Newbie intro :o)

Hi there,

Just want to intro myself, since I plan to be spending lots of time on MFP. I made an account in May, but yesterday I finally got a handle on tracking my food, and started in earnest.

I am in my 50s, married with 2 kids, a former serial yoyo dieter and currently live in Germany. I am retired, love to garden and cook from scratch.

Over the last 9 years (since I moved to Germany), my weight slowly crept up, until I reached a very unhappy 249 lbs. All that unhealthy German food!

Last winter, things really came to a head after really unhappy autumn and horrible Christmas vacation. I was sleeping badly, shlepped around in my nightie until noon, and basically sat around reading, watching Netflix or poking my devices.

Weeks would go by, where I only left the house to go grocery shopping and I didn't talk to friends or family (except the hubs). I had a hard time with stairs due to a bum knee and even prolonged walking was not the greatest.

Then a huge thing happened - I found the low carb way of eating and eliminated carbs and sugar from my diet.

Within a month, I started to have more energy, I lost weight (slowly), and started on a gentle workout routine at home.

Fast forward to now (6 months later).

I've lost 40 lbs, I have tons of energy, I feel happy and sparkly and am starting to like my body and myself. I walk 10,000 steps every day, do circuit training at my gym 3x a week, and yoga on the other 3 days. And I get an uninterrupted 6 or 7 hours of sleep every night. This hadn't happened since my daughter was born 34 years ago!

I still have a long way to go to lose more weight and to get really fit. My goal is to start running, and switch up to hot yoga when I lose a bit more around the waist.

I would love to get some friends on here, for mutual support - feel free to add me.

There, sorry for the verbal diarrhea. I just got up, had my first coffee and I'm pumped. Off to the gym