LOL, We birthday Gals need to stick together and see what this year can bring!
Thanks, Harriet, you have more faith in me than I have in me!
I did do my initial weigh in and measure today. I already have spreadsheets printed up for all this and I punched holes in some and added to my HH notebook. I made an indexed section at the end of all the other stuff. I'm starting out 6 pounds lower than I was 2 years ago, not a lot but it's something!
I'm thinking of perhaps 3 pounds a month? Too little? That would be 36 lbs. in a year, and that puts me right at or below target. I'd be 122 lbs. then. I'd be happy with 125; 115 would be fantastic, but would I ever get down that far? 3 lbs. a month might give me a little wiggle room to get through the holidays...
As far as measures go, I'd like to get down to whatever would comfortably get me back into size 10's (I'm in size 12's now) and perhaps back to mediums instead of larges. At 122 that should be doable, I'm 5'4 1/2".
As far as exercise, I'll just try to do something every day and as I get more fit (hopefully) I'll be able to exercise harder, etc. We already ride our bikes about 3 times a week and I get on the eliptical a couple times a week. Today on the eliptical I noticed I did an extra minute at 4 resistance, something I couldn't do a few months back, so my legs are getting stronger. Seems I've already made a start for all this that I wasn't giving myself credit for!