Well. I have just taken a major step. I have signed up for C&W dance lessons starting Monday night. This is quite a step for me. I have country danced since I was 10 yrs old, however the country dancing I have done all my life is 'traditional' country dancing not all this new-fangled line dancing and steps. I literally danced my ass off when I was younger/single and never knew I had a serious weight problem. Then, I met my husband (who is now ex) and he did nothing of the sort. I danced on occasion even after that, but I really missed it and always sort of resented him for not learning how/taking that out of my life.

Once I was single, I had began traveling 100% for my work, so there has been no time or way to incorporate that or any sort of regular activity into my life. Then, I got sick and have been fighting my way back to something resembling health over the past 3 years in addition to traveling.

Now, my traveling has slowed way down and I think I may be working in the office or at least in the area more, so I just signed up for dance lessons and a local dance club who go dancing as a group on the weekends and some weeknights.

This has been a helluva long hard road and there were days I sure never thought I'd make it to this point, but I've been such a recluse these last few years, due to illness and self-loathing. I reckon this is exactly what NSV(non-scale victory) is all about.

Leatha, what's the latest on your "Boot Scootin' Boogie" classes? And how many hearts have you broken?

That sounds SOOO fun. I also married a non-dancer, and though he's a great husband, I really wish we had that in our lives.

I didn't start gaining weight until I gave the dancing up. We're not big drinkers, and he's not much on going dancing, so after we got married, he never really wanted to go anywhere for dancing. I went anyway with girlfriends for a while, but I always loved dancing with my man best. Then eventually he leaned on me about going out without him until I quit altogether.

I gave up the only exercise I enjoyed for that man... now I sit here this morning, lap-banded and giving my keyboard a better workout than any part of my body has had all week... he better not say a word!

Pam, he may want to reconsider. You keep melting away like this and there's going to be several guys that will take you dancing! You could take up belly dancing. That ought to get his attention!