Introduce Ourselves!

[SaucyWench]

This has been done on quite a few of the groups, so I thought I'd snag this and put it up for public consumption! Why don't we all take a moment to introduce ourselves to everyone else and share some info, eh? :)

Name:
Age:
Local:
Kids:
So/DH:
Pets:
Job:
DietPlan:
Exercise Plan:
Weight Goals:
Red-Light Foods:
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward:
Favorite Hobbies:
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog:

Anything else want to share?

[Cyndy]

Name: Cyndy
Age: 31
Local: Temecula, CA - wine country just north of San Diego
Kids: One very spoiled dog.
So/DH: Hubby named David for almost 8 years.
Pets: Same as the kid...her name is Irish.
Job: District Manager for AAA
DietPlan: Weight Watchers Flex
Exercise Plan: Walking and hopefully swimming soon.
Weight Goals: 160
Red-Light Foods: Mexican and Italian Food, bread, french fries.
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: A nice long massage.
Favorite Hobbies: Cooking/Baking, Reading, Decorating, Watching Movies, Shopping.
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: I am right handed but can only snap my fingers with my left hand.

[ann]

Name: Ann
Age: 45
Local: Medina NY
Kids: Yes, 1
So/DH: Bob/Stationary Engineer
Pets: 2 dogs and 1 cat
Job: Asst Vice President at a Bank
DietPlan: WW (of course!)
Exercise Plan: (Walking, Weights)
Weight Goals: 40 lbs
Red-Light Foods: Ice Cream and Pizza
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: Pedicure!
Favorite Hobbies:
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: Not really strange, but I love to garden

[Debbie]

Name: Debbie
Age: 22
Local: Worcester, England
Kids: Someday
So/DH: married 5 months to Matt, he's a PhD student in Physics
Pets: None
Job: Student Primary school teacher
DietPlan: Weightwatchers
Exercise Plan: Treadmill
Weight Goals: to get to around 150lbs give or take
Red-Light Foods: crisps and chocolate
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: a good novel or new clothes
Favorite Hobbies: reading, blogging
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: I write with my right hand but have a dominant left side

[Crista]

Name: Crista
Age: 24
Local: Elk grove, ILLINOIS
Kids: none
So/DH: John
Pets: not yet
Job: Office manager
DietPlan: Weight Watchers flex plan
Exercise Plan: Working on that...I need one
Weight Goals: to be in "normal" weight range
Red-Light Foods: beer, eating out and not making the best choices :(
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: new item of clothing or going somewhere i've wanted go (movie, mall..etc)
Hobbies: scrapbooking, card making,
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: I used to weigh less then 100 pounds in high school and funny thing is I thought I needed to be thinner..cause there were skinnier girls in high school then me...so to them I was fat...blah...then I went to college :(

Anything else? I am new today...and can't wait to meet people through their blogs and offer support...today is my first today...so hello everybody!!!

[Dev]

Name: Devonna
Age: 39
Local: Montana
Kids: None of my own ~ 2 nieces
So/DH: Not yet
Pets: None
Job: HR Manager
DietPlan: South Beach
Exercise Plan: Cardio 4-5 times per week; Strength training 2-3 times per week
Weight Goals: Goal weight is 130
Red-Light Foods: My triggers are pasta ~ it leads to all bad things when I indulge!
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: Clothes, Books
Favorite Hobbies: Reading, cooking, travel, genealogy
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: I have no clue. I have a twisted sense of humor and tend to be sarcastic, but I'm not sure that I hide that very well or not.

Anything else want to share?

[Steph]

Name: Steph
Age: 32
Local: Bismarck, ND
Kids: Zach -6, Aidan -3
So/DH: Dave
Pets: Cat- Ajax, Dog- Titus
Job: Software support and testing
DietPlan: Weight Watchers
Exercise Plan: whatever fits into my day
Weight Goals: to lose 33% of my body weight (since I will soon be 33)
Red-Light Foods: Pizza, Martini's
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: Pedicure
Favorite Hobbies: Goecaching, Scrapbooking, biking
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: If it wasn't for my children, I would never own a cell phone.

