Holy where have I been batman!...my life is so full of activities now it is unbelieveable! I'm not sure what made me think to jump on here, but something clicked in my busy schedule today and here I am. Can you believe it!!???

My oldest is about to turn 14 now and my youngest turned 5 on wednesday...my oldest is wanting to 'lose weight' now...she weighed in at 180 the day school started...(8th grade)...wow...well, I told her all she had to do was decide to lose weight and tell me...

I had a rocky past month. Managed to quit smoking, gained 10 pounds and now have lost that again....back around 135 and in my size 5's...whew...that was a close one....I am still a quitter on the cigarettes too... I feel BETTER THAN EVER!!! I figured if I could lose 150 pounds, I could quit smoking...did it cold turkey too...hence the 10 gain before I realized I was just replacing cigs w/crappy food...yikes! Well at least I figured that out quick when my jeans got too tight..lol...jumped back...

Well folks, I've been slacking in the posting department, but I do have good news to report. I'm now down to 135 pounds! I've lost 147 total now. I joined a local weight loss challenge back in January, and have been just plunking along week to week...lost 19 pounds.

I love playing racquetball now I can't believe how much of a workout it really is...the more I play, the better I get, and man, do I sweat! And of course, the better I get, the more my personal 'coach' expects me...

Been playing a lot of racquetball...I think I'm addicted! I'm also officially in a size 5 jeans now...the scale is still around 140 I think, I weigh in on Saturdays...I'm really starting to finally see a difference in the toning up of my abs...SWEET! ...exactly what I've been working on... I'm finally starting to grin at myself in the mirror a bit now..lol... I'm just going to keep on doin' what I'm doin'...all is well in the land of "T"...

Hope everyone else is staying...

Well, I've now officially lost more than I weigh at this point. Weighed in this morning and I'm at 140 even. My heaviest ever was 282, so I've lost 142 pounds as of today. Since Jan. 3rd, I'm down 14.2 lbs. Been working my butt off this year just to see where it could take me...and it's for sure taking me somewhere! I truly feel great. I'd say I'm in the best physical shape of my life right now...today I even tried my hand at playing some racquetball...which, BTW was a TOTAL workout. I'm...