Hello out there to everyone! Here is my intro- my name is Kristin and I am 25 (almost 26!) years old. I live in Indiana with my husband (

of a year and half!) and my puppy, Maggie. I am a full-time graduate student and will graduate with my Master's Degree in December
I gained a bunch of weight in summer of 2007 due to a medication that I was on- only briefly- but it really messed up my weight. Prior to this I had been on diet and was seeing great results. See, we were going to Las Vegas, so I wanted to lose some weight. I weight about 185 and wanted to weight 170 prior to the trip. I was on my way-- and then I got sick with an infection in my stomach and intestines. It was horrible I barely ate, but with the medication, anything I did eat ballooned me up.

So here I sit at 200 and am just sick of it.
I like to read up on things, and really plan them out. The extreme fat smash diet seems great to me. I am starting on Monday (so there are no double workouts during the week... I think) and am excited. I am looking to weigh 149 which made me a size 6 back in the day. I am currently a 14/15 in jeans. Ultimately I just don't feel comfortable. I feel so overweight for my liking that it grosses me out.
I have a great husband who is super supportive. Though he says I am "fine the way" I am... I know that I will feel fine when the scale is much lower. I am hoping to lose 30 lbs by July of 2008, that seems realistic enough to me for now... that is just short term, as I would like to have 51 lbs gone by this time next year.
With that being said- there you go. Hopefully this works out well... I guess like everyone else in the world i need encouragement and friends who are going through this too.