but still never truly admitted to myself what I looked liked... I knew my self esteem was very low... I had always been athletic and participated in athletic events..I ended up very sick in the hospital with a toxic reaction to medication.. Fast forward and I had gained over 65lbs.. Felt horrible and started staying home.. I have 2 cats- my boys who are my security blanket in my life and Love me no matter what I look like! I saw the infomercial and ordered it (the first thing I had ever bought from a infomercial) Then the kit came.. I cleaned out my kitchen and started cooking.. The first few weeks were over-whelming.. Taking my own start picts was such a reality check..over the next few weeks I added cardio first then sculpting with the bands... I did pretty good.. I had the ability to focus on the diet and my long term (to loose the weight..), but believe me I have had the ups and downs both physically and mental along the way.. We all will not be perfect we are humans.. But the important thing is to stay on the plan .. And not give in to slacking off, old habits etc, When you slip..Pick Yourself back up and Restart! It all comes down to what you do for yourself- from what you put into your own mouth, to exercising and if you do what is pretty well spelled out in the plan (I love the fact that it covers diet, and exercise and is pret

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"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."-Ralph Waldo Emerson