it is time to take charge of or lives!

fightright

today is my first day. i do not know how things work around here so at the risk of being redundant i will post what i just wrote on my profile message thing, as i feel it describes what i'm doing here and how i feel about it...

so i had to start hormone therapy about 2 years ago, and even though i wasn't my ideal weight then... things just got out of control. i am now just 5 pounds from being obese, (according to a body mass index site) this has me scared to death. i'm tired of looking in the mirror and seeing myself in this state, i'm tired of being out of breath, and in pain from the strain this weight puts on my body! NOW is the time, not tomorrow, not next week, not after the holidays, or that day of fun i have planned next week! the time is NOW! so this morning when i woke up i joined this group and assumed a new identity, a new me. we are not here to give it a "try"... we are here cause we felt that we had to do something, something for our families, something for our kids, something for ourselves. today i make the commitment to fight for me! and i will fight right!

i believe that this is a community, and we should take an active role with each other, providing support, and words of encouragement, for there is power in numbers, and the more people we have in here taking an active role, the better chances of success we stand.