Hey! I would love to be your weight loss buddy if you wanted! I am also 5'8 and I weigh 180 pounds so it is like almost the same, and haha maybe like we could have like contests every week to see who can lose more weight or reach there goal fastest or whatever, we dont have to tho. but if u want to then email me at hptictac89@yahoo.com or if u have aol/aim my sn is BlueSmurfette08 !!