Yippee! I'm in!

Sarah's sister checking in! *waves*

162 (I'll round up, the scale said 161.7 or something this morning), looking to be around 145. Currently a comfortable size 12. :(

So, a little history about my weight woes. I used to be a skinny minnie. Swam competively for 8 years through high school and college (which was a long time ago). In my mid-20's I went from being relatively in shape to ballooning up (I'll blame the relationship I was in) to close to 180 pounds and teetering on shopping at the Avenue. Lost about 30 pounds (unhealthily) when I was 29 and was back in single numbers for my size. Then I met my husband and gained some of that weight back. So for about 3 and half years I've been in the mid-160's. I've done the gym thing on and off for a couple of years but get discouraged easily when I don't see immediate results. I don't have the patience. I told Sarah this morning that I checked out the local Y last night, which has not one but TWO pools, and that I am going to get myself some of those prescription goggles so I can start swimming again. My eyesight has gotten considerably worse since my college days when I could at least see people on the deck without corrective lenses, not the case anymore. So, hopefully in the next week, I'll be back in the pool.

That's my deal, I'm happy to be here, but not expecting huge things. It will be nice to have some accountibility and now I can curse at Sarah publicly for being under 130 pounds.