TEAM EmMarah

Again, my name's Mara. I'm 19, I'm taking up Occupational Therapy and graduation date for me is in 2012 (yeah, before the world ends :p). I hail from the Philippines. And yes, I hate the freaking stereotypes we get. I love writing and I hope it shows. Once upon a time I hated makeup, nail stuff, and all things girly, but lo and behold, over a year and a half ago, I got curious. I've been blogging since I was 12, I believe (le gasp) but I've only gotten real serious (somewhat) about it a few months ago. If you already know me, it'd be because you check out my site -- http://belikewhat.blogspot.com. If not, then no, that wasn't shameless plugging :)) Just thought it'd be weird if I mentioned it, you didn't know, and I wouldn't put the link up.

Late last year, I saw just unhappy I was with how I was leading my life. I vowed that I would better myself and that 2010 would be my year. And guess what? I have been working on it and I'm pretty pleased with how things are going. I'm happier.

One of the things that were on my agenda was weight loss.

I lost 20 lbs. in about 3 or 4 months but when summer came along I was like "meh."

I didn't gain the weight back (well, maybe 5 lbs? Idk) and that makes me happy but I'm still not at my target weight.

Me and Em (joined together by the power of the internet) thought of losing weight together and putting up a blog documenting it BUT since we wanted it to be more unique, Em said it could be more than just about conquering weight loss, but other things we go through life as well. I was like "so it's a FTW (for the win) blog?" and that's the story behind our concept.

Em and I have never met, but thanks to our blogs, we immediately clicked! This blog would be testament to our friendship and a witness of our journey towards FTW success bonanza (through all the stumbles and triumphs).

Wanna hitchhike? It's going to be a long ride, and I hope, to whoever's reading this, that you find it to be one worthwhile to glimpse at :)

'Til the next stop,

Mara