Hey! I'm Tashann...I go by Tash. I'm 24! I lived in Africa for 7 years and come back to America 5 years ago. And now about 50 lbs later , I feel horrible! I've always been overweight but, now at 305lbs total, I looked up dieting and there this site was! I am currently dabbling with Weight Watchers but have serious determination problems. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

WELCOME! I'm sure you will find this site quite helpful. As far as motivation...ask yourself what you want. Ask what you want to see on the scale as well as what you want to feel. It's a tough battle to lose weight, but well worth the fight. In order to lose the weight you need to have a lot of fight in you because there will be set backs...but you can do it. I see you're 24...I like the "20 somethings" board, but I usually go anywhere I feel like...lol. Ask questions, someone will answer you and dont worry I dont believe any question is too silly. Good luck

Hi, welcome! I'm new here too, but I've been struggling to lose weight for a while now... anyway, I wanted to suggest going to www.fitday.com and starting a food journal. It helped me a LOT because it makes you always accountable for what you're eating - and even sometimes made me choose to not snack because I was feeling too lazy to go put in into the site... lol. Good luck with your weight loss!

I can't give you any advice.. I need it myself!

But I can give you support!! This site seems great, I think you will get a ton of help and idea and motivators

Thanks so much for all of your support!! I am really excited and I feel that this will make me realize I'm not the only one trying to lose weight!!! Thanks!!! :-)