Well I am new here, but you probably know that since I am posting on the Intro board
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Quick intro... I am a 32 year old mother of 2 daughters who are 10 and 8 and wife of nearly 12 years to a military firefighter. I am also graduating with my Master's degree in Counseling Psychology this May and I intern at a Psych Clinic as a counseling intern.
I am here to find support and info througout my weight loss journey. My goal weight is 139 pounds for now, putting me 99 pounds from the happy dance. I gained and kept all of my excess weight in adulthood and I like to say that I have atypical body dysmorphia: instead of being thin and thinking I am too fat, I tend to forget that I am so heavy and then I scare the crap out of myself when passing by mirrors and windows. I still see and think of myself as thin, but the scale does not concur.
Why lose weight now? Well... Honestly... My husband is military and he is deploying. Every single time he deploys, I lose about 30-40 pounds in 4 months due to being really busy and active with my daughters, but then I gain it all back once my husband returns. I have decided that this time I am going to commit to losing it the healthy and permanent way and not the way it usually goes while he is gone... being so busy that I forget to eat all day.
So... I have my elliptical trainer, my kettlebells, and a workout buddy at work that will hit the gym with me 3 times per week for weight training. I have a kitchen stocked with fruits, veggies, lean meats, and lots of easy slow cooker recipes for healthy meals that I can just throw in the crock pot in the morning before running out of the house.
I have a plan
. Good luck to all of you.
Yet another intro... And it is boring, so just skip over it.
and plenty of 
to you!