First name: Maddie
Geographical location: east coast of Canada
Age: 42
Marital Status: married
Children/Ages: DD 7 years DD 5 years
Occupation: was a teaching principal for 13 years,became SAHM for past 5 years, back on teaching sub list Sept '10
Pets: black lab Benny black cat Gage beta fish Bubbles and Fishy LOL
Hobbies/Interests: "glamping" interior design gardening baking (which is 25% responsible for getting me here)
Height: 5' 6"
Eye/Hair Color: green/light auburn
Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: August 19,2010
Starting Weight: 220
Goal Weight: 160 and then I'll fine tune it from there
Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: cooking something that my meat and potatoes and sweet dessert loving hubby will NOT complain about
Following any specific plan: definitely low glycemic and close to vegetarian
What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: more motivation from external souces (so not looking forward to the subtle "OMG she put on weight since she's been gone" looks from former co-workers)
Anything else you would like to share with us: I am a diagnosed hypoglycemic who also has an overabundance of candida (yeast cells). Double whammy.ugh. Also I believe strongly in naturopathy and homeopathy rather than conventional medicine...but I'm not the crunchy-granola type.