First day!!! A little bit about me.

:happy: I'm not new to the weight loss game, I have been overweight most of my life. I remember in grade school, a boy poking my belly and asking " when's the baby due". I am an emotional eater, I eat to celebrate, I eat when I'm sad or down, I eat when I'm bored, and so on. I have never really had A moment where I felt comfortable in my skin. I have tried and lost then gained on just about every program or diet out their.
Last summer my husband took a new job, and was away from myself and my children for approximately 4 months, 30 days or so into that journey; I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown. My Dr. Suggested I take Xanax. I thought about it talked to some family and friends and decided I needed another way to de-stress. So I joined a gym! I was excited, motivated, and running 4-5 times a week........ Stress level reduced, that was good, I even looked forward to going to the gym. But then a visit back to the Dr. Setting foot on the scale, after a month of steady hard core effort. My weight hadn't budged. I was FRUSTRATED. So I met with a personal trainer, come to find out, I was not doing what I needed to build muscle in order to burn fat. An apfiany!!!! Feb 2012 I began working with a trainer, our personalities clashed, so I switched trainers and am now matched up with a trainer who I Love, and is an Awesome motivator.
Except when it comes to diet.
So, my core muscles have improved, but my weight not budging, and only a loss of 1% body fat was nearly devastating, all the working sooo hard, to just get such minimal results was hard to hear.
So here I sit today, signed up for My Fitness Pal, I'm excited, I'm ready to track my food and excited about the accountability with like minded people!
By the way, I'm a little long winded.

Lauraeb32