New here........

I am new here. I am on a pretty tough road.......I have 63 pounds I want to lose. I used to weigh 115 when I was 18. Now, I realize I will never quite have the same body I had at 18. But I am short, only 5'2 1/2 '' and I currently weigh (gulp) 183. I want to get down to 120 pounds which I feel is a reasonable and ideal weight for myself, given my height.

Ever since I moved in with my now-husband when I was 18, I have been eating whatever I wanted, not really exercising, and it has just all slowly been building up on me over the years. The last 5 years in particular have been the worst because I went from having an on-my-feet-all-day job to having a desk job where I have to sit for 8 hours a day 5 days a week. I just had my first child last June, and even before I got pregnant, I was overweight (174). I got down to my pre-pregnancy weight after giving birth pretty much right away and stayed there until 3 months ago when I stopped breastfeeding. I gained 10 pounds that month.

I have had enough, my daughter is now walking and I am too tired to keep up with her most of the time. Four weeks ago I joined FitZone for Women and I have been getting back into the grind of working out, twice a week, taking it a little easy. But now, I plan to kick it into a higher gear. I've lost about 5 pounds in those 4 weeks, and now, I'm in this for good!

I am enjoying myself, I just discovered the fun of Zumba (my gym offers free classes). I love dancing now and I can't wait to see the weight drop more so that I can feel more agile while I am doing dance moves.

I would love to have some support buddies here who can scold me or cheer me on, as appropriate, though I think I've finally (after many failed attempts) gotten to a point mentally where I can actually motivate myself and stop using excuses all the time.