I am absolutely FED UP with the weight battle of my life!  I have yo-yo'd most of my life since my children were born, but since I hit my 30's and my youngest was born, I have not been able to take it back off as easily. I struggle with the "clean your plate" mentality my parents instilled in me every day, at every meal. 

Soooo... I had to come to a reality check.. sort of my own little "Aha" moment.  There is no way I am going to get this weight off of me easily... its going to take the hard work and getting up off the couch, giving up some computer time... I have to push and push hard enough to get through the burn!  I have to stop myself from stuffing my face, and gorging myself just because it tastes good, or I am stressed!  I am a nurse, and I know the principles of weight loss, now its just time to apply them to MY LIFE... because I have to change MY life before I can be happy with MY body. 

My goals are simple.  I will be turning 40 this year. 

I want to be back down to a size 12 or 14 by my 40'th birthday.

I want to be able to do a pull-up for the first time in my life!

I want to shop from the regular racks! 

I want to eventally get back to a pre-children weight of around 145 to 150... just something comfortable, and back to somewhere around a size 9.  That will make me happy with my body, and then.... I GO LEARN TO SCUBA DIVE AND SURF!!!

All reasonable goals I think.