Hi! Newbie intro.

Hi! I'm April. I'm 33 years old, mother of a 6 yo son, and wife to an amazing kind man.

A few things about me. I'm vegetarian and eat whole organic foods 99.9% of the time. I'm very passionate about living green, but I don't let it control my life either. We live on a small island on the west coast of Canada, and have 5 acres of sunny south facing land. We grew our first organic veggie garden last year and it was AWESOME! We are looking forward to carving the 59 lb pumpkin we grew for Halloween.

I have a very restricted diet for the next 5 months because I'm doing an intense healing cleanse. The purpose is to get candida overgrowth under control, heal allergies and inflammation in my body, and restore digestive enzymes. I'm just about finished the first 3 months and I feel really great. I've eliminated the following foods out of my diet: sugar, caffeine, dairy, soy, wheat, yeast, citrus, vinegar, and all nuts (because of my son's life threatening allergy to nuts).

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): organiquegal
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: april or OG
3. Age & Sex:  33/f
4. General Location: Canada
5. Married? Single? Married
6. Kids? Furbabies? 1 kid and a budgie named Fancy Pants
7. Favorite color? anything earthy or vibrant
8. Favorite movie? don't have one... not much into movies
9. Hobbies? lasagna gardening, writing my first novel, green living, blogging, reading
10. Favorite Snack? ryvita cracker with hummus and avocado
11. Favorite Beverage? decaf tea
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy? chronic pain and PCOS
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  140 lbs or less...
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Floors
15. How did you find Calorie Count? So far it's okay... love the recipe feature
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? today I hit a clothing milestone. My size 26 jeans are falling off, and I fit into my size 22's now! WOOT! I started out at 280 lbs and I'm down to 265.5 lbs since August 11, 2009.