Hi there!
I had a fitness assessment recently, and the results are in.
The good news is I'm thirty pounds down from my all-time high of 207.
Now for the bad news: My body fat percentage is at 40 percent. I'm still nearly half lard. I'm a walking can of Crisco.
So putting it all together, I've made progress, and it shows that the hours at the gym and spent chopping vegetables are paying off. It may not always be fun, but it works.

Love your sense of humor. I know you can do it. You have achieved a lot already. Notice our stats are similar, I was able to do it and you can, too.

Thanks, bargoo. I appreciate it.
I think most fat chicks develop a sense of humor about ourselves--along with arch supports and elastic waists, it's amongst our best coping tools.

Who are you calling half lard :P

our stats are almost identical too (except I am right there with you!)- I even lived in Japan for 3 years..... creepy huh?

I will be right with you too, all the way to the maintainer's forum!

that was hilarious!

stellart--Thanks. (:
"If you can't be cute, be clever." --David Sedaris

Thin4Good--Believe me, I judge no one else's lardage, just my own. Were you trying to lose weight in Japan? I have to say, being amongst the scads of thin people certainly drives the point home for me. See ya at the finish line (which right now I can only see with binoculars).

I did lose quite a bit while I lived in Japan (I lived on a Marine Corps base and that will motivate you!) - I remember how great it was when I could finally shop out in town and not have to go to the fat girl section! (which you know there isn't very big) After I got back to the states though, I got pregnant, and I gained quite a bit AFTER I had the baby which put me where I was when I started here!

You are doing great! I'd hate to think how many cans of crisco I'm hauling around right now

Forty shmorty. You're making great progress!

And don't forget sweat pants or as I call them:
" the fat ladies friend".

Better to be a walking can of crisco than a case of it! Keep up the good work....by the end of the year you just might be a walking can of Pam!