Welcome Pam. We are all a very friendly bunch and offer each other support and advice through this journey.

I went to the gym last night and jogged for 33 minutes straight! I was so proud of my achievement as the most i could ever do was about 28 mins. i dedicated the last 3 minutes to you guys. So thanks for your support and the kickup the bum!

CM - that is fantastic weightloss. As the figures on the scales move down it is great motivation. Keep on doing what you have been doing.

Amy - my problem areas are my hips and thighs. being of Mediterranean descent we are "hippy" women. i have no boobs whatsoever and never had. So i am top skinny but have a heavier bottom - which DH sometimes refers to me as JLo. The PT told me that walking is the best excercise for weightloss. Do as much as you can, but remember not to hold on to the sides of the treadmill. I used to walk at an incline of about 5% at 6kph whilst holding onto the treadmill and the PT told me that i was only doing half a workout by holding on. She said to reduce the speed and not hold and gradually build up the speed. Now i can walk at an incline of 12% at 5.5kph and not hold on. Incline walking is also great for weightloss. Geez, you have PT friends and not asking for help? I'd be at them ALL the time. You will notice faster weightloss with a written program. i love doing ab work too. i do a class twice a week, but the thing is other people are complaining about how sore they are and i'm there thinking, why aren't i sore? I must not being it properly??? If you can do sets of 20 situps, then well done. I can't even get up without holding onto my thighs for support. I am so unfit. i love being able to feel the soreness in your body from the workout you did, i esp. love the ab soreness. I have an apron belly from my pregnancies which i'd love to get rid of but it doesn't seem to budge.

Sas - i was a chubby kid too and unfortunately my son is too. He doesn't like to excercise at all. He gets teased at school for not being athletic, as i was as a kid.
Maintaining it will be difficult, as they say, losing it is easy, maintaining it is difficult. It really is a life long battle of the bulge. I have either skinny photos or really fat photos of me. People at work couldn't believe how skinny i was when i took in my skinny photos once (whilst i was 80kgs at the time). I'd love to just remain skinny..

Krys - having a sedentary job doesn't help, i hear you. You've eaten really well yesterday. Good on you.