Hello, all. I am Gia, hailing from the lovely Midwest. :) I am obsessed with House M.D. and King Arthur myths.

I am very happy to have found this site. I receive words of comfort and motivation from friends and family, but this site is absolutely wonderful for keeping on track.

My reason for being here is to help myself retain the motivation to get healthy and fit. I'm the queen of procrastination, so though I've wanted to work on it before, I always put it off and busted out the candy bars and oatmeal cookies.

Right now, my goal is to drop from 135 to 125-ish. I'm taking it in incriments-- to 130 first, and then to 125. I used to be relatively heavy for my height-- I am only 5 feet 1 inch, and was about 165 to 170 pounds. I dropped down to about 145, but I did it in a very unhealthy way even though it was not done intentionally. Due to personal issues, I got depressed, and instead of eating my way to happiness, I stopped eating and lost 20 pounds in a little less than a month. It was awful, and I gained a lot of it back when I started eating normally again. My body image has been pretty rocky.

With diet and exercise, I dropped down to 140, and then to 133. I got lazy, worked my way towards 140 again, and right now, and focusing myself on my goal. I think that right now, physically and health-wise, I've felt better than I have in a long time.

I welcome any friends! I'm here to give and receive motivation, so feel free to friend me! And also... if you love House as much as I do, we shall rule the world. :)