Hi Kristy! I'm living elsewhere at the moment, but I grew up near Parkersburg. What a small world! :-)
To get started, I would suggest you start watching your calories by keeping a food journal. You can keep it in a notebook or on a blog here or on LiveJournal, Xanga, or MySpace. There are also tons of websites out there that are specifically for dieting blogs. I'm on LiveJournal at the moment, and there are a couple really supportive communities on there.
I'd also suggest walking several times a week. I started out walking a mile each day, but within a week, I started walking two miles a day or three miles on the weekend nights. Walking is a low intensity workout, but it does burn way the fat. I just recently started lifting some two pound weights for a few minutes each day and doing some easy exercises like leg lifts and crunches.
Joining a gym isn't really something I want to do. I might join one when I drop at least 70 pounds of this weight, but I've been talking to a woman outside this forum that was able to lose 70 without a gym. She watched her calories and did Dance Dance Revolution everyday. So, if the gym isn't your thing, then you can lose without the use of one.
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