I'm Twirly, a 22 year old college senior in at the University of Florida. I grew up in Orlando and Kailua, Hawaii. At 5'6, I weigh 261 pounds. I am getting married on Feb 14, 2009 and want to be at 180 by then- a stringent, yet do-able goal, if I am determined. I'd eventually like to get down to about 160.

I've been overweight my entire life, but not by more than 5-10 pounds until high school, when all the "fat kid" taunting got to me and, at 160 pounds, I figured if I'm going to get mocked anyway, what does it matter? I let myself go and weighed 240 when I graduated high school.

I also have apparent hormonal problems that likely assist with my weight gain getting so out of control, because I never really ate JUNK, just more than I should have. (I don't even like cake, and that's the classic fat-kid contributor!)

My fiance and I have been very stringently calorie counting for about 3 weeks now, save for the weekend of a wedding we went to, where we both went over. He's only trying to lose 40-60 pounds, even though I think he looks fantastic the way he is. (He says the same about me, of course.) I really like it, because I pay attention to exactly what I eat, and it's motivation to eat less. I'm doomed when finals come around the corner again, though....

In personal information, I'm an anthropology and religion major. I worked on an archaeological dig this past summer. I'm also a gamer and a writer and I LJ religiously. I've worked at Universal Studios for most of the past 5 years. I'm a geek in every way, and I'm extremely random and eccentric!

Anyway, I look forward to getting to know all of you and hopefully meeting our goals together.

Hello and welcome I am new here also good luck and congrates on the wedding,

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Congrats on getting started, and it'll be so helpful to have someone around to support & encourage you in the household! (Congrats on the engagement as well. Exciting! ^^ I'm getting married in October of this year!)

Have you started exercising, yet? I do recommend it (as long as it's possible for you), and it's a good habit to get started early on, too.

Don't think of yourself as "doomed" when it comes to any situation though. There's always that saying "Whether you say you can or you say you can't, you're right." Don't fall into a self-fulfilling prophecy. It will be annoyingly difficult, but do plan ahead of time for finals. If you have a food plan written out & most meals prepared, you not only can succeed, but will triumph through them! (Not to mention, how awesome would it be to barely have to think about food at all through finals?!)

Anyway, it's exciting to have you joined up & posting! I hope to get to know you better.

Also, you may think of yourself as a n00b now, but pretty soon you'll be totally 1337. (Or 134N! Omgosh I make the most not funny jokes ever... >_<)

You should also PM me so we can talk about what games we play and how awesome we are for playing them. >_>