Florida bound too!!

Hi Everyone! My ultimate goal for the trim to win contest is to reach a healthy weight. I moved up to Alaska in fall 2005 from Florida. In Florida I led a fairly healthy lifestyle running, swimming, a few triathlons, and a lot of time outside. The last 2 years up here in Alaska I have been in hibernation mode. I gained about 15 pounds in that short amount of time. In August I had finally had it with my wieght reaching the same weight as when I had my kids (172 lbs). I had gestational diabetes with my pregnancies and the thought of getting it full time was unbearable. I started to use my gym membership instead of letting the gym earn free money. I also eating realistic serving sizes. SInce August I have lost 17 lbs. The holidays have thrown me for a loop though. I am having a hard time getting back on track. I gained 3 lbs over the holidays. Luckily, it did not stay on for long. But, I am stuck!!! Hopefully, this contest will motivate me to stick with it and lose the rest of the weight. I would love to be able to go back home to Florida this summer. It is expensive to take a family of 7 anywhere!! The $3,000 certainly would help!! Getting to a healthy weight would be even better!!