First post!

Here we are, late Friday night. It's cold and snowy out, and I am having my second wind. I created this blog to help track my personal growth and progress in a couple of areas - namely losing weight. I have weighed the same for the past 2 1/2 years, except when I was pregnant. I've been right around 241 pounds for all this time! (plus or minus 5 pounds)
I am ready to make a change. I need to motivate myself, and I think tracking my progress with a blog will be therapeutic and motivational!
So I can see what's working and what's not, and learn from my mistakes...I just want to be healthier. I have a 14 month old son who is getting more active by the day, and I want to have the energy to run around with him. I want to set a good example for him, and maybe he will learn healthy habits from me. My hubby is helping too, we are all in this together.
Okay, so things I must do to get started:

• Buy a decent scale (because I have not owned one in years!!)
• Weigh myself and take pictures so I can something to compare it to!
  
• EXERCISE!! And eat less junk. It's been a long winter and the stockpile of food is a great source of comfort, so that is the hardest part. Exercising is 100 times easier than giving up my munchies. But, seeing as I pretty much sit around on my lard-ass all day at the computer, I've got to
• Come up with some good starter exercises and set some times. I need structure.

So there we have it! The very beginnings of my first blog! I hope it gets more interesting, but hey, this is for me.