[Filament]

Hi all, I decided to join the ranks of the posting people after lurking for a while .

I'm 26 years old and have battled with my weight for most of my life. I'm 5'2" tall and I was 240 lbs at age 14 and then slimmed down over the course of 2 years to be 185 at graduation. I steadily lost more weight until I was 160 at my lowest, but stress and years of bad eating habits have taken their toll...

I find myself attractive in general, but my turning point this time around was when the weather got hot again and I started to chafe... bad. So now I'm trying to drop back down to 175 as a first step and then see if I want to lose more.

I'm also hoping to get fitter in the process and learn a bit about weight training, since so far I have mostly used aerobic exercise for weight loss.

Hi everyone

[Lovely]

Welcome to posting!

Congrats on your work and can't wait to see you around the boards!

[lagorditadecolorado]

That's funny, the chafing was something I took as a bit of sign too. I try not to look at my full body in the mirror, but chafing is hard deny as is the reasons behind it lol time to get real with myself!

Good luck on your goals!