What are your weight-control goals?

To lose it and keep it off! Sounds simple enough? I want to make the RIGHT choices most of the time, and the times I make the wrong ones, I want to realise it. I want don't want to be the 'fat friend'. I want to shop with my best friend in shops like Valley Girl.

What is your motivation for losing weight?

I hated having to buy the next size up in clothing, and I tried to continue wearing my size 14 pants even though they were literally cutting into my skin. I had to move up to size 16 and less than 6 months later I was fitting into that size, which I was not happy about.

What is your weight-loss method?

I think. Again, simple? Maybe. The choices I've made in the past have had me go up 4 sizes in as many years! I'm now thinking about what I'm going to eat and what I'm going to do for exercise. I have to make a choice as to what to eat and think very carefully about what goes in my shopping trolley.

What obstacles have you encountered while losing weight?

My obstacle has been my friends, who stay skinny regardless of how unhealthily they eat. They enjoy eating foods loaded with mayonnaise, cooked in oil, white bread. I've had to politely decline quite a few meals and educate them that while it has the word "Salad" in it, Caesar Salad isn't necessarily healthy!

What tips do you have for others who are trying to lose weight?

Make your choices, stick with it. Do not diet!! I'll say it again - DO NOT DIET! Live like this for the rest of your life! A diet is not something that you'll stick to until you're 90, a lifestyle is. Once as you've changed your lifestyle you'll change your life.

How do you feel now that you're achieving success?

Fantastic!! I feel motivated, loved, sexy! I love waking up and standing in front of my wardrobe and deciding what I'm going to wear - I love it, I love it! It's the best feeling!

How have the products or services offered by CalorieKing.com.au helped you to lose weight?

All of CalorieKing.com.au has helped me.The forums are a fantastic motivation, for fat days, thin days, happy days and sad days. My first goal (5kg) had me reward myself with a pedometer, which again, I love dearly! I've just renewed my membership for another year, that's how much I love CalorieKing.com.au.