My new Ticker ... Ugh

Did you notice my new ticker just above here?  I am tired of feeling fat and icky, so I really need to get serious about losing weight.  I am cheating a little bit with it.  I put my starting weight....are you ready for this? at 230, which is how much I weighed when I went into the hospital to have Monkey.  I know, I know, he weighed almost nine pounds, that is cheating, but guess what?  It is my blog and I can cheat if I want.  It makes me feel better that I have lost 33 pounds since I had him than if I lost 24 pounds.  My target weight is 155, so I still have 42 pounds to go.  Oy.  This could be interesting.  Any tips and all motivation is welcome!  I have not set a time limit on this, because I am afraid that if I don't reach the time limit, I will get mad at myself and gain it all back like I have in the past.  I haven't weighed 155 since high school.  That was a long frickin time ago.  :-)