I have always been over-weight, in the 7th grade my dad put me on jenny craig (what a blow) not that I was obese but because he didn't want me to be. I was just chunky! So I never was over 200 in highschool but then my father died at the end of my senior year in 2000. From there it was down hill I gained more then 50 pounds. In 2002 I saw 240 on the scale but I know I was more before that. So I started losing weight because I did not want to die, I was scared to death that I would die like him from a heart attack. It took me about two years to lose 80 pounds. I saw 160 on the scale and didn't have to lie on my drivers lisence. =)  Then I stopped working out and eating right. Went right back to my old ways. I wieghed 185 in July of 06 thats when I met my boyfriend. Since then I gained 60 pounds back and got to 223. This is what I weighed on May 16th when I found this website. Since then I have tried to eat healthy and gone back to exercising not as much as I would like but you have to start somewhere. So my goal is to get back to the 160 I saw in 2004ish. I have seen it so I know I can do it but I need motivation. So here I am.