About Me
Where do I start?? We'll start at the very beginning (in a true Julie Andrew's voice), a very good place to start. When we read we begin with ABC.....now I am just being silly. lol
I was born on the 5th May 1973, I weighed in at 7 pound 11 ounces, and have been gaining ever since. I grew up always bigger for my age. I matured a lot quicker than everyone else and I was a lot taller. I once stood at 179 cm, but over the last few years have lost a couple of centremetres, probably due to weight and gravity. ;-)
I was always self conscious about my size and it's only when I look back now that I had nothing to worry about. In my teens I played sport twice a week and from the age of 5 to 15 did Physical Culture. Of course I was bigger than everyone else. I matured early. I wish someone had beaten that fact into me and my mother. My mother was well meaning in her quest for a slender daughter, but way off track in her tactics. She always said 'you'll look fine if you lose a few kilos' hence the dieting cycle begins.
When I left home I was around 70-75 kilos, Ideal for my height and over the next few years - I just piled it on and on and on. During my four year cooking apprenticeship with Qantas I stacked on a massive 20 kilos, and of course I have been diligent enough to keep lugging it around with me. There are a lot of factors for me that caused my obesity, and I don't discount them for a second. But I can choose my life and I choose to be in a healthy weight range without sacrificing too much of my love for food.
Anyway I became a chef and have worked in lots of different places. Then in 1996 I married another chef (yes- wonderful for the waistline.lol) and together we have 3 beautiful children. Lucinda 3, Cameron 2, and my little Caitlin who's just 4 months old.. I want to be there for my kids and I believe life is short enough as it is. I want to know what it's like to have abundant energy and be uninhibited and be able to do anything I want to do, I don't want to be a fat old person and wonder what my life could have been like 'if I only had lost the weight' I want to say 'I'm glad I took control of my life...I have the power to change me....I saw I came and I conquered' .....lol....Boy I sound a bit nutty now. lol...
Anyway I hope you enjoy my site and please drop in and check up on me, I would like this site to make me accountable.. I need that.
