I'm 26 and I've been struggling with my weight since starting college. I'm 5'll" so not huge for my size and thankfully I carry it well. People never believe them when I tell them my weight. I've gained about 10 lbs a year for the past 7 or 8 years and no matter what I did I gained. I could work my butt off exercising and eat a balanced diet and I would gain the same as when I sat on the couch with munchies, sooo the couch and muchies it was. Why kill yourself with diet and excercise when it doesn't do any good anyway. Of course there are many other reasons to be healthy even if your weight doesn't budge, but it's hard to remember that sometimes. I believe I have a thyroid condition, but have been unable to get diagnosed. All the standard tests come back normal and of course the doctors aren't willing to dig any deeper than the standard tests even if you are sure there is something wrong. I have found that to be a dead end. I'm almost ready to see if I can find a more open doctor, it's been almost a year since my last tests. The South Beach diet is the only thing that has worked for me.
I'm ready to have babies and have been for a while, but I really would like to lose at least 30 and if not 40 lbs before getting pregnant. I know the weight I need to lose now will only be compounded by pregnancy weight. Total my goal from my starting weight of 247 is 72lbs or an end weight of 175. Wish me luck I'm going to need it to get that much weight off.