[creativeamanda]

I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Amanda. I am a 34 year old mother of three from South Carolina, currently living in North Carolina. I spent a good portion of my life scrawny, but in February of 2007, looked at picture of myself from a recent Disney World vacation and realized I was fat. I am not going to gloss over it by calling it puppy fat or a bit overweight. I was fat. When you have a small frame, it is an unavoidable truth. Still, after looking at that picture over and over, I did not get my rear in gear until I discovered some friends had lost at the time over 50 pounds each on Nutrisystem. I decided to give it a try, and in August of 2007, I reached my 50 pound weight loss goal on that program. I dropped from 190 pounds to 140. But the problem came in in that I was sick of the food. I had not taught myself how to properly eat. And I've found myself now 24 pounds heavier and back on the track. So, I'm on Weight Watchers hoping that I will teach myself how to eat properly, but now out of a box. I'm on a jounry to lose another 30 pounds, which will put me in the healthy weight range. My Ipod and Nike+ is ready, the Wii is set up with a daily workout regimen (except with out WiiFit, as I can't find one), and the refrigerator is stocked with plenty of water and lowfat foods.

One thing that helped me greatly before was finding buddies to lose weight with and I hope I can do that now. . .here's to losing it!