7 days down

I have been using this site for 7 days now and figured it was about time I introduce myself!

I'm Natalie and I am looking to lose 50lbs. I have tried to do this off and on since graduating high school but allowed one thing or another to get me off track. This time feels so much more different. I actually took the dreadful before pictures in the mirror in my sports bra and panties. I look forward to when I can post them along with the after pictures in the success part of the message boards. I feel like I am pretty realistic this time with my goal as well. Instead of hoping to be down 50lbs in say 5 months I realize it could be next summer or maybe even fall before that happens.

I am in my twenties and single so of course the opposite sex plays a factor into why I want to lose weight but I also want to do it for my own health and my self esteem. I hate the fact I have been on about 7 trips in the past 18 months and there are no pictures of me because I prefer to be behind the camera. I look forward to the journey I am embarking on and cannot wait to flash my before picture to anyone who will listen to me when I lose the 50lbs I am looking to get rid of.

Please feel free to add me on here