About Me

I am a 38 year old coffee addict and fitness freak. I love to blog and talk and write so this is a mish mash of all those passions. I am married to a gaming addict. We actually met on an MMORPG. I love playing both World of Warcraft and Runescape

I also love food. A LOT. I think about food all the time. My goal is to learn to cook healthy delicious meals, I already know how to cook very unhealthy delicious meals.

I used to be fat, very fat 263lbs to be exact. That was 4.5 years ago, its taken me till this last February 2009 to get down to 125 lbs. I started my weight loss journey with the Body For Life program and got down to 190 lbs, then decided I wanted to compete in a figure competition so I hired Tony Di Costanzo of Dreambodies and I haven’t looked back. I love being lean and fit and love sharing what I have learned with others. However it appears the battle has only just begun as I learn how to maintain my new weight.

I really struggle with being an all or nothing person. I have had people tell me I am the most uplifting happy person they know, and I have had people tell me I am the most depressing angry person they know… I guess I didn’t have my coffee that day.

I am forever trying to find a balance in my life between my passions and those things I have to do. I tend to get so focused on my goals and whatever it is I am accomplish that everything else can be forgotten for days on end. I get lost in my own mind.

Some things I love….
coffee
bookstores( especially ones with coffee shops)
pretty shiny sparkly things
scented candles
brand new notebooks, brand new school supplies for that matter send me into euphoria
the smell of new running shoes
Tulips-any color, but I have a strange fondness for the yellow ones
makeup and beauty products
body butter that smells good enough to eat
beach when the water is glowing from the sun shinning on it as it sets
a great comedy
chocolate
cupcakes
carmel popcorn
brand new books
the feeling after a great workout
seeing veins and striations on my arms and shoulders after a workout
pushing myself harder then I thought possible, lifting more then I thought I could
trance music, I have to listen to music everyday or I get depressed
raves
puppies and kittens
babies
marshmallow peeps!