Hello!

Hi everyone! My name is Michelle and I am 31 years old. I currently weight 307 lbs and i'm 5'5". Happily married, but no children yet. I've been trying to lose weight, on and off, pretty much all my life. Last time I was under 200 lbs was probably my freshman year in high school.

I have many reasons why I want to lose weight, but the most important ones are: to be healthy, to feel better about myself and to have a baby. Hubby and I have been TTC for about 5 years now, with no success (although we do have 3 furry babies) I've recently been diagnosed with PCOS. Doc says I haven't been able to have a baby because of my weight and the PCOS. PCOS makes it difficult for me to lose weight as well. I DON'T want to be skinny. My goal weight used to be 150. That's unrealistic. If I ever get there, I would be very happy. However, I've realized that I was happy and healthy at around 215. So that is my first goal. I hope to one day be able to get under 200 lbs. Hubby is very supportive. He loves me for who I am. Works out with me and keeps me going.

I joined a small local gym at the beginning of September, committed to working out 4-5 x's a week and lost 5 lbs in a month. But the scale hasn't moved in the last 2 weeks. Very frustrating. Sometimes I feel like I am working out for nothing. Given up a lot of junk food and fast food, which was my main problem. I'm not gonna lie, I still have fast food or desert once in a while. But its no longer an almost-every day thing. I was suggested I join myfitnesspal to keep track of my calories and to find support and motivation, so here I am. Hoping this helps.