Hi!
I'm new here so let me introduce myself. I'm Edie, female, 36 years old and live in Oregon, USA. I'm the single mother of a 16 year old daughter and I work at a call center. Five months ago I woke up in the middle of the night with chest pains. I knew it was heartburn but it was pretty scary because it hurt enough that I wondered if it
was heartburn or a heart attack. It got me to thinking and I realized that I was 160 pounds overweight and a smoker with unmedicated high blood pressure and that I really could keel over dead in the middle of the night and my kid would find me dead in the morning. So when I woke up the next day I threw away the pack of cigs I'd just bought and after work I went grocery shopping for some decent food and I started exercising. As of the 1st (i do my weight and measurements on the 1st of every month) I was 5 months smoke free, 78 pounds and 45.5 inches smaller. I'd like to lose 77 more pounds and I really think I can do it! Oh and in 3 pounds I'll be under 200 which I haven't been since I was 20 or so
I'm glad I found this place. It would be nice to have somewhere to share this experience with people who understand the ups and downs. Thanks for reading and have a great day!