Hi

Hello,
I'm phantomjam. I joined myfitnesspal approximately one year ago and didn't stick with my goal which was to lose 30 - 35lbs and bring myself back to a healthy weight. For most of my life, I was naturally super skinny as was my mother before me and so on. However, a sedentary job, convenience foods and a lack of enthusiasm for exercise led to the pounds slowly creeping up on me.

Recently, I learned to sew my own clothing because I'm picky and I'm beginning to outgrow those. I have no intention of making bigger ones because I don't want to learn how to make major adjustments to patterns and I hate shopping for clothing in stores. Since joining MFP my weight stabilized 3lbs below my highest of 180lbs. I'm 5' 7". However, my inches (width) have been creeping up as I gain fat and lose muscle. In December, a friend and I started checking in with each other, to make sure we did our daily exercise and that has been going really well. I workout at home doing cardio - aerobic videos, walking and more recently stairs. I'd love to start cycling but the hills around here are brutal -- so not yet. I'm doing progressive calisthenics to build strength because I'm a wimp and I want to be strong!

It's time now to get serious about getting my diet in line because that's what will take the weight off. I also think I have some food sensitivities so I intend to track them down.

I've already made two posts on the forum, so this intro is a bit late. :-)