I'm starting this blog in hopes that it will become my journey into a weight-loss success story.

I'm a 24 year old college graduate that within the past few years, has really come into my own, mentally and physically. With this self discovery I have finally come to terms with the fact that I'm an overweight woman. Even though I am well proportioned and carry myself well, or so I've been told (whatever that means) I am approximately 50lbs overweight. I wear a dress size of 14/16, and even though that is considered the average woman's size, and some of you out there who are a lot larger are probably thinking "boo-hoo, shut up already!" I am uncomfortable in my own body. As much as I try to avoid mirrors and dismiss my added weight by bad lighting and PMS bloat, I have realized that this rationalization is only prolonging my my decision to get serious and start loosing weight.

I think the final "straw that broke the camels back" occurred during my last annual exam with my physician. While bringing my paperwork up to the receptionist to schedule my next appointment, I noticed on the form with all the different diagnosis with the checklists (there must be hundreds) my doctor X'ed the column for OBESE! I was in absolute shock. I was angry because she had never even mentioned my weight as being a problem, even though I have heart disease on both sides of my family, and now there it was in black and white. . .I could no longer dismiss it any longer. Maybe that's the real reason why I was so upset, It was staring back at me and I could no longer turn away.