I'm 27 years old - 5 ft. 8 and 293lbs (down from 308). I was a high school athelete and never worried about my weight until I got to be about 19 years old. I went years gaining weight and gaining more on top of that before I met my God-send sister-in-law, who had been diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and from her I learned all the symptoms. I have since been diagnosed with PCOS myself and Insulin Resistance to boot. I have, though, recently started on the correct dosage of glucophage (aka Metformin) to control my body's mishandling of insulin and between that and an added effort to work out on each lunch hour and have one 'active hour' each day, have lost about about 15lbs. in the last month and a half. My goal weight is 160lbs. and I'm excited to have found calorie-counter.com to help me through this major life change!