A bit of honesty

Now that I am more awake than I was at 2:30 this morning, it is time for my first proper entry.

As i said before, one of my main reasons to start this blog is to keep myself honest and accountable with weight-loss. So here it goes..... I currently weigh *shudder* 85.8kg. At a height of 163cm that is waaaay too heavy. I was thinking about it earlier, and I came to the sad realisation I have been over weight for nearly 10 years now... that is nearly 1/3 of my life! When I think of it in those terms it upsets me greatly - I used to be quite thin until I moved out of home, then within 2 years of moving out I pushed my weight into the overweight/obese realm where it has remained.
I can remember looking in my wardrobe and not really caring what I wore that day as I knew it would look great and I can remember what it was like walking into a clothes store and knowing if I saw something I liked I could buy it as it would look good on and they would have it in my size. Nowadays however i often spend up to half an hr trying to decide what to wear to best hide my muffin-top or to disguise my fat thighs. I avoid clothes shopping as it is so depressing to find an outfit I love and either (a) have it look horrible on as it is too short or too figure-hugging or (b) not be able to find it in my size.
Well no more! my goal is to get back into size 10-12 which will bring me back into a healthy weight for my height. This means losing atleast 20kgs. A loss of aprox 1kg/week would be great, but I will be happy with 3kg/month - that gives me a realistic goal of 7 months to lose my 20kg - and hey, if i lose it a bit quicker all the better!