Hi, I am new to the forum. I have decided to take my life back into my own hands and make some positive changes.

I have always been a bit over weight by the time I was 27 I was 354 pounds at 28 I had a gastric by pass surgery and lost down to about 160. 2 pregnancies and 7 years later I am back up to 350ish pounds..

I considered another surgery but I have decided to take a deep breath and force myself to loss these pounds naturally. I joined this site to hopefully meet others and so we can encourage each other along the way.

I look forward to getting to know some new people during this life changing time.

Good luck, work hard, have patience and strong will power and you will get there.

Welcome aboard. It sounds like you know all of the keys to weight loss you just need to find yourself again. Each day for me is just that, another day. Sometimes I am very good and sometimes I am not but the most important thing for me to keep repeating to myself is "don't quit". I have lost, gained, lost some more and gained again and more. Why is it so easy to gain weight but not to lose it? Because it is easy to be heavy. It just is. Join me in taking this one step at a time. Good luck.