Hi everyone. I am 34 years old, I live in Ontario Canada. I'm divorced but now living with a wonderful man. He has 3 kids, so I'm also a step-mom. They're in their late teens and early 20's. Only the eldest lives with us.

Over the past 18 months I have gained 20 pounds and I am just disgusted with myself. I am a stress-eater and the last year in particular has had its share of ups and downs. My life has calmed down and I am now ready to focus on getting my body back. I used to be so focused on health and fitness. I exercised at least 5x per week, I ate a healthy diet and I looked good!

I have lurked on this site for a couple months now and finally decided that I needed to be somewhere where I felt accountable, where I could track my progress and where I would get support from people who understood.

So, this is a quick hello and I hope I get to learn more about all of you soon!

Thank you.

BELLA . . .

So glad you are finally crawling out into the open. You have definitely taken the first important step on the journey to better health and fitness. I know you will find a wonderful response wherever you choose to travel on these boards. The support arround here is just wonderful. Since you are familiar with the territory from your time in "lurkerdom", I won't try to make any suggestions for you. Feel free to jump in anywhere that catches your eye.

Just wanted to send a big HELLO to a fellow Canadian. Although I've been living in Nova Scotia since 1994, I was born and raised in Toronto (one of the few, I guess. Most people in Toronto come from somewhere else -- although now I think they skip right over Toronto in the rush to get to Alberta ).

You have a great moving and shaking kind of evening, chickie. Hope you will enjoy hanging out at 3FC as much as I do.