3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

It has seriously been a year or more since I've been on. So much has changed...

It's been a year of ups and downs. After 9 years in an abusive marriage, my drawn out divorce was finalized last summer. I started school, did 1 year, and had to go back to working full time. I nearly lost my grandfather, who along with my grandmother, raised me. He had a massive stroke in February. It left him unable to talk, walk independently, eat, or swallow. It devastated me more than I could ever describe.

I am 31 years old. I have a son, 8, and a daughter, 5. I work 3 jobs to make ends meet. I get no support, and thanks to my Ex's inability get out of bed and go to work, he no longer has a job so I'm paying him support. Yay. I'm a bartender, I work at a convenience store/restaurant, and my favorite, I work with mentally handicapped and developmentally disabled adults in a care facility. I have been seeing the man I'm with for two years. He's pretty incredible. :-) He's in the middle of nursing school and works full time. We've been living together for a few months now and wedding bells are probably going to be ringing very soon.

The stresses of dealing with a controlling, still abusive ex, then my grandfathers health decline and having to take on a 3rd job has lead to a major weight gain for me. I haven't weighed this much since I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter. :o The boyfriend is supportive. He doesn't care what weight I am as long as I'm healthy. Though he did make me promise not to lose so much that the butt goes away. ;)

I have about 60lbs to lose. Here we go...