Old me, new me, new me, new me, new me, new me. OK, you want years? 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-ish, 2010. No, I don't ordinarily wear jewelry that elaborate. Well, OK, not most of the time. Just at VFCJ conventions.
I'm Debbie. I'm 80+ pounds lighter than I was in 1999.
As of this update (April 2011), I'm 58 years old. I'm married, used to have cats (the last one died last November), work as a CPA. Biking is one of my all-consuming passions (Carbon Fork is my bicycle diary.) Vintage costume jewelry is another. (Yes, that's where the necklaces come in.) Jeff and I hope to semi-retire to Florida in a few years, in the Clearwater area, where there's lots of biking and great weather for it.
Quickstats: joined Weight Watchers 1/7/02. Made goal, 4/10/04. Made lifetime, 5/22/04. Still Lifetime, at goal. Coming up on my 7th anniversary of goal and lifetime.
I want to make one thing clear: I do not have THE answer to weight loss. I only have the answer for me. The monkey on my back is not the same one hitchhiking on your shoulder. But I do think that successful weight loss can result from borrowing an idea here, a technique there. I hope you find something on these pages that you can take away and use.
Let's talk about the rest as we go along, shall we? I tend to be spotty on posting, as my life gets busy and I don't always feel like blogging about it. But I will return from time to time, to post an update or two.
If you like photos of snowstorms, vacations, food, cats, vintage jewelry conventions, and anything else that strikes my fancy, you are welcome to peruse my ImageEvent albums. There's even one album that has weight loss photos. (There is also a link to this on the right hand side of the page.)
If you enjoyed this essay, please send it on!
(Oh, and if I can ever figure out how to improve the formatting on this page, I will . . . )
