Starting my journey, need the accountability
 

Hi all! I'm Jill; I'm a 25 year old teacher in Philly. This is my wake up call. I don't normally get my picture taken, but last weekend I was at a social event and couldn't avoid it. I saw all the pictures on social media and got really uncomfortable. Now to be fair, my friends are pretty tiny, but next to them, I look gigantic. This prompted me to step on a scale this morning for the first time in months. When the number 195 showed up I was dumbfounded. I knew I wasn't following healthy habits. I recently started a new, very stressful job, and was stress eating. I drive alot between jobs and grad school so fast food played a huge roll as well. Compounding this was moving in with my boyfriend who has his own unhealthy habits that enable mine. But, I didn't think I was wobbling on the 200 lbs. line. So, I obviously need to make a change before this gets out of hand.

I'm hoping to lose 50 lbs. by my 26th birthday in May. The plan is to set monthly action goals for myself. The hope is by setting concrete goals I can correlate with the numbers on the scale will keep me motivated.
My first goals are simple:
1. No fast food
2. Walk everyday
3. No soda
I'll step up my goals as I start forming new, healthier habits. I'm also using MyFitnessPal to keep track of my progress.

Looking forward to meeting some new friends on this journey!

Hey! Welcome!
Good luck on your mission, I too have got into some bad habits but that is all changing, my first weigh in today since giving up my terrible Red Bull addiction, hoping for a lb off :)

:welcome: You seem to be heading into this journey with a great attitude. Your first goals are excellent first steps. :yay:

Good luck Jillian