My weight loss icon...

Kiera Knightley, to me, has the perfect body.

Everything, from her incredibly toned arms to her tiny waist, represent what I want to look like.

Right now I don't look anything like her, of course. I have got to be at least forty or fifty pounds heavier than she is.

Now, actually, is a good time to state my "before" measurements:

5'4"
148 lbs (GROSS)
36", 28", 41" (YES. I said 41" hips!!)

In order to "tame" my body to look like hers, I have to totally change the way I eat, work out, and even think. I have to change my whole identity.

But I can do it, because I believe in the power of mind over matter! In fact, I believe anyone can do what they want to do, as long as they put their mind to it...

and they want it badly enough.