i'm 5'5" and 151. i use to be 160 but i've lost almost 10 lbs in 2 months. my goal is 135 so that's 25 lbs. i am a junk food and candy lover, so this has not been easy! lol... what i do is plan out 1,500 calories a day. now, my friends definitely aren't on diets lol so they pull out cookies, chips, all the good stuff. i'll take a tiny piece of cookie, or a few m & m's... so that way i atleast get something but i don't overdo it! i probably rack up about 100 cals. a day with those little munchies. try and cut out as much sugar as possible, like with juices, sodas, and desserts. definitely eat lots of fruits and veggies. i have been running a fast mile and a half or two (depending on what i feel like ) 4 or 5 days a week. but i just read that running longer distances slower increases your metabolism more. so i'm gonna run for 30 mins. this will burn about 300 calories at most, so with 1,600 cals a day and minus 300, that's almost 2 pounds a week you'll lose. i hope to shed all the weight by june first! we'll see how it goes! good luck! if you wanna e-mail me, it's JJStew3@hotmail.com