Dropping LBs.: Lisa Cameron of Baldwin

Lisa Cameron

43, Baldwin

SEE PHOTOSHow did these 150 LIers drop up to 320 lbs. each?

"It was February. I woke up and the weather was crappy, and I felt crappy," says Cameron, who went to the gym regularly but undid her good work by not paying attention to what she was eating and not controlling her portions.

"I had no problem going to the gym," she says. "I'd go Monday through Friday. I was eating way more than I was burning. I'd get on the elliptical machine and burn 500 calories. Then, I'd eat 3,000 calories."

She also had a ritual that didn't help. "Every Friday I'd order all these fried things: fried chicken, fried plantains, you name it," says Cameron, who has gone from a size 14-16 to a size 6, the smallest she's been since college. "I was eating late at night. I'd eat until I went to bed at 11 p.m."

Lunch is chicken with seasonal vegetables. Dinner is some combination of tuna, beans or other protein and steamed vegetables and a salad.

"I like to eat with the season," says Cameron. "I also stay away from salt and high-sodium foods."