3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community - Hello Chickies!! Newbie here!

Hello there!
My name is Gabrielle, and I'm a new member here to 3 Fat Chicks! First of all, I am SO excited to have found such an awesome, inspiring, and encouraging community! I'm really looking forward to the friends I make, the progress I show, and the confidence I will gain. So, now that THAT is over with, let me introduce myself a bit more...professionally.

Everyone I know calls me Gabby.
I'm 19, turning 20 in June.
Although I have pictures of my childhood being fairly fit, I know that since the 5th grade, at least, I have struggled with weight. I wasn't HUGE-no, but I was certainly way taller and bigger than any friend I had. It was hard, too. I felt alone, and ashamed and slowly drowned out my naturally outgoing and care-free personality into a sheltered, hermit-like box. I was home schooled all my life, which only fed into my depression, poor eating habits, and not having to go out in the real world and be humiliated. However, the pain never went away. It still doesn't.

Although I reached my all time high this past December, weighing in at 264 lbs, I was quickly jolted to realization at how out of control I had become. So, since then, I had been working out, strictly so. I lost 17 lbs in the first two months. Janurary and Feburary were good months for me, however, I had fallen into my life-long depression again, and gained some back. Now, however, with help from a doctor, and my family and close friends, I'm getting the help I need in order to fight my depression and finally win this fight over weight ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!

Sooo, I am super happy to be able to join this family of users and see how far I get in a year! My goal is to loose 100 lbs. So hopefully, with lots of encouragement, tips, and prayers, I'll get there by this time next year. But Either way, I WILL get to my goal weight. I have to.