Hi Guys,

Just thought i would join this thread... I've been trying to lose weight since having my twins in may 06, i got back to pre pregnancy weight within a week of giving birth but put on nearly 20kg in the following months, by christmas i looked like a bloated balloon... i couldnt work out why as i was eating well and walking every day albeit not getting a lot of sleep with the twins... went to the doctors and he informed me that it was the steroids that i was given when i went into labour and it would take about 6 months for them to be out of my system and i could expect to be losing weight after that, and as he said, i started to notice the weight going down around January and have sucessfully lost 18kgs since then...

Im not proud of how much i weigh, it disgusts me actually, but i have struggled with my weight all my life, my mother had a weight problem too and from a young age used to be on to me about my weight even though as a child i was normal, but when i was about 9 i had a sporting injury and wasnt very active and packed it on a bit, which made her worse... so i guess its all that repressed childhood stuff really does makes an impact

But im determined to get healthy and back to a good weight, I'm aiming for around the 80-85kg mark, im about 175cms tall so i have 35kgs to go ... like some people here i do have a lot of muscle mass so anything under 80kgs and i tend to get the bobble head syndrome and i look a bit weird iykwim

Anyways, before this turns into a novel - Just wanted to introduce myself and hopefully i can keep up with my losing streak and get some inspiration from others here

xxx