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Lose Weight on Vacation?

Lose Weight on Vacation? - Friday, August 8, 2008 at 2:45PM EST

Lose Weight on Vacation? Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Friday, Aug 8, 2008 @ 02:45pm EST
MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP - Priscilla Houliston wants to lose 100 pounds - on vacation. She won't lounge by a pool or surf on a beach, she'll sweat at 16 different destination spas around the world.

And she'll do it all on television. She's filming a series called "Healthy Vacations."

"My goal is to get people to immediately turn off their television after they see this and go out and take a walk," she said.

She shot the first episode in the Poconos at Deerfield Spa, in Monroe County.

"This isn't about me looking like a supermodel...this is about me living and being able to enjoy life," she said.

Priscilla once weighed more than 400 pounds. Over the past two years she knocked off about 200 of them. "I feel alive. I feel a lot more positive," she said.

Now she wants to share what she's learned and prove exercise can be fun. Especially when you have a full week of vacation to kick start a new fitness plan.

"Tomorrow might not be here. Do something about it now," she encouraged.

Priscilla is still in talks with TV executives about when and where her show will run. In the meantime you can read her daily updates at .