Just found out I'm "skinny fat"... and Hi!

I've been lurking here for about a week, and using the MFP mobile app for right around two weeks. I thought I would introduce myself because I've seen several threads I wanted to post on, but nobody wants a newbie just jumping in like they own the place, lol.

Quick obligatory back story: I was bulemarexic for most of my teenage years, weighed 99lbs at 5'7" at my lowest. Luckily my parents found a good therapist and those issues are completely gone now, except in unusual times of extreme duress. And even then they subside pretty quickly afterwards.

I had never lost weight in a healthy way until last year, when I started using the SparkPeople app on my phone. I started counting calories, eating healthier, and worked out all summer, I'm not sure how much I lost all total (around 10lbs I believe) but the change in my body was more important to me than anything. I couldn't believe I could control my weight like that in a healthy way. I'd like to say I didn't just do it to look good in a swimsuit on our vacation in September, but apparently I did because when we got home I just quit exercising and slowly went back to not paying attention to my food. I also quit using SP, mostly due to not loving the website and the food tracker being much more difficult to use, then I found MFP and I love it.

Funny thing is, I LOVE to exercise and I really enjoy more nutritious foods. I just fall off the wagon every now and then apparently. I want this to be a real sustainable lifestyle change though, and I'm determined to make it stick.

After lurking here for a minute I've realized that my subconscious was right, I don't need to lose much weight, I just need to tone what I have and I would like to lower my body fat %. And, I also now have a word for that... "Skinny Fat"! Love it, explains it perfectly.

So skipping to today, I'm about to turn 30, I actually feel better about myself now than I ever have, and my new goal is to be ~140lbs (5'8") and much more toned. I'm 147 right now, down from 150ish a few weeks ago.

So, after that quick long story... Hi!