Hello you sound like you are ready to get busy and lose the weight. I just joined last night but I have read alot of post and this is a great place. The people here sound great, loving, caring and supportive. I think this is a place for both of us to lose our weight. BTW my name is Tina and Im 26 years old and I hit my highest weight december 4th 2002 322 pounds and I lost down to 285 but over the holidays I gained back up to 298. So Im hopeing this is the place to help me lose it all and keep it off.