The First Post. a.k.a. My Excercise History

Isn't it a little intimidating? You know, that first post in a blog. That thing that so many people will probably read. That is, until you've written so much that no one is ever going to read all that.
Ah, well, I've simultaneously managed to make myself feel better and worse.
A little about my fitness history:

• I joined a swim team when I was 13. It was the first team sport I participated in. I did alright. I got swim ear a lot. I was embarrassed about wearing a speedo, but not as embarrassed as seeing my brother in one, too. There was a boy on the team I had a crush on. I cannot remember his name. I think he may have reminded me of J.T.T.
• I joined my high school's tennis team my freshmen year. I played tennis every year for four years. I didn't really improve much. 
• I joined a soccer team when I was a junior in high school. Honestly, I hated it. My coach was mean and I sucked at running. I wasn't very coordinated either. I felt like getting stuck as the stopper was like being put in left field.
• I participated in weight lifting my senior year of high school. I took to that much better. It turns out that I am more than capable of lifting weights and I build muscle pretty fast for a girl. I had a trainer. I worked out around the football players. I felt like a real human being with a real skill. My trainer suggested that I could do weight lifting competitively. I turned it down because I didn't want boys to think I was a lesbian. 
• I joined the rowing team (aka. Crew). I loved that. I was ok at it. Not the best, but not the worst. However, I felt like I was part of something and good at something. I did that for a year and a half. Quit because of my boyfriend, said it was because of school. I broke up with the boyfriend four months later but was too embarrassed about quitting to ever rejoin.
• Took Tia Chi for a year.
• Then I gained too much weight. At this point I had put on some weight between my junior and senior year of high school (probably due to stopping Ritalin and starting depression meds), I lost most of that on crew. Gained a little back during Tia Chi. Gained that back and THEN some after Tia Chi.
• I didn't really work out for a while after that.
• I started going to the gym my senior year of college. Got in shape but didn't loose any weight. 
• My second senior year I started playing DDR every evening with a very overweight friend in order to encourage her to loose weight. She lost some weight. I didn't.
• I was 200 lbs at this point (Up from 160 in high school). Went to a nutritionist the Summer after my second senior year. I didn't have much money and could only afford her for half an hour. She told me my fat was disgusting, I was eating too much, I needed to loose something like 12 inches off my waist, and that I was going to kill myself from diabetes very soon if I didn't change my life (I'm 5'5 3/4" by the way). I was terrified and felt like a horrible, ugly, disgusting person who should probably be euthanized. I followed her diet for about 2 months, lost about 16 pounds, couldn't maintain it, and gained it all back. I also spent the next two years terrified that everyone who saw thought I was disgusting.
• Later I moved to South Korea and started hiking and working out regularly. I was really isolated so working out pretty much became my life. I didn't eat very well but I was working out about 2 hours a day. I went from 205 lbs to 163 in a year. I also lost 4 dress sizes.
• I went back to the States and put back on 25 pounds.
• I came back to Korea. There aren't any mountains in my back yard this time and I'm less isolated but I have tried to be healthier. I'm much more aware of my diet since I can't do a hardcore exercise like hiking every other day. I came and I was reaching toward 190. I'm now 171 on a good day and 173 on most days. I have 3 and a half months until I return to the States. I want to loose at least 20 pounds by then, 25 would be ideal. I must loose at least 14.
• I am 26 and turn 27 in 3 weeks.

So, that's my weight and health history there.

Other things that might use mentioning:

• I'm an English teacher.
• My family has a history of type 2 diabetes in their elderly years.
• I have a bad gallbladder, as does apparently everyone else in my family.
• I used to be a self-injurer, but I haven't been for 3 and a half years. That being said, because of my history psychological health is just as important to me as physical health.
• I live by myself (so no one to sabotage diets, and no one to work out with consistently).
• I work out at a local park, not a gym, and in my apartment.
• I don't own a car so I usually ride my bicycle to work.

Yeah, I think that's about it. So ends the first post and the history of my health.