back in the saddle again...so to speak

So, a ton has happened since I was last on.  DH graduated dental school and we have joined the "real world"  and although it is not as exciting as I thought it would be, I have to say that I much prefer earning money to racking up debt.  anyone with student loans knows what I am talking about.

So, with all that happened this summer I let the diet go, and I gained back all the weight that I lost on ww last spring.  But my ds started kindergarten yesterday and I decided that the beginning of a new school year is a perfect time to rededicate myself to getting healthy and losing weight.  So, I am jazzed to get started.  I weighed in tonight and after falling over from the shock at how much I have gained I am ready to move forward and start fresh- again lol.  I have some really great rewards planned for the weight that i lose starting with new excercise clothes for the first 10 lbs.  But then I was thinking that I should maybe give myself something (smaller) for each 5 lbs and then the bigger things on the 10 lb increments.  Any thoughts or ideas?

Plus, I am thinking about joining a gym, but the last time that I belonged to a gym I was in a high school and very full of myself, but I remember how I looked at fat people when they came in, so I am embarrassed.  My dh wants to join, he says that he has gained too much sympathy weight. lol  And he just told me that he would buy me an ipod if I go to the gym 5 times a week for 3 weeks straight.  Very tempting!!  I never even thought about all the possibilities of gifts for other milestones- not just the pounds that I lose.  I am starting to think that losing weight could be fun.

Now if I could figure out a way to not want french fries anymore...