Introducing myself

Hello. I just want to share my story and why I am here. I've struggled with my weight almost my whole life. But, I never really gave it a second thought. I decided to believe I would be okay. I have clinical anxiety, so I didn't want to admit that there was a problem. But, that's when my life started to turn around. I would always eat what I wanted, and procrastinate and find reasons why it wasn't necessary for me to work out. Suddenly, I started straining my ankle every week because of the excess weight I would carry around everyday and all the pressure on my foot. It was a burden to walk up the stairs. I just didn't want to move. Last year, the Sunday after the 4th of July, that's when it really hit me. This was just about the most eye opening experience of my life. I was sitting in my backyard by the tall willow tress by my little white hammock. I was enjoying the warm summer breeze and the glowy Sunday evening. After a moment, a felt a sudden pain in my conscience. I felt like something wasn't right. And I knew God was telling me, "Maya, I want you to live your life to the fullest. I know this is not who you are, and I don't want you to suffer like this forever. I think it is time you make this change." And that is when I started to uncontrollably cry. No matter what, I couldn't stop myself. I couldn't help but thank God for all the beauty of this world that he has surrounded me with and that he cares for me enough to want a prosperous and wonderful life for me. I was so grateful for this message and I knew it was finally time to make this change that would lead to the better life I've been longing for all these years. It has been great, and today I am a healthy weight and so proud of all the success I have made. I lost over 60 pounds! I tell me mom how happy I am that I can "fly" up the stairs now. I know it was a lot of work and a whole lot of effort and determination on my part, but it was worth it. And I was not alone. ❤ I have this app because now my goal is to maintain the weight I am at. I wanted to know how to do that and what a healthy calorie goal looks like for me.