Hi! New here & looking forward to making positive changes

aostdiek

Hi everyone! I just joined a couple of days ago. This looks like a wonderful community!
Though the impetus for joining was my recent engagement (hoping to be thin for the wedding), the bottom line is that I want to learn how to lead a healthy lifestyle.
For my entire adult (er, 16+) life, I really haven't had to worry about what I've eaten. Despite eating lots of fast food and never working out, I stayed around a slim 100 lbs. Everything changed a couple of years ago. Every Girl Scout cookie has an effect now!
Though I feel very lucky for having so much time to eat as I pleased without consequences, I'm excited to get on top of things & get healthy. I know it will be good for my body & health to be more aware of what I'm eating. But it's been very difficult for me to understand the consequences of what I eat.