Starting Spark

Ok I have to admit, at first, I was thinking that this was just another stupid site for ridiculous weight loss ideas. Whew, I was wrong. This is now my favorite site. I can't get my work done for the last 3 days since joining SparkPeople. I am exploring the site and learning so much. I am now confident that I will succeed!!!!!!
I am (for the first time ever) looking at weight loss in a totally different light. I am exicted and confident. I had stopped going to the gym 8 months ago. That was a HUGE mistake.
I will not let the diseases that attacked the rest of my family control me. Most of them died young due to complications of being over weight. And some are still controlled by those problems associated with being over weight. And if they are not over weight, they are mentally ill. Some of them are both!
I have got to break the cycle and remain in control!