Hi! My name isn't Stebby, but in these days of google searches I don't like to throw my real name around.
I am 47 years old, married for 20 1/2 years, mom to a 6-year-old daughter. I work as a project manager at a marketing research company, where I've been for 23 years. I have been active most of my life, starting with swimming and running (if you want to call what I do running - if you saw me you might say it's actually plodding) through my teens. I started taking aerobics classes and working out with heavy weights at 18. I became an aerobics instructor at 23, and taught all kinds of group-ex (hi/lo, step, yoga, stretch) part-time until I was 46. (But I'm keeping my certifications up because I intend to return to teaching in a few years, when my daughter is a bit older.) I discovered exercise videos in the mid-90s with The Firm. I found Cathe in 1999 and have been hooked since then. I do Cathe videos, various yoga videos, the odd non-Cathe video (Jari Love, Patrick Goudeau, Mindy Mylrea), and I take a Spinning class at the gym 2-3 times per week.
I was always somewhat (10-20 lb) overweight. Then in the late 90s my weight started creeping up more. I joined Weight Watchers and lost 33 lbs, getting down to a weight I never thought I could reach. Then I had my daughter and never got the extra weight off! This past July I decided to get my act in gear - since then I've lost 10 lb and I want to lose around 20 more. So, yep, I am another one of those "fit but fat" people.
Although I don't have many posts, I have been a forum member here for something like 8 or 9 years. I think this is a really great community. My hat is off to Cathe and all her people for keeping it going and encouraging the very respectful tone that is usually in evidence here!
Stebby