Continuing my journey

I have been struggling for years now. I have been a member of MFP for 3-4 years (I created a new profile as a way to start over). The first year I lost 65lbs, the second year I lost another 17 then I started gaining weight again by the third year. I am currently 73 lbs from my goal weight. I use to be on mfp 2-3 times a day and now I maybe check it out every few months and I stopped logging my calories. This last week I have been a lot more active.

I have always eaten a 1600-2000 calorie diet. -other than the last year which was probably 3k+- I don't believe in eating anything below that because if I cant maintain the same choices for the rest of my life then don't do them now. I used to exercise 6 days a week 2-3 hours a day burning 1000-1500 HRM calories each session.

I had so many roadblocks the last few years. Most being fairly serious medical issues or depression. I felt like they were excuses but they literally made me incapable of working out. Like my ear canal collapsed because from a combo of severe dehydration and long flights on a trip to Vegas that left me in bed for 6-7 months because I couldn't stand without feeling like I was going to pass out and had major pain if I exerted myself. A woman issue that made it so I couldn't walk for 2 months, again...then I am a golden retriever breeder and for like 2 months I was getting up at 4am-6 am and so exhausted from lac of sleep I fell down stairs, outside and in my kitchen 7 times in 6 weeks...yup LOL. it was nuts.

So finally after all that I found that I have time to focus on me!!!! Things are getting back to normal! I feel good (other than being fat again and not having the endurance I used to). I feel like i want to get healthy again. My husband and I are in a good place financially and relationship wise (which the relationship has never been a problem anyhow). We will be moving to Texas by September 2015. Life is going as planned again! I want to be at my goal weight by the time I get down there. Especially because if we decide to buy a house we might get one with a pool. I also have friends that live there that will be coming to visit and swim...They still think I'm fit and I don't want to show them that I fell off the wagon even though they would still love me I have inspired them to work out and get healthy so yeah, it wouldn't be good.

I'm really hoping that I can stick with this and be as motivated as I was that first year.