Hello all. I have pretty much always been overweight. Since highschool, I had said that I would never hit 200 lbs. My weight for the past 5 years or so had stayed within 180-195, until very recently. I weighted myself a few weeks ago, and stared dumbfounded at the total of 203. Since then, after a lot of moping about (that ended up with a highest scale reading of 208), I have decided that I will not do this to myself any longer. My mother is overweight, and she recently started to have bad health problems because of it. It pains me to see her so, and scares me to think that that could be me in another 10 years.
I've tried dieting and exercising, but I tend to not stick to it for very long. Recently, I discovered a park with miles of walking trails not even 5 minutes away from my house. Imagine that. With something like that so close, I have no excuse now for not doing something about my weight. I decided to join because I have a hard time motivating myself to do things like this. I see a lack of instant results and reach for the nearest tub of ice cream.
So here I am. Hopefully, the abundance of people here all trying to do the same thing will motivate me to archive my goal.
