I'm 4'9" and 142 lbs when I started. My heaviest weight was a year ago at 148lbs. I am now at 138 and I am doing the atkins diet. I thought I would try something new. I got down to 129lbs by doing calorie count. The weight slowly came back as my activity level dropped. Now I'm aiming to get down to 110lbs ultimately. I have a 4 year old daughter who thinks she's 40. She is very active and I'm trying to keep up with her. I need to be healthy for both of us. I'm to short to be so heavy. I want to do an hour of exercise a day but I need to start slow and do 30mins everyday in order to keep up progress. My goal is to stay on this diet for at least a month to see results before I decide to commit to this as a lifestyle. I love bread and donuts and pies,candy bars, lemon heads, chocolate, turtles, pizza, hoagies, mac & cheese, italian beefs, chili cheese dogs, fried chicken, and all kinds of pasta. ohhhhhhh......... to give up that for life. I just need to have them in moderation. Fruit and juice is one of my loves too but in moderation is best.

Good luck and God speed