To each his own, but I've never really gotten caught up in that, "first of the month, Monday, New Years" etc thing where you needed a specific date to get started on working on your goals.

It's coincidental that New Years has just passed

I gave birth, or rather had her surgically plucked, to our second daughter 6 weeks ago. I wanted to wait the full 6 weeks of recovery before taking on anything new... incase anything happened and I had to go back to hospital etc. My 6 weeks is officially up on Wednesday... but I was planning to get groceries tomorrow so I was looking online for some recipes... somehow I stumbled on this site.

And now here I am... registered and writing. I am hoping that seeing others successes, and writing my own tribulations will motivate me.

So hello out there! My ideal weight is 125lbs I think... I'll be happy with 200 at this point, and thrilled with 140-160lbs overall. Sounds pretty daunting at this point, but I've already seen a few folks profiles on here who've managed to do it. Here's to me