At the recommendation of a friend...

At the recommendation of a friend I am coming to the community to look for friends and support! Yeah, yeah I thought I could do this all by myself, because I can do EVERYTHING MYSELF! Right....

Well, here's the lowdown:
I'm 29, ridiculously overweight (okay the stupid weight guideline thingy's say I'm obese, but I don't have to recognize "their" terms right?!) I am currently in school working on my Masters in Teaching and will probably sub in the Fall. I am Mom to one amazing 7 year old, and wife to an aircraft mechanic. I'm currently toughing it out in the Pacific Northwest, but I'm originally a Cali girl. I'm sarcastic, open-minded, and quite often, very blunt. I have a lot (by my measure) of weight to lose and I'd like to connect with people that can be supportive and help me though the ridiculous mess!

I NEED to lose...okay wait for it....at least 60 pounds to feel normal
I WANT to lose 85 pounds to be at my best, but I don't really want to think about that right now.

Current low point...last night...stretched my undies out, you know, to get a couple extra inches, (you know you've done that), and ripped them in half. HA! Maybe one shouldn't need to stretch one's underpants out that far....