[Snowflake]

Well, no bones about it, I've been heavy from about age 8 to the present.
When I was doing Atkins, I was working out and saw some results (I believe more from the exercise than Atkins). I stopped Atkins because I did not feel good eating all the meat/cheese and other stuff. Promptly gained back weight.

I've been trying to do something about it but this year has been a total bust.
I joined Curves and promptly injured myself (I should have known better, everyone I know save 1 person joined Curves and injured themselves). to make the long story short, it took 6 months to heal from that injury. When I was in SF, I was rudely awakened to how desperately out of shape I am by the simple fact I was practically incapable of walking around the city I lived in for nearly 20 years. After 5 years here in a car and walking nowhere, I've put on more weight than I'd care to admit.

So I am starting back at the gym here at the office treadmilling and weights. Squeezing in regular mealtimes is a hassle and I need to get a control of that. I do not want to eat late at night since I do not get home until almost 8pm on average (the commute here is horrible, horrible, horrible). So anyway, I'm on an onward and upward trend, I hope. everyone else here is certainly an inspiration and a boon for me to encourage me on in times of Oh dear God don't make me go to the gym despair.

Donna