I'm 27, I live in the UK (Northampton, but born and work in London), I'm a Theatre Manager at a university where I basically try and stop the building falling apart, organise and supervise student shows, assist external clients, and help lecturing staff with their AV needs. At home, I live with my boyfriend, our cat and 4 fish.

I'm 4'11, and I used to weigh about 8 stone ish (around 117lbs) as I went from teen to twenty. I had an active adolescence, running and playing a lot of tennis competatively. But as my activities stopped because life got in the way, I got heavier.  It was a very slow gain, but at age 25 I weighed in at 154lbs and put my foot down.

I've had a couple of false starts, and been hampered a little by not having enough time, but this year I decided it was time to get active again and through the combination of calorie counting and running I have dropped from 144lbs in January to 131lbs now in May. I am aiming to reach a health BMI weight of around 120lbs, as I may be short but I am not 'petite'!