mmacaskill,
I'm a Floridian also!
Things are quiet around here on long weekends... but perhaps in the next day or two some others will post wanting to "buddy up."
The nice thing about 3FC is that we can get lots of support from lots of people, just by posting! Also, we have had planning threads and exercise threads running in some of the forums--they help people to be accountable. Feel free to start a thread for any issue regarding weight loss. (For other issues, browse the many forums--such as Dieting with Obstacles, General Chatter, and so on.)
Good luck!
Jay