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"Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake." ~Author Unknown

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"I'm allergic to food. Every time I eat it breaks out into fat." ~Jennifer Greene Duncan
The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates. Dave Barry

Christine

Christine
Mother of seven great kids, general rabble-rouser and obsessive writer of whatever grabs me at the time.
We have women in the military, but they don’t put us in the front lines. They don’t know if we can fight, if we can kill. I think we can. All the general has to do is walk over to the women and say, “You see the enemy over there? They say you look fat in those uniforms.” Elayne Boosler

Erin

Erin
Mom of three, who wants to lose the baby weight, the marriage weight and the freshmen twenty.
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. - Roger Bannister

Jenn

Jenn
Aspiring author who writes and critiques when she's not busy being mom to four crazy, wonderful kids.
If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible, it would have put them on the outside of our bodies. Elmer Rice

Kellie

Kellie
Hectic mom, hectic writer, hectic eater.
The only way to lose weight is to check it as airline baggage. Peggy Ryan

Lu Ann

Lu Ann
Author, teacher, librarian, and media contact extrordinare.
I’m not overweight. I’m just nine inches too short. Shelley Winters

Marta

Marta
(under construction - details to follow)
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Author Unknown

Melissa

Melissa
Mother of five, helps run a plumbing business, aspiring author and has been trying to lose this dang baby weight for almost 14 years!
In the Middle Ages, they had guillotines, stretch racks, whips and chains. Nowadays, we have a much more effective torture device called the bathroom scale. Stephen Phillips

Rebecca

Rebecca
Wife, mother to 10 fabulous kids, author, and future Hot Mama.

Sabine

Sabine
I am a 33 year old mother of three who loves to write and just went back to school. I collected a lot of fat of my first ten years of marriage and now I am ready to throw it away (the fat, not the marriage :)

Rob

Rob
Author, father, blogger, captain of industry
Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality. - Ralph Marston

Sandra

Sandra
Mom to 7, Grandma to 2, Student Advocate at a high school, Master School Counselor in training, blogger, reader, writer, creator, entreprenuer making memories of love to last.

I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets. Dolly Parton

Shanna

Shanna
I'm an aspiring author and junior high teacher. I love chocolate, junk food, chocolate, and good food in general, but don't really like vegetables unless smothered in a cheese sauce, and I hate exercise. Hence, the reason I'm here.

Shauna

Shauna
Mother to three of her own and many more, housewife, maid, chef, chauffer, accountant and breadwinner all rolled into one.
Physical fitness is in. I recently had a physical fit myself! Steve Allen

Sheila

Sheila
Single mom to two great kids, teacher, reviewer, blogger, podcaster and aspiring writer...oh, and stress eater!
Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator. Anonymous

Tristi

Tristi
Busy mom, editor, author, and headless chicken.

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