Hey ladies! Excited to be part of this challenge (my first one)....I am actually much more of a Bob fan, but I shall still be Red team member wholeheartedly!
As for an intro--basically I was a "normal" weight my childhood and then in my Jr year of highschool I gained like 100 pounds in 3 months. No one could figure out why. I struggled with the weight alot and managed to lose it a few times with Low carb diets, but it would always sneak back up. Finally a few years ago I managed to keep the weight off for awhile, and then I got pregnant and gained weight like crazy. An ultrasound revealed I had a dermoid on my ovaries. Basically in highschool my body had apparently decided it wanted to be pregnant and decided to make a baby all by itself! It explains why I had always had such a problem with my weight, as my body has been acting like it was pregnant for years on end (also explains why my TOM stopped coming!). The doctors were amazed I had been able to actually conceive and said that the baby was a miracle. They were finally able to remove the dermoid my 5th month of pregnancy, and then my weight gain did slow down. But still by the end of the pregnancy I weighed 310 pounds. I was mortified, but determined not to do anything drastic diet wise that might harm the baby.
After giving birth, I did lose some weight and got down to about 265. However, no matter how much I worked out or watched my diet (I never went under 1800 calories as I had heard how unhealthy that was if you were breastfeeding) I couldn't lose anymore weight. I finally gave up and over the next two years I got back up to 310. I tried once more dieting in those few years, this time lowering my calories to 1500, but again not seeing any results. I kept active and went for alot of bikerides, but no weight loss. Finally about 2 1/2 months ago, I decided DD is now over 2, and I NEED to start losing weight even if it affects my milk supply. She is still not weaned, but is eating plenty of solid foods. I lowered my calories to about 1200 and started exercising. The weight finally started to come off. I now weigh 260 (I have lost 50 pounds in the past 3 months) which is the smallest I have been since this whole pregnancy weight gain started!
I have been drinking mothers milk tea as well this whole time, and am still lactating, which is good as I would feel guilty if it had stopped the milk. I had planned on weaning her in Sept a few months ago, but long story short, I have just dealt with a separation from her dad and we have had to move twice in the past 2 months and she isn't able to see her dad right now which she is taking hard, plus she is now starting day care as I am now working (I was a stay at home mom before). I didn't think it was appropriate to wean her now with everything else going on. I started the diet about 2 weeks before the separation, and have kept with it despite everything going on, and am really proud of myself for not turning to food in a time of stress!
Well that is pretty much my long intro, lol. Looking forward to this challenge! I just started watching the BL seasons for motivation recently and am now addicted. I got a bunch of the BL workouts, and think this challenge will be really helpful with a new season online that we will be doing in "real" time (the episodes will be weekly instead of me watching an entire season in a few days, lol).
Oh one quick question--in the weigh in thread, are we supposed to post our current weight, or the weigh in weight we signed up with last week?
But I'm going to try really hard to get it in. Luckily we live in a lovely neighborhood so it is safe to walk after dark (especially since Dad has me carry pepperspray & my cell phone at all times, and sets a timer for when I should be back 
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