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Where to begin - I am a 43 yr old female. When I got on the scale in Sep 03 and saw 140.5 I knew it was time to do something. I am used to weighing about 105. I started my uphill weight gain about 6 months after I had my tubes tied 9 years ago. At 140.5 I weighed more than when I was 9 months pregnant. I followed the Herbal Life for a month then watched what I ate for the most part and by 20 Dec 03 was down to 122. With the Holidays and quitting smoking 1 Jan 04 I have now reached 130. My food binges with the non-smoking is pretty well done and my 2 lb bag of jelly beans is gone, so I'm ready to start. Was going to try Atkins but after ready about 20 pages of posts in here this morning at work, I think this allows a little more flexibility. Off for groceries this weekend and ready to start on Monday. Will be in here constantly getting ideas (meal idea posts - love them). Going south end of March so although my goal is 110-115 would be happy to get to 120 by then. Look forward to meeting you all and get inspiration from you all.

Welcome, Leftie. It's nice to see another Candian - especially one from God's Country. (i love the Maritimes!)
There's lots of good information and tons of support here on The Beach so come on in! The water's fine! (Well, not really but we can pretend!)