I took family Christmas pictures this weekend and I'm horrified.  I never wanted to face the fact of how I looked.  I'm 5'4", 30 years old, and 230 lbs.  I had my daughter almost a year ago and stupidly thought the weight would just "fall off" like my friends'.  But a family tree full of German women says otherwise.  So after crying to my boyfriend over dinner (who by the way is losing consistently and looking more and more fantastic every day) I put on my gym clothes and headed to the Activity Cetner.  I was only able to walk for 20 min on the treadmill and run 10 min on the eliptical.  But I'm determined to have my Christmas photos next year show me a 100 lbs lighter!