3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community - Newbie looking for support!

Hello All :) I've been searching around for the past couple of weeks on the web for good sources of support for dieting and I think that your group is by far the best "real" group I've found, so thanks for letting me join!! I'm a happily married mother of two who has struggled with my weight since I was a child. Many of my most vivid memories of childhood are of someone saying how pretty I'd be if I lost a little weight!! I spent my high school years starving myself to maintain a weight of 103-110 and then gained forty pounds when I went to college. I've been a yo-yo dieter ever since!! I spend a while at a "good" weight and then gain it back plus some! My heaviest weight was a few years ago at 182. I did the South Beach diet and lost down to 132. But when I stopped smoking a year ago, I gained most of it back!! Looking at pictures of myself, I didn't even recognize myself - that's not the way I look to myself!! So, I realized that I need to stop the yo-yo and start a LIFE of living healthy and exercising! But I need some support and motivation to stay focused on the long term and not give up. That's why I'm here and if I can be a support to someone as well, then I will feel very good about my experience here!