New Year, Welcome everyone & Reintroduction

[Guest guest]

With all the new people, i guess it's time for a reintroduction.

my name is Laurie and I live near Portland. I am a mom & wife and work

for corporate America in Dilbertland.

I weigh the most I have ever weighed in my life. I weigh the same as

the day I gave birth to my son.

I started my weight gain with the onset of a desk job, various

injuries, lots of stress and no time for myself.

I have been working on my weight loss for quite a while now (3 years i

think). I lost 20 pounds in 2006 only to gain it back in Feb of 2007

when I got sick and fell off the excercise wagon.

I am now stable and have stopped gaining. I usually get 10,000 steps

a day on my pedometer, but right now I am frequently not getting any

excercise on the weekends as i'm completely exhausted and frequently

sick. But I am happy to get in my steps and know that when the

weather warms up i will be more in shape for walking and hiking outside.

ok hope that wasnt too long.

Steve, I am working on a reply to your column via email.

laurie