Starting... again.

Greetings! I know there is a world of weight loss and weight management blogs out in the world. I've read most of them. Now I'm inspired to do my own thing, at least for me.
I call this secretly skinny, because I am doing this without the help of 'real' people. I have 2 close friends that are aware of what's happening, my husband, and a host of virtual friends through Livestrong Myplate. I've found that the minute you say you are trying to lose weight people start inviting you over for dinner and doling out brownies! And I am not one to turn down a brownie (pan). So I've chosen to keep this to myself until I'm sure it's working. I know that won't make sense to a lot of people, and I know that support groups are amazing. I've done Weight Watchers no less than 4 times. I love a good group! But including people in my journey means opening myself up to their good intentions to eat bad things WITH me.
To date I've lost 13.2 lbs since January 3rd! I honestly don't think I could do it without the LS app. Weight loss sucks, and water is not as good as Dr. Pepper! I'm only starting to work out, but am enjoying what I do. Even if I look like an idiot dancing to the Wii in my living room!! I've paid for and am (ha) training for my first 5k. I have no delusions that I'm going to be RUNNING this thing, but crossing the finish line is crossing the finish line right now! Today I ran 7.5 minutes out of 35, which is shocking to me, but not good enough to call myself a runner by a long shot. Maybe tomorrow will be better! Maybe I'll run 4 consecutive minutes! Or maybe I'll stick to dancing to Katy Perry at home :)