<human>: Hey y'all! I've been lurking here a while, but I finally decided to start on MFP and definitely need some friends. My username is courtneybu. 

Here's my story to date:

I've been a pretty big girl for most of my life. When I was in grade school and living with my parents, my mom was the main supplier of my food (duh). Paula Deen ain't got shit on her. My mom's best friends are butter and whole milk. The heaviest I've ever been is when I was 15 at a whopping 256 lbs. For my height, that's pretty chunky. I was pretty miserable. Luckily, at my high school, gym was a required class my freshman year. I lost 30lbs. 

For the remainder of high school and my freshman year in college, I went back and forth between 220 to 215lbs, maybe getting down to 210 once. Obviously, that was still unhealthy. 

I fell in love my sophomore year of college. Cheesy, yes, but he rejected me, and that propelled my ass into the gym. In January '11, I weighed 219lbs and weighed 162 by September of that same year. That's 57lbs in 9 months. In that time, I became a vegetarian and decided to stop eating fried shit. I also worked out 5 or 6 days a week. 

Now, I'm in a relationship that's lasted over a year with a meat-eating, fried food loving machine. His eating habits have become my eating habits, and I rarely workout anymore. He's seriously considering joining the military so he's trying to get in shape. This sounds like the perfect opportunity for me as well. This community has also inspired me to get back on my feet! I spend a lot of time reading here. I love this place! 

I'm counting calories and going to the gym as soon as I'm done posting this. My ultimate goal is to be a healthy 125lbs. I'm already half way there!

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<bot>: I need MFPals. Username: courtneybu. I'm halfway to my goal. I love this community!