Yorkshire Newbie

Hi Everyone!

My name is Vicky and I live in Yorkshire in the North of England. I have struggled with my weight all my life. I lost around 40lbs (3.5 stone) just after I got married and kept the weight off for about 10 years. In 2006, after the birth of my second baby, my weight started creeping up, and up, and up....and here I am. I think I've been in denial about my weight for a long time - wearing my fat pants that hold everything in, sucking in my belly when I'm standing in front of the mirror, and a husband who tells me I look lovely (bless him!).

However, last week we were in Spain on holiday and one morning I woke up to find that I had some pain on my belly. Not in it, ON IT. I went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror at my belly and I couldn't see anything. I realised that I had to LIFT UP my stomach to find the source of the pain, which was a sore, red spot in the fold of skin. That was it for me. I sat on the edge of the tub and cried because for the first time in 6 years I realised that I really am a fat ***** and I had to do something about it before I become truly obese.

With it being the school holidays I'm committing to exercise every day until I go back to work in September (when I'll probably have to drop down to about 4-5 days per week) and I've started getting serious about my food diary. But I need some support. So here I am. Again.