whew!
I'm happy to report I'm feeling much better since my post on Monday. I just don't do well with staying at home for long periods of time.
The scale was down again today...to a lovely 209.6!! That leaves me just 10.6 pounds to my goal of 199. I think I mentioned before that I really want to hit that by March 17th. It looks like it will be possible!!! I lost 12.6 pounds in January (started at 222.2). How unbelieveable is that?? I don't expect this rate to continue, but if for some reason it does, I could be at my true goal of 150 well before my birthday (December 26...my original target date). At any rate though, I will be skinnier for both of the girls' next birthdays. May 25 is Ella's 2nd, and July 30th is Lexi's 4th. I'm thinking we may have to have a pool party for Miss Lex. 
It will be fun to see where I really am by summer.