I’m Lisa.

I am 48 years old, female, pretty much sedentary, self-employed, with a number of medical concerns.  I am noting this because I expect all these things to change as I boogie on down the road toward getting healthy.  I have struggled with weight my entire life, but was able to lose the most weight while using the Atkins diet and exercise (cardio and strength training).  How much?  140 pounds of me gone — most definitely an entire person — and that was not my goal.

I failed.

I’m not beating myself up about this; well, not at the moment, but I assure you, I’ve gone through my pitiful share of self-loathing and criticism.  This blog is, more than anything, an exploration of using that failure as feedback and how to turn it around to success.  I don’t intend to berate myself or make excuses, because no matter what you say to someone else, it doesn’t change what a person does to derail themselves or to keep themselves from succeeding.

If you’re here before June 1, 2010, congrats! You won’t see any stats or anything yet.  😉  That’s the date I’ve given myself for making the jump to a healthier lifestyle.  Yes, I could start tomorrow, or this moment, and I’m a big believer in that, but I’m giving myself until that date to come up with the plan I’ll use, instead of just jumping in for a couple weeks and dropping off, again.

I invite you to read the About Lisa and Lisa’s Progress pages.  I’ll be adding a gallery that shows my current success as well as my past success; stay tuned!

I’m interested in hearing from you, too; with some caveats.  Because weight loss is a hot internet topic, I will be previewing comments before they go public.  Anything that’s an ad or some sort of a come-on will not be posted; nor will comments that are counter-productive.  Or… I may post the comment and my reply to it.  Which could be fun.  Right?  Right.

I’m Lisa.  This is what I think.  And I think this is going to be a wild ride!