Right before i turned forty I decided I wanted to shed some weight and get my weight under control. I have been a "big" girl all my life but I always manage to keep it "sexy". Approaching forty I began to worry about my health, so I manage to lose 40 pounds before my 40th birthday. I was doing very well keeping it off until last fall and winter. I have put 20 of those pounds back on. My goals are to initially shed those 20 pounds. Beyond that I would like to get down to 195 or a solid size 16 pants (not womens) so that I can shop in the regular section of department stores. I don't like the numbers I see on the scale and I realize I will probably never like them, so I am more concerned with how my clothes fit and how I feel. I have never liked to exercise, but three years ago I started jazzercising and I love it. I would go everyday if I could. My exercise goal is to try and find an alternative to jazzercise for the days that my schedule doesn't allow me to attend a class. I would also like to challenge myself to try some other form of exercise that I enjoy. I used to love to play tennis, so that's a thought. Exercise has to be fun for me to be motivated to do it; I have to trick my self so to speak. I am pretty competitive so I like a good challenge and forums like this will keep me motivated and encouraged. I'm having a hard time this go round, and the weight just isn't coming off and staying off. I seem to keep gaining and losing the same 7 pounds.

I am tired of not being able to buy what I want to wear. I want to exercise 5x a week and get healthy so that when my children do have children I will be around to play with them