I saw a bunch of other people posting this, so…

Why/how did you begin your journey in health and fitness?
I started to dabble in health and fitness after my sophomore year of college, but I don’t think I’ve ever been as serious about it as I am now. To be completely honest: I started just to lose weight. I’m tired of looking at my closet at realizing that there is only a small handful of things that fit me anymore. But after reading a lot of the blogs on here, I’ve definitely started to get a better appreciation for the health part of this all. Hell, I want to be around a long time – I should try to be healthy and take care of myself.

What are your goals?
To lose weight and to kick-start a healthy lifestyle that I hope to keep for years to come. I don’t want to end up a health nut, but it would be nice to stay healthy, you know?

What is your goal weight (if you have one)?
By the end of this thing I will be 145 lbs. That seems really realistic to me. Ideally I’d like to get to 135, but I would be over the moon if I got to 145.

What are your plans once you get to your goal weight?
I am going to have to agree with just about every girl on tumblr… go shopping. I will finally be able to wear some of the clothes that I eye on the racks but was never able to quite pull off. I would also like to buy my very first two piece swimsuit – but that could still just be a pipe-dream. I don’t know.

What is one thing you have tried that you thought you would HATE, but loved?
Hummus. I went through my entire college career avoiding it because it looked weird (which is so not like me because the only two foods in the world I hate are asparagus and canned tuna – everything else I like). Now I make a darn good herb hummus.

What is one thing you tried that you did hate and why?
Running. I’m just not a runner. To be fair: I have never been much of an exercise nut. But I just despise running.

What is your favorite exercise?
Again, not really an exercise sort of person. I do walk every day, though. I used to like it a lot more before I moved to the south (where it’s humid as hell). I remember I used to love to roller-blade. Maybe I’ll take that up again…

Do you have a workout buddy?
My dog, Rusty. My neighbor walks her dogs with us sometimes. But it’s just been too darn hot this summer for the both of us. Seriously – the humidity is so bad it makes it hard to breathe. Maybe if I grew up down here it would be different.

What is one of your favorite meals you have come across?
Salad. Plain and simple. I love a good salad bar at a restaurant. Makes me really, really happy. Oh, and spaghetti squash. A serious god-send.

What is one of the worst meals you have come across?
Like I said before, I love all food - you don’t get to be overweight by being a picky eater. But I do hate asparagus and canned tuna. So, I imagine some kind of meal made with the two of those things would be a horrible meal for me. Other than that, it’s all good.

Do you use myplate or something like it? How are you liking it?
I use SparkPeople, although probably not as much as I should. I just use it to keep tabs on the calories in my food – but it has a ton of other features that I could be taking advantage of.

Why did you decide to blog about your journey?
I’ve been trying to lose weight for about four years now. Once I lost ten pounds then stopped. Another time I lost twenty pounds and then plateaued and just kind of gave up. Blogging will keep me accountable, and keep me focused. There are people out there rooting for me now – and that’s huge. I’ve never had that before. It’s kind of an amazing feeling – like I need to tell any of you though.

What are some of your workout tunes?
I don’t usually listen to music while I walk. In my neighborhood you’re lucky if you can get a quarter of a mile before someone stops to talk to you. In college I listened to a lot of Katy Perry, though. I know… guilty pleasure…

Who are your favorite health/fitness bloggers (doesn’t have to be tumblr)?
Can I just put down everyone? Here are some of the folks I stalk, er, follow on a regular (read: hourly)basis: smaller-n-smaller, 100lbsplease, shrink-wrap, effthisdiet, lifeiloveyou, drlovehandles.

Tell me a few things not related about you.
• I participated in my first NaNoWriMo last November and I WON! (want to be NaNoWriMo buddies? Username: leightonscott)
• I run a movie review website with my best friend: http://www.themovietalkers.com/
• I am a prolific personal blogger: http://www.stillrockandrolltome.blogspot.com
• I have shaken George Clooney’s hand (yes, it was as wonderful as I always imagined it being…)