I need to do this
I'm copying and pasting my intro from the 100lb club. I'm looking forward to the forum, and hope we can help one another towards our weight-loss goals.
First name: Beck
Geographical location: MA
Age: 37
Marital Status: Married
Children/Ages: 6 children ages 11-3
Occupation: Homemaker
Hobbies/Interests: Gardening, sewing, reading, museums, outdoors
Height: 5' 9"
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Starting yet again on 7/10/09
Starting Weight: 292.2
Present Weight: 286.4
Goal Weight: 150
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Emotional overeating
Following any specific plan: no specific plan, just reducing caloric intake and exercise
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I gained lots of weight with all of my pregnancies and managed to lose all of it after 3 of them. I never lost all the weight after I had my 4th, and then got pregnant with twins, a pregnancy that turned out to be very difficult. I did lose 20-30 lbs here and there over the past 2 years, but gained it back and then some. I'm now heavier than when I was pregnant with my twins. I'm a size 20-22 now, but was at a 14-16 at about 9 months postpartum (I guess nursing twins helped with that).
It's always been easier for me to lose weight when I was losing with a friend. I get easily bored with exercise when I work out alone, but with a friend I can go on forever. I don't have any friends that I can enlist to help me this time. My dh has never been overweight, he's always been active with running, biking, and tennis, but isn't willing to walk with me for exercise.
I'm also an emotional over-eater. I can literally stuff myself until I can't breathe anymore. I wish I could turn that aspect of myself off, and I've even gone to extremes to try to do so, one example being doing the a fast for 13 days thinking that if I had the willpower to not eat anything than I'd have the willpower to finally eat reasonably. I lost 22 lbs in a month gained it back and more (duh).
My mother was and is overweight. She's also an emotional eater and now has diabetes (as did my uncle who died from diabetic shock and my grandparents). I was embarrassed by her weight when I was a kid, now I've done the same thing to my kids. I don't want them to be teased because I'm fat. I want to be healthy for myself, I don't want to get diabetes, I don't want to be out of breath walking up the stairs, I want to set a good example for my kids (they all are very healthy weights, and are strong, active kids). I want my husband to be physically attracted to me again, I want to be able to buy nice clothes for myself, I want to be strong and healthy again.
Thanks for taking the time to read my long-winded post.
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Glad you found us!!
You came to a great place for support!!! Good luck on your weight loss journey!! 
