Ahoy, I'm the latest newcomer!
 

My name is Jess, I've been reading posts on this forum for awhile now and finally got the courage to join!

I have been on my own weight loss journey since January 1, 2009.

I guess I ended up being larger than life, or larger than I had ever seen myself in my life, after 4 long food filled years at college.

When I was in highschool I weighed 130 pounds and was Ms. Do It All! In college my sports involvement declined and my waste expanded. I actually gained 100 pounds in 4 years, pretty scary huh? I was lucky being 5'9" people couldn't tell for many years that I had put on so many pounds!

I was actually too low for my frame type back then, and I felt and looked the best when I was 165. So here's to the newest goal! I am down from 230 to 184, so I am only 19 pounds away from my goal and then I will reevaluate and go from there!

I look forward to hearing about all of your tales and hope we can all hit our end goals!

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Nice to meet you
 

This is my first time on the forum....I;m not quite sure how to use it yet. Still trying to navigate. We have more in common. I had a gastric sleeve procedure on Jan 27th starting at 234 and now I am at 186. Unfortunately I only have 63" of height to work with so I am shooting for a goal of 140. I haven't had any complications to date and am extremely happy with the decision that I made. I feel fabulous!!

Hi Jess! It's nice to meet you! :) You're doing so great with your weight loss! You go girl!!!:carrot::cheer2::cheer3::yay: :cb:

Welcome to you both!

Please make yourself at home reading and posting. We're glad you're here.

Hello, and :welcome: to both of you

Hi there! I'm new too, nice to meet you! Good luck and hope to see you around!

Thanks so much guys!

I look forward to reading all of your stories! I really think this will be a great place to keep motivated and away from all of those junkie foods that tempted me in the past ;)

I love this board, it really does feel like a community!

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Happy to meet you! Lots of support here!

Hi Jess, and welcome!

You've done so well, congratulations :D

Welcome! Surf around and settle in! We have forums based on age, eating plan, exercise and more! I'm glad you're here! :wave:

Welcome from one newbie to another!

Hi Jess and :wel3fc:

You've made awesome progress toward your goal so far - keep up the great work! :)