Lets get acquainted...

Alright, so here's a bit more about me...
Like I said I'm 25, married and a hairstylist. I'm on a weight loss journey because I've been "curvy" my whole life. I grew up in the city of Chicago, and the majority of my family is overweight as well. For as long as I can remember I wanted to be skinny, I wanted to be on a diet too. When I was a teenager, my dad was a pretty big guy, all of a sudden he started eating right and going to the gym. I'm not sure how much weight he lost... but I'd guess it was over 100 lbs. He looks fantastic now, and still eats chicken every night, works out 6 days a week and doesn't drink any pop. He was an inspiration, the only problem was, I didn't get as inspired as I should have. I didn't eat right, lose weight, work out. I just simply watched him and thought "wow, I want to do all that" but soon after I started to try different diets. I tried south beach, I tried drinking slim fast twice a day, I bought diet pills watching the scale hoping someday I would wake up and be skinny. But I didn't want it bad enough, I know that now. The thing is, I didn't ever get teased for being overweight when I was young, at least not to my face. But I learned at a young age that baggy clothes hide your weight. I wore hoodies ALL the time! I can honestly say I don't ever remember fitting into a normal size. I was out of juniors before I turned 10.
Anyways, I got married to the love of my life at 18. He was a U.S. Marine, and I moved to Camp LeJeune, N.C. That is about 1,000 miles away from Chicago. I left everything.... Family, friends, my whole life. And I turned to food. We were struggling financially, and I was struggling emotionally. Cheap food is rarely healthy food. So after about a year there, I stepped on the scale and seen the number 267 and I pretty much died inside. I am only 5'3. My BMI was 47!!!! Over 35 is morbidly obese. MORBIDLY OBESE... The way I understood those terms is that my weight was so bad I could actually die. But still I didn't start losing until last year. My husband has never said I was fat, ugly, or anything. Actually, what he said was "I love you the way you are" and "your beautiful and your body is beautiful" I appreciate that he loved me despite my weight, but at the same time, my weight was a problem for me. And I needed that to sink in enough to get off the couch and do something about it. I am now 227... BMI of 40(still morbidly obese) and I have a lot to lose... But slowly I'm doing it.
I will post about how I am losing the weight next post!

If there's anything else you would like to know, feel free to ask! I'm an open book on here.