Newbie looking for some friends to help me lose these last f

Hi guys,

I just joined this site 2 weeks ago and have come to rely and use it much more than I thought I would. However, it would be nice to get to know other people on here and share progress etc. I basically decided I wanted to lose weight, join the gym and live a healthier life in general on 3 Oct 2009. So I joined the gym, started eating three healthy meals a day and cut down my working hours so they were more sensible. I didn't weigh myself until a few days into it as I didn't own any scales but when I got some they showed at 5ft 8 I was 14st 12lb and I was devastated. I didn't look back after that. In the first three months I lost 3 stone and then from Jan - June 2010 the rate I lost weight slowed down while my shape started to change markedly. In those six months I went from 12 st to 10 st 3 lb and a UK size 14 to size 10-12 and was feeling great. I started running anything up to 6 miles a couple of times a week as well as going to the gym, playing badminton and started making new friends. I felt confident and generally had a new lease of life.

However, along with my new figure came a new found confidence and outlook on life and I realised I still wasn't happy and needed to make some personal changes in my life. Anyway, I basically managed to work through this "stuff" and kept myself in shape pretty much up until Nov last year and then it went pear shaped. I got ill with a bad flu which took pretty much a month to get over and wasn't helped by my asthma. I was run down and then Christmas came along. I'd already started to falter and once January came I jut couldn't get back on track however much I tried. Whenever I got some momentum going I would get sick again or something unavoidable would happen. This continued until the end of May this year and so I decided I wasn't going to fight it anymore. So for a month (June) I ate anything and everything I wanted and stopped going to the gym. Then right at the end of June something suddenly clicked again and suddenly I got my motivation and determination back. I had put on an awful lot of weight during the previous 6 months of stopping and starting and my final binge month added insult to injury. I didn't check my weight but I knew it was bad because I could no longer fit into my size 12 jeans and size 10 tops, I was back in my size 14s and I knew if I continued they wouldn't fit either before too long.

So I started off again with eating healthy and going to the gym CONSISTENTLY on 30 June this year. I have had a couple of slip ups but this time the difference is I have not let it get to me as much as it did before and I have carried on.

My aim back in 2009 was 10st and whenever I get within 3-4 lbs I relapse...I did this very thing again in October! Since my initial goal I changed my goal weight to 138 lb and currently I'm at 146 lb. I don't want to fail again this xmas and I want to reach my goals so I'm looking for people to help me stay positive and motivated when times get tough and I will do the same.

Sorry for the long post, but that's basically my weightloss journey. There's no stopping me typing once I get going haha. All friend requests welcomed and in case it's an issue I'll be uploading a pic and fixing my profile over the weekend.

M x