Countdown: 262 days til Mini-Marathon -- and a bit about Weight...

Today I got in my 20 minute walk and was able to walk a mile in that time.  Some improvement I know that is was a small step but it is in the right direction.  I will keep working up the minutes and also trying to improve the time that it takes.  Also, I did not feel like I was going to be sick this time just way out of breath.  My daughter bless her kept asking "are you ok mom?"  I can't believe I let myself get this out of shape.
Now, a bit about weight.  I initially did not want to post my weight on here as I am very embarrassed by it.  My mom was very overweight when I was a child and ultimately had gastric bypass,  Then due to complications and just not taking care of herself this lead to an early death at just 42 years of age.  As a result of this (although I have always been overweight since around age 8) I always swore that even though I was "fat" I would never let myself get to be over 300 pounds.  Guess what.. after baby number 5 was born June 2010 my weight hit 300 and over the last year has slowly risen.  Last weekend when I stepped on the scale my weight was 310 the highest EVER!!  I was so saddened, disgusted, and embarrassed of myself.  I am 35 this year and I have 5 children that I do not want to leave at an early age.  I mean I am only 7 years from the age my mother died.. I do not want this to be me.  So even though it is embarrassing and I am ashamed of my weight I want to put it out here so that I will be more motivated to get rid of the pounds.  Even if no one ever reads this blog I want to have a bit of accountability to myself.

I had my daughter take this as a starting pic. ick..