5 down, 7 to go

Verified by my parents' scale this past weekend, as well as my own: I have lost a total of 5 lb. in the past month and a half! This is especially confidence-boosting, because right now I'm at that stage of the month when I usually gain about 3 lb. via retention of fluids. I've really been keeping up on my exercising; I use the elliptical machine if the weather is cold/rainy (I'm up to 17-18 min. per session now), and George and I try to walk around our apartment complex if the weather is good. (We were nerdy and drove the distance with our car to figure out it was over 1 mile. :) I have lost about 1" from my thighs and 1" from my waist, and gained about 0.5" on my biceps. Most of all, I just feel better. I plan to continue and hopefully lose 7 more lb. My body was not genetically designed to be skinny, but I can definitely be healthier, and that is my goal. Wish me luck!