My name is Jill. I live in Louisiana, but I am not from here (Connecticut, actually). My husband is in the Army and we got the lucky assignment of Ft Polk.

My husband just deployed to Iraq, so I would like to lose the remaining 20lbs leftover from 2 pregnancies while he is gone. I have 2 boys - a 5 y/o and 2 y/o.

I read about this website in Women's Health and decided to give it a go. It looks pretty cool so far. I really like that I can create different logs other than the usual weight one!

I am always looking for advice on working out and eating smarter. I would like nothing better than to lose these last 20lbs and surprise my hubby when he gets home!

Welcome to the site and good luck! A lot of resourceful people on this site.

Welcome Jill!

I'm also trying to lose some long-overdue pregnancy weight (I had twins over 4 years ago.) This is a great web community for ideas and support!

Good luck!

there's some great information on weight loss in these threads. jared freer had a good post a few weeks back. then josephine posted an article from MSN.com which happens to be a great reference and source of credibility for Jared's claims.

i'd definitely suggest checking out those two topics. if only i could remember what the first was called...

i know josephine's thread is called "The Skinny on Fat." it's a good read.