New chick from Florida!
 

Hey everybody! My friend told this place is awesome for staying motivated to be healthy and lose weight. So here I am, introducing myself!

I'm 23. The first time I consciously started trying to lose weight was about 2.5 years ago. We had just moved and bought a new scale and I was shocked to see that I weighed as much as I did, 155 pounds! I blame it on the fact that in our previous apartment, we didn't have a full length mirror so I had no idea what I was looking like :)

I started exercising and dieting and quickly dropped about 8-9 pounds. After that it got a little harder, the weight was still coming off but not very fast. I finally got down to about 132 and stayed there for like 4-5 months. Then I went out of town for a week in August and got out of my routine (my mom's cooking is just too good!). The truth is I have a problem with overeating and love food so I eat it even when I'm not hungry. So quitting the diet plus not exercising and THEN adding on the holidays = BAD NEWS! I knew I was gaining but just didn't care!

I am now back up to 144 and pretty ticked off about it! LOL! It's not even like a healthy 144, which I've been before, you know when I'm exercising and stuff. It's a gross, fat in weird places, can't fit into my clothes, my face looks totally different 144. You know the difference? BLAH!

So now I'm back at square one it feels like. I'm married and have been for a few years and we are thinking about getting started on our family in about a year or so. So my goal is to get to 125 before I get pregnant. I know I can do it b/c I've been so close before, until I got WAY lazy. I have a feeling as soon as I get back to the gym some of it will come off pretty fast, but after that, I'm gonna need your help to stay motivated.

Wish me luck!!!!!!!!!

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You'll find a ton of support and advice. You've already shed some pounds from your top weight, so be proud that you haven't put it all back on (or then more) because that can happen so quickly as well.

You may want to check out the Featherweights area for those with only a little weight to lose, or those who are already within their healthy weight area looking to shed a few more pounds. There's also the 20-something's section, as well as a Diet Central for those looking to connect with people following similar ways of eating. And if you like going to the gym, check out the Exercise section for tips there :)

Post wherever you're comfortable. You'll be back down in no time, just keep at it!

Best of success!

Welcome :), so What part of Florida? Im in North East Fl.

I'm in Gainesville!

wow, we are kinda close, Im about an hour or so away. I take trips on my motorcycle to Gainsville. Im in South West Jacksonville.

Welcome to 3FC!!! :wave: I second Faerie's suggestion of Featherweights but I also wanted to personally invite you to check out our weight training subform. Building muscle mass makes us more compact and helps to burn more calories throughout the day.

Glad you're here!