Ready to Commit

Hi all! I'm 24 years old and have struggled with obesity my entire life. I was comfortable in my high school years at 170-175 and a size 14. But, after graduation I fell into a deep depression and gained around 15-20 lbs. When I met my now husband, I got on birth control and gained another 20. When I got married, I was the biggest I'd ever been at 220 and a size 18. Looking back at the pictures makes me sad. Most women get their butts in gear for the big day, but I just got worse leading up to it. My wedding dress had to be altered up four sizes.

Over the years, I've tried various things to lose weight. I would get the initiative and *maybe* stick to a plan for about a week or so, then nothing. Early February this year, I decided to just make some minor changes to my diet and started paying more attention to calorie intake. I didn't want to make any specific goals or dedicate to anything extreme because, like I said, in the past I'd always end up stopping.

It has now been nearly two months and, even though I haven't been entirely rigorous, I have stuck to consistently being conscious of calorie intake and today I weighed in at 211. I finally got a scale last week and I was 212 when I got on it, then. So, I know I am headed in the right direction, however small the progress may be. Knowing that I've lost at least nine pounds just making these minor changes, I am now inspired to attempt to lose a pound a week for the next fourteen weeks (the week of my summer vacation). I would love to be below the 200 mark when I go on my trip. Yes, that'll still have me in the obese range on the BMI (I'm 5'5), but I'm trying to do this in segments so I don't back out or lose momentum. I'm a commitment phobe, lol! If I reach my goal, after vacation, I'll set another goal for myself.

Anyway, I finally joined here today because I've been seeing that this is a great support system and I think the encouragement may help me be successful. Nice to meet everyone!

BeachinBeauty (or, at least I hope to be! )