I had gastric bypass January of 2007 and in 10 months dropped down to 172 lbs from over 350 lbs. In the last 5 years I have seen my weight slowly increase due to having a sedentary significant other who has poor eating habits. It's just so hard to be self motivated! Food is seriously an addiction.

I try to get in the gym and get going real strong and fall off. That pattern seems to repeat itself over and over. I just started back in the gym (5/17) AND have encouraged my significant other to get of his butt and come with me. This has been a TREMENDOUS motivator for me.

What led me to fatsecret.com was a co-worker, who knows I'm trying to get healthier, made a comment about my lunch choice (Velveeta shells and cheese single serve). I was like, "it's small, it can't be THAT bad." She told me to google it and this site came up and I started playing around with it. I figured I'd give it a go and see what happens. I'm not sure I will keep up with it, but I can try.