Half the Weight, Twice the Fun

Well, after getting to my highest weight EVER... I'm finally doing something about it.

I joined Weight Watchers with my husband on October 11, 2007.  There wasn't any singular event that made us join, really.  We had just been thinking about having kids and I knew that I would not be the best mom I could be at the weight that I am.  At this point, I really don't care about looking better - although I'm sure that will be great - but feeling better.

My starting weight is 282 pounds, and my ultimate goal is 140 pounds.  That will leave me as half the person I was when I started.  But I figure that if I am half the person physically, I will be twice as much fun as I am now!

I have invited friends and family to come to my page every so often to see how I'm doing.  Come back every week, come back every month... heck, come back in a year.  But I think that if I have friends and family around me to check up on me, I will have so much more to be proud of... because I know that they will be proud of me.

I want everyone to understand that I don't believe that there is anything wrong with being fat.  (They don't call them "big, beautiful women" for nothing!)  I just realize that being fat has held me back from doing a lot of things, and that this choice is right for me!