I am a 47 yr old young female. I am single and have no children. I do have a wonderful guy in my life. A funny thing happened to me, when i hit my 40's my waistline started to get bigger,,fanny and thighs also. 7 yrs later i ask myself how did this happen??? I mean come on, i haven't done anything different! Hormones are starting to get out of whack and granted i am a tad slower...oh ok,,its age and i get it! (smile) but now how do i get myself back or close to being back to what i was 7 yrs ago? I have done Weight Watchers/Atkins/south beach nothing seems to work,,,i don't follow thru. But i just don't really know where to start. You read so much and they say,,don't do this, don't eat that...what can you eat? I must confess also i love food. I love the taste of it. So now that i have decided to start this journey,where do i begin? I know that there is a lot of other people out there in the same place i am and i just thought maybe if we compare notes and work together this could happen. I know it will take time and i am patient but i just want to make sure that i keep it off so it has to be a life changing event for me. OK thank you for reading my Bio,,hope i didn't go over board.