Hi - Newbie from West London, U.K.

Hi everyone!! My name is Elizabeth, but I'm known as Lizzie to everyone. I'm 170cm and am quite a muscular build. I'm 48 years old and am single and live with Betsy, my Blue Roan English Cocker Spaniel, who helps me loose weight and I adore her!! At my heaviest I was 22 and a half stone. I did have a Gastric Band in 2006 which led me to loose 7 and a half stone which meant that I could have the Total Knee Replacement on my right knee. I had both surgeries done privately because the first one; the NHS local PCT refused to pay!!! Now they can't give them away for free!!!

Anyhow I put most of my weight back on through the years from eating badly. However, on 15, January 2015, I decided to take grips of things and decided to diet with MFP and in the first year I nearly lost 6 Stone.

I use MFP and Pacer for walking for the exercise and it is wonderful. I was 18 and a half stone and now I'm 12 stone 6.8 pounds. I'm determined to get back into loosing the last 2 stone properly after not doing so well for a few months but I know where I went wrong and I'm now sticking back down to 1200 calories and the extra calories that I get from Pacer (exercising) I will not use unless I have a special event to go to. I'm so determined to loose this final 2 stone.

I think Myfitnesspal is fantastic and I tell all my friends how wonderful and excellent it is. Anyone can loose weight successfully with it.

Thank you MFP!!