Hi Guys,
Just joined the forum and am very happy I found this site. Looks like a wealth of information to be found here.
A little about myself. I am a 26 yr old female and have been overweight most of my life since grade school. I tried losing weight on and off over the years just like I am sure a lot of you have. But of course, I always gained it back. And then some. In March of 2011, some events happened that really changed my mind about what I was doing to myself and how it was affecting my life and I knew I HAD to make a change. I was at my biggest at that point at 227 lbs and being only 5 ft tall.
Fast forward 18 months later, my last weigh in was at 135 lbs this week. I am still about 8 lbs from my goal of losing 100 lbs. I did not follow any special diet or exercise plan to lose the weight. Calories in vs calories out and working out hard 4-6 days a week. However, I have learned that it is so much harder losing the last 10 lbs than it was to lose the first 50.
Anyway, I hope I can educate myself further from others on this forum and also provide help and insight from what I have learned about nutrition and exercise throughout my own journey.
Amazing!