First name: Paula
Geographical location: Illinois
Age: 49
Marital Status:Married
Children/Ages: two girls, ages 17 and 11
Occupation: mom and housewife
Pets:3 dogs, Toby, Brandi and Max, 1 cat named Angel, 2 parakeets Zoey and Cloey and one goldfish and a bunch of guppies.
Hobbies/Interests: I like just being outside working in the yard/garden and i enjoy swimming and fishing and walking river banks looking for fossils and neat rocks.
Height:5'9"
Eye/Hair Color:Hazel eyes/ and brown hair with gray creeping in around the edges.
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: Today, July 29,2003
Starting Weight:280
Present Weight:280
Goal Weight: 150 sounds incredible, but will be happy just to get down under 200, haven't been there since grade school.
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: I am my biggest hurdle to over come, I eat when I'm sad and lonely and depressed, I crave sweets and carbs, and it seems like since I quit smoking that I'm never satisfied.
Following any specific plan:Lowfat, lowcarb, 1600 a day diabetic diet.
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: I have type 2 diabetes and had a heart attack alittle over a year ago. I feel really bad physically and depressed, because I just can't seem to get control of myself and get motivated. I'm scared that if I don't get a handle on my eating, and get motivated to move, I won't be here to do it.
Anything else you would like to share with us: I would love to have friends who know how I'm feeling about myself and would like to share encouragement and help motivate each other, or who would just like to talk about weight loss and excerise. So feel free to email me.
E-mail:[email protected]