throwing down the gauntlet

so i challenged my friend meredith to join in on my little contest i have decided to have with myself. she and i need to lose roughly the same amount of weight, and we are going to the beach together, so it seemed the obvious thing to do. so--she is on board for seeing which of us can lose the most by B-day, 88 days from now. loser pays for pre-beach pedicures for both of us. i added her to this blog so she can post here if she wants to (no pressure, meredith!) however, that was at like 5:15pm. since then, she's joined a gym, and now she's out buying new workout clothes. she is clearly going to kick my ass. maybe...