Not really new but new :-)

Just wanted to say hey and tell my story. Some years back maybe 4 I worked in a nursing home i was about 215lbs. We held a biggest loser contest and I decided it was time to make the change so I joined in. The rules we all had to put in 2 dollars we weighed in every Tuesday morning with the dietician the contest ran 3 months. While trying to figure out how I was going to go about this in the first week I weighed in and had gained 2lbs I was devastated. One of the nurses in the competition laughed and said she is never going to lose weight she will always be fat. I was determined I signed up for a gym membership and my fitnesspal and every day counted calories worked out and the next weigh in was down 3lbs and every week after i was down 2lbs at the end of the compeittion i was down to 185 i lost 132lbs and won the competition along with 300 dollars i was so excited. through the years I still struggled with my image and weight but to this date im down to 158 and happy still going for my goal. It has not been easy but I made lifestyle changes and ignored the naysayers. Im here to say to those who struggle it is possible and this site was the biggest part of my journey I recently downloaded the app again to lose that last 13lbs. Good luck to you all and maybe we can be friends :-)