About
This is my blog in conjunction with the 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet website. My username is gardenerjoy on their forums. I’m hoping that those forums will be more support network for pursuing a healthy lifestyle while this blog will be my journal of the journey.
Here is the bio that I put up on the 40-something forum yesterday:
First name: Joy
Geographical location: Kirkwood, Missouri (a suburb of St. Louis)
Age: 47
Marital Status: married
Children/Ages: none
Occupation: a happily unemployed librarian with a technology background
Pets: none (allergies)
Hobbies/Interests: reading, gardening, walking, photograpy, digital scrapbooking
Height: 5′8″
Eye/Hair Color: hazel , used to be brown now it’s grayed to more of a yellow — I’ve been getting compliments on the color this summer.
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: next week (part of my problem — it’s always next week…)
Starting Weight: 220+ (another part of the current problem — I’m afraid to weigh myself)
Goal Weight: 150
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: getting started, apparently
Following any specific plan: currently exploring
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: the long exploration, this forum, the related blog
Anything else you would like to share with us: happy to be here!