Hi all
After lurking for quite some time I am really pleased to become a site member. I previously felt somewhat intimidated about joining as I am a lowly male
but I think this one of the best weight loss support sites I have yet to come across and really look forward loosing weight with everyone here.
Little about me, I'm 6' 1" and in my mid 40s and have been overweight as long as I can recall. My weight had been slowly been creeping up over the years. It seemed everytime my wife got pregnant I would put on sympathy weight but unlike her I never lost it. Finally several months ago I hit an all time high of 310lbs. It's funny about self perception as the only time I saw myself as fat was in photos, and I just rationalized them as bad photos.
For whatever reason I had an awakening a few months ago and started calorie counting and slowly exercising. I have to date lost exactly 50lbs with a goal to loose another 75lbs. Even though I am approaching the mid point of my quest I am starting to question my ability to carry on as I have never lost this amount of weight before. I think I will, as I am truely inspired with all awesome ladies here.
Thanks for listening.
Howdy, great to be here
So happy to have one more "lowly male" 
on the site. I love having guys on here, becuause a lot of times they have new insights into things. It's also nice to us to remember that weight loss isn't isolated to any single group of people.
