I had a weight problem for many years. Even when I was little, I was a chubby little kid. I was always happy though. I never minded my weight, I was comfortable with it. Of course, when I entered my teen years, things changed. I started to feel bad about myself. I had no reason to be, I was a good person... I just hated the way I looked. Boys never paid attention to me, and I felt like I was at the age where they should be, so I wanted to do something about it. I tried a lot of wierd diets that I had read about, I don't know... I was a teenager! I honestly didn't know what to do, so I tried everything except learn about the problem. I wanted it to just happen, I wanted results.

Later on, when I entered my 30s, the problem wasn't going away. I just couldn't bring myself to do anything about it. I just kinda let it get to me. Whenever I tried a diet, I would lose a little weight and get excited and hopeful... then I would stay the same weight for a long time and just gain it back. I couldn't take the up and down of it. I didn't want to risk myself doing that, because it only left me feeling unhappy.

I decided that I couldn't do it alone, so I looked for help from friends. Well my best friend Martha was having the same problem, she was never happy about her weight and wanted to do something about it - but she couldn't do it all alone. So we decided to do it together. We ate a lot of meals together, making sure we didn't eat the bad stuff. We did a lot of exercise too, and it was fun because there was someone to talk to. We did a lot of walking together, and also went to an aerobics class. It helped so much to have someone else to pick me up when I didn't have the energy. We didn't let eachother fail.

We've been doing this together for about 5 months now, and to date I've lost 35 pounds, and Martha has lost 42! Neither of us have gained anything back either, which is really encouraging.