Me: I'm married, no kids but I have 3 very wonderful house cats and a sweet miniature pinscher. I live on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. I work as an inside sales representative for a nation wide MRO Parts Distributor. I drive a 2006 Chevy HHR (Love my Bugsy!) which I so affectionately named Bugsy Malone. I love to sing, I also play the violin, guitar, piano and mandolin.

I found this site while looking up the calories of something and have been counting calories ever since 4/14/07.

Background: In the past few years, I've packed on some extra lb's and I'd love to get rid of those little stow-aways! I've tried the slimfast diet, i've tried the Special K diet. I always felt like I was depriving myself. This is not a diet - this is a new lease on life. I'm going to lose this weight the healthy way.

Goals: Right now, as per my meter below, my goal is to reach 175lbs.  When I get there, I plan on maintaining for 3-6 months to give my body a chance to get used to the 175. then I plan on kicking it back in gear to lose another 25-30 lbs to end up at 145-150lbs which is where I should be for my height and age.

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