Cassandra-I am new here

I am a 24 year old Mother and Army wife. I didn't use to struggle with losing weight. As a teenager I was very active, I was into sports, being outside in the yard, riding my bike and I even wanted to join the Marine Corps. I also had a 3 year battle with anorexia, suicide and running away. But; at the age of 17 I became pregnant with a baby boy, his name was Dallas Orion. My dream of being a Marine changed when I found out I was expecting, so I dropped out of school to care for my son. Then on January 1st, 2005 I miscarried him one week shy of 5 months along. My dream was shattered. I began having weight issues after I lost him. When I became pregnant with my daughter in February of 2006 I was 175 pounds. I am only 5' 3 1/2" tall so this was not good. I was always the skinny active person and I was confused as to why I was so heavy. After her birth in November 2006 I didn't lose too much weight after her birth. I was 208 when she was born and I got down to 190 pounds. I got on a diet while my husband was deployed from 07-09 to Iraq and I got down to 165. My lowest weight since giving birth to my daughter. Of course I strayed away and gained all the weight back. In January of 2010 I gave birth to my son. I was 230 pounds and that slapped me in the face. A friend of mine uses this site so I thought I'd try it out. So far I love what I see. I hope to make new friends along this journey we are all on. I weigh 179 pounds now and my son is 16 months old. I want to lose all together 100 pounds. Only 49 more to go!! Good luck to all and I hope we can be helpful!