27 pounds down the first year!

I'm ending 2008 at 262 pounds. I haven't budged weight-wise in about a month and a half, but I'm happy to say I haven't gained any weight and I've kept this weight off for the last year. It's not a lot, but it's a start I needed to make. I lost it so gradually, no one can really tell, but when you're that fat, it takes a lot more to make an honest difference.

My BMI is 40.4, down from 44.6. 

I don't know exactly what my goals are this year. I figure I should lose at least 27 pounds this year, because I've already proved I can. That would result in a weight at the end of the year of 235 and a BMI of 36.3. Still high, but probably a weight that is easier to get around with, thus more exercise, thus more potential weight loss.

Ideally I'd like to be down 70 pounds by June 1, 2009. That would put me at a BMI of 29.6, which is out of the obese range and into the merely range. One of my kids will be graduating high school, and this way I'll be able to wear something off the rack that is a little more dressy and looks better than what's available to us obeasts! I don't want to be the fattest mom there for once.