Hi Team Crocus!
I've struggled with my weight since I was a teenager. I've never really felt slim, even though I look back on my 135 lb teenage self with deep envy now. I weighed around 150 back in 2013 but started gaining weight in 2014, ultimately around twenty pounds. In 2015 I switched from the Pill to the Nexplanon implant in my arm and gained twenty pounds within about two months (without changing my habits). This year I decided to get the implant removed and switched back to the Pill. I'm hoping the weight will come off with at least a little of the ease with which it came on (my breasts have already gotten a tad smaller and I think I've lost a little in my midsection).
My best friend is getting married in September and one of my main goals is to look better as a bridesmaid in her wedding than I did in a friend's wedding last summer.
I'm excited to do this challenge with you all! I joined the fitbit group and while I don't do MFP, if anyone uses the LoseIt app, feel free to follow me over there! (http://www.loseit.com/#Community:Profile!id=26435)
https://www.amazon.ca/Ozeri-Precision-Bathroom-Widescreen-Activation/dp/B00472I1V2/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1462917315&sr=8-14&keywords=bathroom+scale It was $22 when I bought it and I just went for something that was well reviewed on amazon (.ca) When I put two 8lbs free weights on it I get a reading of 16.2 which is good enough for me whether that be the weights that are a bit off or the scale.