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Introduction Text In my first year on SparkPeople I gained 5 pounds even though my initial goal was to lose 50 pounds. I did lower my blood pressure from pre-hypertensive to normal so I am going to go with that! I am now in my third year on SparkPeople and have accomplished some life goals and lost the five pounds I had gained as well as the thirty-five more on top of that and then ten more. Oh, well. As my good SparkFriend says, progress not perfection. Keep Sparking back. It works!

If I continue at my current rate I could be down ten pounds to 225 by the end of 2011. I'll take it! People often list goals and rewards here but in a year I haven't thought of any rewards that are not food-related so this part of the site remains under construction.

I am starting with the FastBreak to ease into it but I know some serious nutritional makeovers are in the offing! Update 5/6/10: I am finding that I can eat everything I like but MODERATION is key. I am struggling with emotional overeating as well as disorganization. Update 1/14/11: Sadly, this is still where I'm at. On plan I drink 8 glasses of water and track eat at least 5 servings of fruits/vegetables and track eat between 1500-1700 calories average per day and track earn 90+ fitness minutes a week and track weigh myself once a week and track post a bragging/regretful blog once a week after weigh-in set goals for each month and track Off plan is a series of unfortunate events but I am still doing better than before SparkPeople in 2010!

I live in northern California I have a BA in biology from University of California Santa Cruz. I have no kids, no pets, no houseplants (except one small planter full of succulents and cacti. It has to stay outdoors. I'm not running a botanical garden for wayward plantae here.)

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