Hi everyone, I'm Melissa

[MMiller26]

I'm Melissa...a 26 year old stay-at-home mom from Toronto, Ontario Canada. I started dieting Feb 17, 2005 at 315 lbs. On a low(er) carb diet, I lost 75 lbs, and then switched to Atkins. As of this morning, I've lost 91 lbs. I'm hoping to reach 100 lbs gone by the anniversary of my start date, Feb 17, 2006. That's not too far away! I still have more to go to reach my goal of 150, but I know I can get there.

I've been reading this forum for a while, but only recently registered and joined the discussions. Everyone here is such an inspiration, and I'm happy to be among you.

[foxgluvs]

Hi Melissa!! Nice to meet you - you've done really well so far ,way to go!
:) Hope you get settled in to the boards well.
Good luck with the weight loss to hit your target of the year marker :)

[MMiller26]

Thanks foxgluvs. I appreciate the welcome!

[bigmomma04]

Hey. I am a stay-at-home mom also. Wow you have done a spectacular job!!:) Keep it up and I am sure you will reach your goal in no time.

[MMiller26]

Thanks bigmomma!
I decided I was going to get rid of this fat once and for all. I'm so glad I found this WOE.

[wildchild]

[B] You have lost a lot of weight. when did you start atkins? Welcome from another new member! dixie :)

[bob2112]

Welcome to the forums and congratulations on your success. Keep on trucking :)

[julia333]

Welcome! It will be nice to see you here with us!

[dcgoodin]

Welcome - and I wish you the best reaching your goal weight - You have done wonderfully so far - WOW :wave:

[MMiller26]

Thanks for the welcome, everyone.

I started Atkins in the beginning of November, after doing a different low carb diet for most of the year. Lost 75 lbs with that, then switched because I wanted better meal choices. To date, I've lost 17 more pounds on Atkins. I'm pretty happy about that.