My name is Julie; I’m 29 years old and live in Liverpool, England.  I have been married to a wonderful man John for 7 years and we have two precious children, Aidan 5 and Amelia 3.

I too like so many others have struggled with my weight for as far back as I can remember.  I have tried many different programs including, Slimming World, Weight Watchers, Calp, Suzanne Somers, Atkins, Low Fat and Low Calorie.  I have found success to a point with all of the above programs, but my problem is sticking with them.

My highest weight was 280lbs; my lowest so far has been 242lbs a loss of 38lbs, which to my dismay has slowly but surely returned.  I not only want to lose weight, look good and feel healthy but I NEED too as well.  I suffer with Asthma controlled by medication but I know that if I lost this excess weight it would help if not cure that Asthma.  I feel uncomfortable, unhappy and miserable at this weight.  I know I would be so much happier lighter than I am now, so why not just do it?  Well that is a question no doubt most overweight people ask themselves all the time.

In October 1999 I found a wonderful online support group called Friends Supporting Friends, it’s a wonderful group of women, who I now proudly call friends, who have all come together to help, support and motivate each other while working towards a healthy way of life.  I can honestly say I don’t know what I would do without them.

I have now reached a point where I want to get back on track and losing weight again.  I want to lose weight, I want to be fit and healthy, so I’M GOING TO DO IT!!!  I have thought it through and planned what I want to do and beginning Tuesday January 1st 2002, I’m going to get to it.  I have decided to do Weight Watchers again, this program is great because you really can eat what you want, as long as you allow for it in your daily points allowance, and eat a balanced diet of course.  I am committing to drinking minimum 2 litres of water per day and an exercise routine.

I’m not going to pretend this is going to be easy, if it was I would have done it by now, what I will say is I WILL DO IT, no matter how long it takes, how many bad days I have, I will NEVER quit.

I have made this site in the hope that it will keep me more focused and on track, and that in turn might help someone is struggling too.  I hope you enjoy this site and visit again to see how I’m doing.  I wish you well on your own journey.

 Regards Julie