I'm so happy to have stumbled on this group! I'm a 25 year old with a just turned 6 son. I would love to lose weight with people who are struggling with similar issues. A little info on me: I am a nurse, I work in a peds ER. I have lost this weight once before, but did it through extreme calorie reduction and massive workouts. I want a more balanced approach this time. My son is beautiful and a little wild, so hopefully keeping up with him will help me out a little bit at least.

I love to work out, but haven't done it for a while. When I was in better shape my favorites were running and tae bo. My goals are to lose this weight and run a marathon. In the shorter term, I'd like to be 25 pounds lighter by Christmas and have run a 5k by then. Good luck to all of you too!