Claire,

I myself am overweight. I have to relate to you in this area. But one thing I have found in talking with my doc is that I can lose the weight. Something that always stopped me is my weight because why would someone want to date a "fat" person? It makes me head for that dark place and I don't want to be in that dark place.

What I did was research different diets and then talked to my doc about which one is better and we came to the conclusion that the South Beach diet was the best one for me. You can research it if you would like. I have cut out all pop and most sweets and I have been losing the weight. I check in with my doc once a month but if things start going bad I won't hesistate to call my doc. Plus from the nice sunburn I have now I have been doing a lot of swimming which is exercise so its not all bad.

As for your questions the majority of my partners haven't been bigger or drastically smaller than me they are about average. I don't really have a body type that attracts me the most because I look at what is on the inside instead of the outside.

I will be here to support you if you want to start losing weight *hugs*

Amanda