My name is Jacque (ja-ck-ie), I’m 21 years old and live in Florida. I come from a very heavy family (my dads side) and I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember. When I was a Junior in high school ( 16 yrs old ) ( weighing 160 lbs ) I met my boyfriend Kenny. He was involved with a girl who was probably 5’10” & 100 lbs. -Smallest girl I have seen in real life.- Him and I were just friends at that time until about 6 months later when we became .. more. Kenny is 6’0” and weighs 165 lbs. He is athletic and always doing something physical and staying active. I remember when we first got together, I couldn’t help but wonder … why me? How could he go from this 100lb girl to ME. He never seemed bothered with my weight ( remember I was at a healthy BMI ) but to me … I felt huge. The night of his graduation was the first time he brought it up. “Dang babe, you’re gettin’ kinda chunky.” WOWWWW. I completely broke down and started sobbing. Ever since then my weight kept going up and up and up until 4 1/2 years later … I had gained 70 lbs. SEVENTY FUCKING POUNDS. < — Ive never written that until now. wow. that just hit me hard. Um anyways. My weight has been an issue through the majority of our relationship. I know he loves me to death and he does so much for me. He just wants me to be healthy. He sees the lifestyle pattern I was living and wants more for me. He pushes me everyday to eat better and exercise better and Ive always taken it so harshly and it really did depress me. Ive tried to eat a low carb high protein diet, Slimfast, Going to the gym, HCG, Special K Challenge, Alli, all liquid diet, Cleansers, Ive tried to become a vegetarian (not to lose weight but for personal reasons), Ive tried NUMEROUS weight loss pills, and purchased the Ab Lounger, Wii Fit, the Spin Disk, the Shake Weight, Shapely Secrets, stationary bicycle petals to put under my desk at work and bought 3 gym memberships. NOTHING WORKED FOR ME. Now what I’m doing is counting calories and keeping track of my exercise through myfitnesspal. I am finally losing weight the right way and its working. I started off trying to lose weight to make him happy, but now I’m losing weight for my damn self. My journey is just beginning.