Lindy's intro

Hi girls,
I'm very happy to be starting this journey with you all! Carrie and I have been friends since high school and she has always inspired me with her resolve and discipline to get in shape!

I currently live in Georgia with my husband and my two boys ages 4 and 1 1/2. My husband and I both teach at Augusta State University. He is an English prof. and I teach basic composition part-time. What else? Hmmm, I really like to eat, read, take pictures, and blog here: Righteous Lou.

As my dad likes to say, "I come from a long line of fat a****!" If you knew my dad, you would know how funny that is. Anyway, as he so eloquently puts it, I do, indeed, have lots of heavy people in my family and I've struggled with my weight since I was in like 4th grade. I know that it will be lifetime challenge for me and I've come to terms with that (kind of). My weight has fluctuated between 150-160 since high school. But then I had two kids and like most of you gained a ton of weight with both pregnancies. I literally would gain like 2 lbs overnight even though I was vomiting 3x a day. I seriously was defying all the laws of physics. Anyway, I weighed over 200lbs with my second pregnancy but now (just a short 20 months later!) am down to 165lbs. My goal weight is 150lbs. I just started back at the gym a couple of weeks ago and I feel so much better when I exercise consistently (for me that's 4-5x a week). My biggest downfall is good food. A life without desserts is a life without living in my opinion! So, I'm just trying to eat really healthy and then save up 200-300 calories for a little dessert at the end of the day.
My stats:
height: 5"8
weight: 165
--Lindy