First of many!

This is my brand new blog... a blog totally dedicated to documenting the chronicles of my weight loss journey!! But before I get into the details of that, I want to tell you a little about myself!

I am currently 26 years old and I live in a small town near the OH border: Temperance, MI. I've lived here for about 3 months now and it's great, even though I miss being close to my friends. I lived in Ann Arbor for 8 years, and was born and raised in Detroit, MI. I haven't been overweight all my life. I actually was a cute kid... confident, full of life, knew who I wanted to be. On my next entry I'll have to upload some pics! I started to gain weight when I was in the seventh grade. My father always told me that I was listening to the wrong people when it came to my self-image. To make a long story short, it got so bad that I actually stopped caring about what I looked like, and who I wanted to become. I simply let myself go.

Right now, I'm a size 26-28, and I want to get down to a size 8. I want to lose 200 pounds by Christmas 2009. I started my journey back at the beginning of December. I've never been in a relationship, and every time I try, there is resistance, either internal or external. I want to feel confident again. I want men to take a second glance at me. I want to be able to ride ALL the rides at Cedar Point again... and so on and so forth.

So, 200 pounds in 13 months...

There is just so much I want to say, but I will leave that for future journal entries. I just wanted to simply introduce myself. I hope that one day I can be an inspiration to others that are trying to lose weight, and have a happier, healthier life.

Cheers for now...