I'm a 32 year old female who's been a tools to life member since 2008.But didn't start until March 2009. I lost my mom  5/21/10 very unexpected and 13 days after my bday. I'm hoping 2011 will be a better year. I have no siblings, I bought my 1st home 5 yrs ago, I have a brindle boxer dog. I love learning new things, traveling, reading, meeting new people, watching tv/movies, disneyland, sports mostly ufc, wrestling and Patriot football!!!I'm an open book so ask me. I hope to get back 2 tools on a regular basis!

I grew up an only child born and raised in southern California. My whole family is from Massachusetts. I started gaining weight around 5th grade and remember not having many friends growing up. I knew lots of people and because of my personality I got a long with lots but because of my weight I only had a selected amount of friends in junior high and high school. I was in a youth organization during high school  so I made lots of friends. I was scared of  relationships with guys because they were the main ones making comments to me about my fat. When I got out of High School I joined a  gym, went to college full time and took on 2-3 part time jobs. It took a toll on my 1st year at college so I stuck with 1 part time job. My goals & actions for weight loss became unrealistic and unhealthy. I managed to get a better job as a result in some of my education and promoted in under 4 years. I then took a break from school but when I decided to go back in 2005 to get into the RN Program I also was buying a house while working full time. I ended up dropping my class & I took very sick around Thanksgiving putting me in a hospital for a week. A year later I met my current boyfriend. We ended up buying lots of things more than we both can afford. Which leads me to present.

I want to be at a healthy weight, comfortable financially, and overall be happy with me and my life. While I still like helping people and I feel I need 2 worry about myself  more than I do and prioritize what's important to me.