Me
If you're going to be reading my blog, you should know a few things about me.
Michele Canty, Gemini. . . What's your sign? (Said in Eddie Murphy voice, but not the donkey voice, the one from his days with Saturday Night Live.)
Seriously, though, I'm 30-something years old.
I'm a southern gal, from Virginia.
I've been a reporter for more than eight years. I won a writing award for covering the crime beat in 2006.
At my highest weight, I tipped the scale at 250 pounds (in February).
I've been trying to lose weight ever since. I need to come down to something in the 170 to 180 range. I'm also trying to avoid having to be put on blood pressure medication, which is something many of family members are on.
Although I love family traditions, I'm trying to break away from ones in my family that include obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and the health problems that go with them.
I volunteered to write this blog because I wanted to try blogging and learn some new skills. It's about weight loss, because that's something that I eat, sleep and breath every day as I try to figure out how to lose the weight and keep it off.
I feel good about me, but I want to be healthy. I need to lose weight.
Yes, I know this entry wasn't much fun, but to tell a good story, you have to lay the foundation.
James · July 5, 2007 3:53 PM
Michele -- Good luck. I hope you do well.
--James, formerly of Danville
M. B. Whisler · May 23, 2007 7:12 PM
Hi Michelle: Congratulations on your quest to lose weight. I am prepared to join you. I too believe that I need to be healthy to see my grand children go to college. Let me know how I can help. I cannot tell you how much I weigh but I can tell you that it is up there with yours. This is our year. Let us do this. Thanks. MBW