Just turned 30, busy professional in the science/health fields. I'm going to school part-time for my MBA while working full-time so I'm pretty busy.

I should state up front that I'm tall for a girl - 5'9" and I've never really had a delicate frame (childbearing hips come to mind) so I get told that I can "get away" with a few extra pounds and people usually don't guess that I weigh as much as I do. Thing is, I have a family history of heart disease so now that I've turned 30, I really have to bring my weight down just for health matters. I'm a stress eater and unemployment and various other things in my life have lead me to pile on the pounds and I didn't realize just how much I'd piled on until after the fact. In the short run, I'd like to get back to where most of my clothes fit again (somewhere around 230ish), then back to my old low weight (187) then long-term goal of 165 (with my height/bone structure, I'm not sure how much below that I could go and still be healthy).

Measurements (Nov 2010)
Waist: 35" (- 2.25")
Hips: 46 1/2" (- 2")
Right thigh (widest part) 24" (- 3.25")
Left thigh (widest part) 24.5 " (- 3.5")
Right bicep (widest part) 12 1/2" (- .5")
Left bicep (widest part) 13" (no change)
(Numbers in parenthesis indicate change since Sep 2010)

Weight goals:
Mini goal 1: 247 (25 lbs lost) - new iPod - reached 9/5/10
Orange Ticker: 25% of goal - reached 9/12/10
Mini goal 2: 222 (50 lbs lost) - Pandora bracelet - TBD
Yellow Ticker: 50% of goal - TBD
Mini goal 3: 197 (75 lbs lost) - TBD
Green Ticker: 75% of goal - TBD
Mini goal 4: 172 (100 lbs lost) - TBD
Goal weight: 165 - Little black dress >:)

Fitness goals:
Bike to work (a little over 3 miles)
5 mile hike
Run a 5K