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I’m back into *skinny* jeans (not too skinny, really) and back into 18W-20W, which in some clothes is a 1X and in some is a 2X. 
This is better than the 22W I needed last month and way better than the 24W-26W that we no longer talk about (and haven’t seen for over a year).
Last summer [...]

WooHoo! With another loss last night I weighed in for the month at 253.4, down another 5.8 from last month. That is 5.8 two months in a row, 11.6 pounds for the two months and 46.6 pounds down from my top weight.
This month was pretty much a wash. After my trip at the end of [...]

My long-term goal is to achieve fitness and health that let me lead the life I want, the life I’m called to, a life I enjoy: able to do what I want to or need to, having fun by myself or with others.
I’m seeing now that losing 150 pounds, which will get me down to a [...]

The Target:
Make excellence in diet and fitness my lifestyle by building habits based on consistent daily effort and results.
How will I do this?
Over the next six months, October 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009:

develop my diet to increase physical capacity and maintain long term weight loss,
follow a workout plan that will improve performance and increase [...]

1) Physical Activity
2) Overweight and Obesity 
From Healthy People 2010, a U.S. government initiative that challenges “individuals, communities, and professionals indeed, all of us to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all.”
Apparently this is an upper level thing that  may or may not be trickling down [...]