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.