Hi everyone

JDY36

New to this site. Glad to see everyone being so helpful to one another... I have been up and down with my weight for many years. I am motivated to get back in shape because of health reasons and I'll admit for aesthetics too! I had a Lap-Band in 2008, and it didn't really work for me. I think it helps, but it's no magic bullet. So, I am making the time in my day for exercising, something that always falls by the wayside when I am busy with work and family. I am swimming laps at a local pool three days a week, and work out at the gym a couple days of the week. I kind of burned out on the gym scene, so going to the pool to exercise is exhilarating. Once upon a time I had a body fat of 19%, and it was HOT HOT HOT! But I have to remind myself that I was super focused on weight lifting and ate an extremely restrictive diet. I feel overwhelmed when I look at the numbers, but as long as the scale is going in the right direction I'll take that as encouragement. One of the things that is spurring me on is getting the Lap-band removed, and the Dr. said that a gastric bypass would be recommended. I feel strongly that an intervention like that is too drastic, and know that I did lose weight before, and can do it again. Coming to this site to track my food, and wow, looks like I am not really eating ENOUGH!! So I am planning to spread out my calories and add some food. Great tracker on the site. Now I just need some friends! Feel free to ad me as a friend.