A hello from Florida

Hi everyone!

Before you even ask, yes I live near the beach and yes it's hot down here. I don't like the heat.

Eh hem. You can call me Ambyr or Ammi (It's like Tammy without a T, get it?) and this is my billionth time (not really but sort of) trying to get to the weight and fitness level I want to be at. I was doing really well last year up until November of 2012, i'd lost 11 pounds since September of 2012 and was feeling great, even did decent during holidays. I had a piece of metal removed from my foot (stupid me 8 years ago walking around barefoot in my dad's work shop) on November 14, 2012 and I've slowly been putting on the weight ever since. In mid April of this year I started back on my journey. The mornings here were perfect to run my road (A mile down to the end and a mile back to my house) and granted I didn't and still don't run the whole thing, I'd do intervals of running for one minute and walking fast for 3-4 and then repeat.

I've been eating as clean as I can. I fall into temptation like the rest of us do. I've battled with binge eating for years but through therapy and diet I've been managing it for about...2 years now but as I said, I fall into temptation. It's definitely a "lifestyle change" not a "diet" and I know that.

I'm looking for friends. I have some and some of them are great while others don't do much for me. I need support and motivation. I have a very loving boyfriend who pointed out to me that he loves me no matter how big or small or unfit or fit I am, but he's afraid for my health if I keep gaining so I took this to heart and have started to try to get off the fat. Believe it or not I'm fairly strong. I've always been athletic and a very willing person to take a challenge and so although it may not seem like a lot, I can hold a plank for more than 60 seconds (regular plank or a 50 second side plank and 30 seconds of what I call walking planks because I have no idea what they're called to start on your palms and go down to your elbows and back up), I have decent stamina and I've been told my legs kick like a mule (don't know if that's a compliment but yes most of my muscles are in my legs).

Long story short, I just need friends to keep me in line and motivation to continue on even when I feel like I'm never going to get to my goal weight.

Here's le facts:
Age: 22
Height (somebody needs to measure me) I think I'm 5'3 or 5'4, or maybe 5'3.5 LOL
Weight: 157.6
Goal weight: 135, perhaps 130, but definitely 135 (which I haven't been since I was...15)
It's not necessarily just about the weight, if I can just lose the inches of fat. I know I have abs....somewhere under my flabs...