Counting down - 378 days til Greece

So I slacked off and fell off the wagon a few times and never quite back on.  But I have somehow or other found my determination anew. 

I'm going to get pictures and weight tomorrow.  I know on Saturday it was 243.6.  But I"m going to the gym tomorrow and I'll have one of the trainers take my picture for a starting point and I'll weigh in and then measure my waist.  A lot of places I read say that its not weight as much as it is waist.   So we will start a new.  My first goal is to get back to water, journaling and movement.

Right now I've been walking at the gym for 25-30 minutes - about 2 miles.  I want to pick up running so I signed up to take a Women's 5K running class.  It said it was for all levels and that they teach proper running technique and set you up on a program to help build your endurance.  I don't forsee running a 5K at the end of it, but maybe half of one and its a starting point.  I also saw Kaly this weekend.  She is my "trainer" - she sets up my weight programs for me.  Whenever I need a change or want something new she's who I talk to.  So I brought the basic program that I've been doing off and on for 3 months now to her (it's the program they give everyone who joins) and told her I wanted something completely new, with variety and something to really push me.  So she gave it to me.  It's a lot of free weights which I like because, if for some reason, I can't get to the gym, its things I can do at home or in a hotel etc. 

This is the program:
Quad burner - basically a stationary brace that you lock your ankles in and then sit back and do squats.  (my other option is a machine called a hack squat which adds weight to your squat)
Lat pull - (this one is a machine)
4 way aero mat - basically you put one foot on this mat and slide out into a side lunge for both legs as well as a regular lunge for both legs.   It's less strenous/jolting then stepping out into a lunge, but a bit more challenging to drag that other foot back in.  

I'm suppossed to do the lat pull and 4 way aero mat in a circuit so there's no real rest for me as a whole between sets, but it rests the different muscles.
Hyperextension - for the back
Shoulder circuit - basically taking free weights and lifting them in straight out in front, straight out to the side, bending over and lifting them like chicken wings and then pressing them straight up from shoulders. 
The hyperextension and shoulder circuit are also done in circuit like the lat pull/aero mat.
Then I have bench press either with free weights or with the bar - gives me an option to mix it up
Stability ball crunches
Stability ball side crunches
Bench dips or tricep rope pull down - these can be done interchangeably too

I'm looking forward to this new plan.  I have to admit, my food choices may not be the best in coming days - lunch is going to be a lot of ramen - money was tight and ramen is cheap even if it isn't the healthiest, but I might get some frozen veggies to throw in and heat up with the ramen to at least add some nutrients. 

I don't have a set weight loss goal in mind for next year, but I do know i"d look to weigh less and feel comfortable in shorts in Greece.