Hi, I am new to all of this but I hope it will work for me. I am known by my friends and family as Metra so I guess you can call me that too. I am 28 years old soon to be 29 (October) I have been a big girl all my life. My whole family is big. In 2004 I was told that I have lupus. Since then I have had a never ending battle with steriods. I balloon up everytime I have to start a high dose. I have not been able to come completly off of them in over 2 years! I hate it. I am now (there is no eaiser way to put it) "very FAT" I have a lot of joint pain to exercise is hard for me. I have managed to be able to walk a 30min mile. When I was in High School I could powerwalk faster then anyone jogging in my gym class. I hope to be able to do that again. I have no children but I do have one niece and nephew by my twin brother. I have a (female) dog named Charlie, she is my baby. I am a college graduate with a BS degree focusing on Family and Consumer Sciences (AKA Home Ect.) I hope to one day be able to teach but first I have to win the battle with Lupus. I went into remission for about a year but it came back. Hopefully it will go away again soon. However, I am not just "The Lupus Girl" I love the outdoors, camping, hunting, fishing, walking,the lake, you name it I game. I love kids, and enjoying going out. Im not a partier but I do like having fun. I hope to meet a lot of fun and forever friends on this site. I hope we can all help each other overcome our battles with weight loss cause I know I need your help.