[WahineByTheSea]

Hi everyone! Seems like a great supportive bunch of people here.

I'm 38 and I've been overweight / obese my whole life

So what's my story? I wanted to learn to paddleboard, so I bought a beautiful paddleboard in my favourite colour. Being a novice, I made one huge mistake . . . I bought the paddleboard for the colour, rather than for my weight.

Now I've decided that rather than return the pretty paddleboard and buy the fat girl's version, I'm going to lose some weight so that the one I want will float me. (This is the water baby's version of wanting to lose weight so that you can fit into nice clothes).

So here goes!

[Jacqui_D]

Hi WahinebyTheSea! Lol! Oh, that is SO much better than wanting to fit into clothes! What a unique motivation for getting started! Browse around and jump right in! People here are very nice and supportive. Good luck!

[WahineByTheSea]

Thanks for the welcome Jacqui_D! I'm looking forward to having enough posts so that I can put up my weight loss ticker . . . then it will feel more real

Congrats to you on your progress - I'm pretty much trying to follow in your footsteps (weight-wise).

[Jacqui_D]

Aw, that's nice, thank you!