Let's talk about weight...

I used to exercise 3 to 6 times a week.  I'd go to the gym, do resistance training, the stair machine, the treadmill, aerobic step classes, all kinds of stuff.  I'd spend about 2 hours there every time I went.  I used to go jogging.  I got in decent shape after having my 3 kids and getting a divorce.  Then I met Mike...the love of my life.  But my lifestyle changed, and after we got married, the move caused me to spend the time I used to be at the gym to time spent commuting to and from work.  And of course, we liked to eat and drink.  :-)  Here we are happily cutting into a huge sub sandwich we made.  Sooo...

Pre-marriage (2003)

Here I am years later, having eaten myself into near oblivion.  My lack of exercise, new desk job, and eating habits got me into the obese range.  Yes, obese.  I was shocked!!  Still, I could not stick with my  the changes I wanted to make to become healthier and more attractive.  

Summer 2009, around 206 lbs

And here I am, probably at my heaviest... a few months before the picture above (Fall 2009).  Fork in hand, happily shoveling it in and making myself miserable.  I didn't like myself much.  Yuck.

At my heaviest.  ~217lbs

In desperation, I thought self humiliation would motivate me to change, so I got my hubby to take a picture of me....you know, I was gonna have a huge weight loss now!   Right.  Nothing changed.

The wall of shame
Summer 2009, ~206lbs

And so it went.  And that brings us to today's lovely pictures of me in a bathing suit.  Will THIS make a difference?  I don't know if the pics will make a difference, but I'm hoping tracking my progress and making myself accountable will make this kind of like a game.  A little more fun, and if I can make progress and maybe help someone along the way, so much the better!

February 2011
188 lbs

February 14, 2011
 188 lbs

So, enough is enough.  Today is February 14, 2011.  I've  re-committed to losing weight and thought blogging about it might help.  I've lost about 15 pounds since the beginning of the year.  I weighed 204 then, and today I'm at 188 as shown in the humiliating bathing suit pictures. I got this idea from the from reading another blog from a girl named Krys.  Her story and pictures were so empowering, I figured I'd follow suit (no pun intended).   :-)I'll blog about other things....changes I have made, or things I would like to change.  I'll be 54 in March and I want to reinvent my life.  Here we go.....  my first post.