I love this!  I just discovered DietBet from Ali Vincent and I am ready to go!  What a cool idea.  I am very motivated by goals and competition...and the possibility of winning $ is icing on the cake.  (or should I say avocado on the salad)

I've had a weight problem for as long as I can remember.  For the first part of my life, it was an imaginary weight problem.  I thought I was fat at 5'5" and 125 pounds.  I never felt comfortable in my own skin. I would do anything to lose weight...I mean anything!  You name.  I tried it.  Starvation, Weight Watchers, PhenFen, liquid shake diets, Lindora, Jenny Craig...to name a few. 

I would always lose weight and that gave me a high...it made me feel worthy.  But the weight loss & lifestyle was not sustainable and eventually I would gain all of the weight back...and then some.  I felt like a failure.  A loser.  Why couldn't I do this?  It seemed so simple. I would throw my hands in the air in defeat, "Well, I failed.  I might as well do and eat what I want."  And I did.  Until I hated myself enough to start the cycle over again.  After countless rounds of this...I had created the weight problem that I imagined as a young woman.

It was a horrible, self-loathing roller coaster and I needed to get the hell off!

Ironcially enough, it was the end of my 17 year marriage that started the beginning of my new, healthy life path.  I learned to love myself...no matter what size I was.  I was good enough and worthy of love just the way I was.  It was only then that I could honestly look at my physical body and say, "I love you enough to take care of you.".  I was the happiest I had ever been...and I was the heaviest too.  I was 227 pounds and my body was crying out for me to do something. I had problems with my knee and a scary episode with my back that left me in bed for a week.  Unable to move without excruciating pain, I knew something needed to change...and change for good.

I did the heart work...and now I had to do the HARD WORK to get my body healthy again. 

Last year, I lost 40 pounds through healthy eating & a new active lifestyle.  I gained some of the weight back over the holidays and was starting to go back to my old way of thinking but instead, I just kept going.  I'm still on the path...making healthier choices every day.  I'm excited to be here and start this new challenge with all of you!