I'm back on the losing weight journey. I lost about 35-40 lbs when I was in university - worked hard at the gym, ate healthy and had a great attitude towards the whole process. I successfully kept that weight off for two years. After graduation, I found myself in a very stressful job and started gaining the weight back - I was focusing on myself at all and my mind was always somewhere else. I moved to another province, far from my friends and family about a year ago. It was very very tough as first, making friends, adjusting to my environment, etc. The worst part about it wasn't the fact that I was away from home though, it was the fact that I had lost my new self within months and I didn't really care to get her back. It bad me feel bad about my body and I pretty much had zero self confidence. In September (2009) I went home for a visit and stepped on the scale - up to about a month ago I didn't own a scale. I was SHOCKED - I weighed in at 250....I had gained back every single bit of weight that I had lost! It took me a couple of months to really get back on track, but in November I made myself a promise that I would get me back!...Overall, I have lost 23 lbs since the summer. I'm very proud of myself so far and I'm looking forward to seeing the end results :)