New and determined!!!

Hey everyone!! My name is Kate, I'm from Connecticut, and I just joined this site three days ago. This site has already been a huge help to me. I am clueless when it comes to counting calories/ knowing how much to work out, so any help I can get is excellent

I am 21 years old and I just got married in February, my husband and I have known each other for 5 years, and been together for 4. Needless to say, I have let myself go over the years, and I am nowhere near in the perfect shape I was in High School. I want my old body back, for my relationship, and most of all for myself!! I am tired of spending an hour in the morning trying to find something to wear that doesn't make me look like a whale :mad:

My goal is to lose about 57 lbs, and by March, I want to look and feel a lot better than I do now. My husband is deployed overseas for a year, but he gets a 2 week break in March, and he just surprised me with a plane ticket!! We are meeting in and staying in Germany for two weeks, he calls it the honeymoon we never got to have! I want him to be WOWed :noway:

So there's my little (or not so little) Intro! I look forward to meeting people who are going through the same struggle that I am, as well as people who have met their goals! Either way, this site is very motivating for me

Thank you very much!! And I already find myself on here at least 4 times a day
Only trouble I'm having is eating all of my calories :frown: who would have thought that would be a problem

Welcome to MFP! My husband returned from a year deployment in January and is actually leaving again in March for a 7 month deployment. I know how it is when they are gone but the crazy thing is that's were I got all my motivation because I wanted to look good before he came home. I did really good and got down to 127 and a size 6 but after he got back I just fell off the wagon. I gained 30lbs back in 7 months but now I'm back at it. I want to lose all the weight before he leaves this time and keep it off while he's gone. I have 32 lbs still to go but I am working hard everyday at it. You will get a lot of support here and again welcome. :happy:

Oh I know what you mean! I always tend to gain weight when my husband is home =P I think it's because he is thin, and can eat whatever he wants and not gain anything, so we go out to eat all the time, and make big meals, and stupid me thinks I can eat the same portions as him, and I'll be okay :grumble: But truthfully (as hard as it can be sometimes) I am thankful that he chose to go overseas for this year, it has motivated me to be healthy again