Hi! I stumbled onto the 3FC "Goal Pictures" forum somehow (late night web browsing lands you in some unexpected places) and was really inspired by all these real women successfully changing their bodies and their lives.

I have always felt too fat, had no cheekbones and a double chin. I remember being pudgy at my smallest, a size 6, freshman year of highschool and dreading having to wear a swim suit for gym. Now I would kill to be that weight again. In fact, it is my ultimate (weight) goal. LOL.

I have never really tried dieting before, and I don't intend to now. I want to learn to eat healthier and in more reasonable portions. I know me. I know that if I say 'no cookies. no soda. no pizza' that I will obsess about those foods until I break down and eat myself sick. So I've started counting calories with the Lose It! app on my phone. I haven't been exercising. I know I should, and I may start, but as of now I'm focusing on my relationship with food.

My plan: Deny myself nothing, but be mindful of and accountable for everything I put in my mouth.

I did this for a few month a while back and went from 183 to 170, but then I fell off the accountability wagon for no reason, really. Went back to 175 eating some very unhealthy foods, but I started back up with the counting yesterday. I haven't weighed myself lately, so I'm saying 175. If not exact, its close. Are there faster ways to lose the weight? Of course, but I believe this will give me the best chance of sticking to it and teach me how to maintain my healthy weight once I reach it.

I'd love a weight loss buddy, so I'm working on getting myself involved with the various things on 3FC. I'm so pumped to be a part of a like-minded community and to keep up with all the amazing weight loss that goes on around here!

Oh, also, I set up a 3FC blog under the same name.

Welcome I've always been so inspired by the goal pictures too! We're the same height and your current weight is where I would generally love to be at right now. Good luck!

It sounds like you and I have a few of the same problems. I tend to try to ignore my hunger and pay for it later and I'm a super lazy exerciser (I get bored of it so easily). I wasn't satisfied with the lowest weight I was at, also a size 6, but I'm kind of starting to think that I was being too much of a perfectionist about my body shape. I want to lose approximately 30-40 pounds to get back to where I was.

I would like a diet buddy too, but for me it's more just needing someone to hastle me about exercising every so often.