About the Author

Maybe Author is too strong a word for writing a blog about weight loss... whatever, maybe delusions of grandeur are something I can address in my next blog.

Like it says on the main page, I'm 27 years old and live in the Vancouver area of the beeeautiful British Columbia in Canada. In September of this past year, I married my now-husband Adrian and we have lived together with our chocolate labrador (Ranger) for the past 5 years. He is definitely the love of my life... Ranger, that is. My husband's a bit of alright, too.
One of the reasons I am writing this blog and wanting to lose the weight I want to lose is because of the other health issues I have going on. I have had really bad digestive problems since I was a single digit and only came to realise how many of us "bad tummy people" there are out there in recent years when I turned to support boards for... well, support. I have mild Colitis, but really bad Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and severe Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). In the past 3 years or so I've also been dealing with a lot of anxiety issues (some due to my digestive issues) and have been diganosed with Generalized Anxiety and Panic Disorders. All this wrapped up together make the regular day-to-day things that a 27 year old newlywed should be able to do a lot more difficult for me.
I am hoping that by tackling my weight issues, I will also get a handle back on my stomach issues and my anxiety as well. If nothing else, it certainly can't hurt the situation!

I work in education administration as an admin assistant in a job that sometimes seems like a well-trained monkey could do. It's definitely not the job I dreamed about when I was a little girl, but the pay is decent and it's not the worst job I've ever had. It has had it's challenges, though, especially because of the above mentioned health problems. One of my "mini goals" through all this will be to miss as little work as possible so that I can get a good reputation there and hopefully climb out of the admin assistant gutters sometime soon.

I hope that the gives my readers (reader? maybe??) some insight into who I am at the beginning of this process and I'm sure the rest will all come out in the wash.

The Coming Attractions...

Hello Blogosphere,

It is New Year's Eve and I am sitting under a pile of blankets on my couch, watching a really old episode of Dawson's Creek, which is making me all kinds of nostalgic for my melodramatic teenage years. 2009 was a big year for me with an equal share of good and bad, but I have higher hopes for 2010. It seems fitting that this New Year's, I have chosen to not make one resolution to guide me through the year but to make a challenge for myself that will go hand-in-hand with the other changes I hope that 2010 will bring. The challenge that I am giving myself, and would be happy to do along with any other bloggers out there, is this: Lose 50 pounds in 50 weeks.
My challenge is not only to successfully lose this weight in a healthy and long-term way, but to record my journey and share with others my experiences.
So stay tuned, world wide web... I will begin my challenge on January 10th, 2010... 2 days after my husband's 30th birthday. My goal will be to write at least a little blurb every day once I begin my 50 weeks. In the meantime, I will do another post a little background about me and another about what the plan is for these coming 50 weeks.
Happy New Year! Look out 2010... I have weight to lose and a blog to write!