Update and Weight Loss Journey

Okay so a lot has happened. Ry has grown up so much he is now 13 months walking and starting to talk. Johnny and Xavie are out of school for the summer and whew what a year. Our cat Checkers had her 1st (and last litter) 5 kittens in all however one has recently passed away. We got a puppy she is a pit mix we have named her Princess. Also we are going on a Cruise to the Caribbean on January 27th!!! I'm so excited because it will be our first cruise and we are going with out the kids. In preparation for this I am on a mission to lose some weight and get bikini ready. I have joined the local gym and have started taking Zumba classes (which I absolutely love). Our whole household has even started to eat healthier. So far I have lost a little over 20 lbs. I am going to start keeping a weight loss/gain blog to help keep myself motivated. I am including a ticker that shows how many pounds I have to go to reach my goal of 165lbs. I would like to reach this goal by thanksgiving and then any extra weight loss after that could be a bonus. Today I weigh 241.8 lbs. I started at 262.5lbs. so this is a big accomplishment. I did plateau for a few months where i was gaining or loosing. January I had lost 15 lbs however in February I had gained all of it back. for the both March and April I was stuck at 250-251 lbs. So that was pretty discouraging. Then I crunched some numbers and realized if I was going to reach my goal by November i would have to lose between 2.5-3 lbs a week. A WEEK!!! I was having issues loosing just one lb a month. So that was a major reality check. I have started taking Acia Berry along with flaxseed (which my mother-in-law told me about), I am also going to try to hit the the gym at least 5 times a week as well. One of the girls that I do Zumba with has offered to go with me at night a few nights a week so that will help. When my hubby was working nights I would go every morning after I dropped the kids off at school. Then when he started on days I was going once a week in the mornings (his day off) and twice a week at night for Zumba. Then once the kids got out of school I was only going on Zumba nights (twice a week). Well then my hubby's schedule changed and he started getting off work later so that left just one night a week. So hopefully with having a workout partner I'll go more, after all I can't let her down right. I will be posting pictures every month of my weight loss journey maybe this way it will help me see the difference. Well the baby is up and my 3yr old just spilled uncooked spaghetti noodles all over the floor so I gotta go now. Will post soon, bye for now.