Start to a new start

Well its now been over a month since Ive posted here and most have probably disappeared and no longer are following along but if anyone is here is an update...
1) Ive gained a bit of weight but am determined that I must get this weight off. It eats me up each time I weigh and see that ugly number
2) I have now changed to a new school and they are starting a faculty fit club..great now I have some motivation! How it works:
~$20 to sign up per semester
~must pay $1 each week I gain (if that isnt motivation I dont know what is)
~the weekly winner (% lost) will win the people who gained weight's money
~at the end 1st place wins 50%, 2nd place wins 30%, and 3rd place wins 20%
Weigh in starts this Friday and we will weigh in each week on Fridays. Its just the motivation Ive been needing! I sure dont want to lose any $ so I must lose!!
3) My ultimate goal for losing the weigh or even starting the faculty club at our school is because we are in the process of adopting and I want to be in great shape so I can run, play and have fun with our future child I cant wait!
4) Just for a reminder..here is my beginning and what I got down to before gaining an additional 13 lbs + no toneing at all just feel flabby!

Progress Picture

Can anyone tell a difference..40 lbs down! Click on the image for a large image of it

Progress Picture

Well I took a few progress pictures this morning and thought I would share. I hit my all time low of 172.5..wooo hoo!!

Progress Pictures

I forgot that I had never posted this here until Carolyn asked but just for FYI I will take progress pics for every 10 lbs I lose. These are awful pictures but you can kind of get a better idea maybe and tell that I have lost some..haha! I took my first picture in the pink shirt and decided Ill do all the pictures in the pink and little to my surprise when I put it on for my 20 lb pictures it was huge and made me look bigger so I decided even though I look terrible and had just had a hard workout Ill take one in workout clothes



Another thing I did was do a collage through the years to see how much I changed and its kind of interesting to look back and see how the weight piled on