Hello everyone.

Hey there ... I just recently got my life together so I could lose some weight.  I am only eighteen years old, but I weigh about 270 pounds currently.  Ever since I was little I can remember being teased about being overweight, I was the fat girl that everyone enjoyed picking fun at and I hated every moment of elementary school.  As I got older I found that people were nicer, but in my teen years I faced different problems:  boys.  Everyone seemed to be dating except for me.  My interests included things that didn't require physical activity.  I didn't have any diet restrictions and was left to myself for most of the time.  At the end of my senior year of high school my mother ended up in the hospital due to a ruptured disc.  This caused a lot of stress (on top of school and such), which caused me to gain a lot of weight.  I am usually able to keep my weight steady for a year or so straight, but I always end up gaining weight every year.

I'm finally sick of being unhealthy and overweight.  I'm sick of being 'the fat girl'.  I'm sick of hating myself and I want to look in the mirror and see a beautiful person inside and out.  I want to be healthy enough to reach my life goals.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id):  fairynisms
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions:  Chrissy
3. Age & Sex:  18 & female
4. General Location:  Rhode Island
5. Married? Single?  It's complicated.  Technically single.
6. Kids? Furbabies?  Just my two cats. :]
7. Favorite color?  Light blue.
8. Favorite movie?  Currently?  REPO! the Genetic Opera and the Saw series.
9. Hobbies?  Playing with my cats, being online, hanging out, shopping.  I also like to hike, travel, read and wish I could do more volunteering.
10. Favorite Snack?  I love cottage cheese, strawberries and watermelon.  When I'm being bad on my diet I like ice cream and the little cakes that my local grocery store makes.
11. Favorite Beverage?  Diet Pepsi or Coke.  Or Coke Zero.
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  My emotional problems.  A lack of support from my family.  A lack of will power.
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  To be healthy, fit and sexy.  To weigh under 200 pounds for the first time in years.  I can't even recall when I saw the number on the scale without a '2' at the beginning.
14. Least Favorite Household Chore?  Vacuuming.  I hate loud noises.
15. How did you find Calorie Count?  I needed to find a resource for things like fruits, which usually don't have nutritional value information on them.
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  I love to talk to new people and make friends.

welcome to CC. I hope that you can find what you're looking for and also find the beauty in yourself that isn't dictated by what you see on the scale or in the mirror, those things aren't what bring true happiness. however, you will find that when you treat your body well...it isn't necessarily the changes in the weight but the changes in who you are and how you feel that matter most!! good luck :)