Hello everyone, I happened upon this website looking for a weightloss forum, because I have decided to start losing weight. Losing the weight is something I have dreamed of doing since I was a child, but everytime I would try something I would fail at it (such is the case usually with big people trying to lose weight).

Now that I'm almost 25, I've had enough of being fat, and I'm starting a new type of diet which I plan to stick with. I've never had good self-esteem and I never take my shirt off in public. In fact, I don't think my upper body has seen a ray of sunlight in about 18 years. I live in Florida, but I never go to the beach or public pools where I'm asked "Are you going to swim in your shirt?"

I know women have esteem issues around being seen in bathing suits when they are heavy, well the same goes for guys too :P Because I'm fat, I always feel like people are watching me when I get up to go some place in crowded areas like movie theaters or classrooms. Every day I feel tired and achy and it's a challenge to just go to the store or work or school.

The hardest thing for me is to stick to an workout program because I really don't have anyone close to encourage me or work out with me. In Orlando Florida especially, a gym is the last place I want to visit at my size. It's very hard to find a group of people in my position that are obese and want to lose weight. This is why I decided to find a forum of like-minded people that I can look to for encouragement and advice on how to lose weight.

So I look forward to meeting a lot of you, and hopefully I will lose the weight I need to in the months to come.