[Robyn]

Name: Robyn
Age: 42
Local: Blaine, MN (suburb of Minneapolis)...but originally from rural North Dakota
Kids: 2...girl (16) boy (14) done!!
So/DH: Jay, married 19 yr. on May 27th, 2008
Pets: a spoiled rotten Pomeranian-Poodle... "Tipper"
Job: IT Specialist for IBM (specializing in server monitoring)
DietPlan: WW Flex
Exercise Plan: Gym member...Body Pump, walking, and elliptical and an ocassional spinning class
Weight Goals: would like to be back in size 8/10...which used to be around 160 for me!
Red-Light Foods: raisins...don't dare keep them in the house, I'll eat them til I'm sick. Also powdered sugar donuts!
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: hmm...something I need to work on! Don't faint...but I've never had a pedicure...so when I reach my 10% that will be my treat!
Favorite Hobbies: crocheting, downhill skiing, reading,
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: I have a degree in Graphic Arts and Printing (did that for 15 years before I got into the Technology field)

Anything else want to share? Darn proud of myself as I am a Breast Cancer Survivor (7 months so far)!!! And please make sure you have getting yearly "digital" mammograms if you're over 40!

[Nina]

Name: Nina
Age: 35
Local: New Brunswick, Canada
Kids: E (3.5) & J (9 mos)
So/DH: Brian
Pets: none
Job: EET
DietPlan: W.W. core plan
Exercise Plan: Personal Training twice a week with cardio 5 times a week
Weight Goals: 20 pounds to lose in 15 weeks
Red-Light Foods: sweets
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: shopping
Favorite Hobbies: reading/soccer
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: all my tattoos

[Tracy]

Name: Tracy
Age: 24
Local: Rochester, NY
Kids: 0
So/DH: John (Fiancee, we get married 10/3/09!)
Pets: One dog Mylo who is a toy fox terrier, and one cat Boogs fluffy black and white
Job: Sales for Verizon
DietPlan: Counting calories
Exercise Plan: cardio and circuit training at the gym
Weight Goals: to lose about 45 lbs by our wedding and to keep it off after
Red-Light Foods: pizza
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: getting pampered!
Favorite Hobbies: reading, concerts, hanging out with friends
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: hmmm I cant think of anything strange!

[Cristy]

Name: Cristy
Age: 38
Local: Barrington, NH
Kids: 3... Aidyn (5), Cole (10) and Shane (18)
So/DH: Al (hubby) ... we started dating in H.S.
Pets: 2 dogs...Malipoo (Lizzie) and Rhodesian Ridgeback (Blue); 2 cats (fatty and jet); goldfish
Job: Mainly a stay-at-home mom, but I'm a licensed Realtor and still "work" occassionally with family and friends.
DietPlan: Weight Watchers Points
Exercise Plan: Mainly walking, but I'm trying to add strength training right now.
Weight Goals: I'd like to weigh 130 again... but I'd be more than happy at 140!
Red-Light Foods: Fudge Poptarts... I know, weird... but they call to me when they're in our house! Most fudgy, chocolate-y foods are red lights in my home, but Fudge Poptarts are the worst!
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: Shopping!!
Favorite Hobbies: Gardening, DIY around the home, Painting
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: I am a FOOTBALL FANATIC! Go Patriots!!! Oh... and I really want a Tattoo!

[Renee]

Name: Renee
Age: 24
Local: Chicago
Kids: nope, but i have an adolescent dog, and he's more my child than my pet.
So/DH: Ty--soon to married in aug!
Pets: see above...though i will be gaining to geckos, stumpy and whitey, come august
Job: 2 more months till i'm done with my masters in occupational therapy...currently work in psychiatry as an OT (student).
DietPlan: recently began to eat poultry again (thanks to ty) after a 5 yr hiatus...we'll see how that goes.
Exercise Plan: i'm a big walker! i could walk all day...i used to like yoga when i was in high school, and ty said he would be willing to give it a new try with me...so may be doing some more of that
Weight Goals: just maintain what i am. (i lost about 20 lbs after moving to chicago 2 yrs ago)
Red-Light Foods: doritos! any kind of chip, really...chocolate...mac and cheese...tortillas.
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: hm...i don't know if i have any! i've never employed the "reward system" for myself...but may have to think about for sometime in the future
Favorite Hobbies: playing with the pup, reading, art (although i haven't felt inspired in about a year), cooking! cooking is so difficult right now, i live in a studio, and just don't have much of a fridge or counter space...so it's hard. not to mention i'm super busy.
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog: i' m into 90's alternative rock and punk!...oh yes--lemonheads (!!), dinosaur jr., pixies (most influential band of the time, i don't care what anybody else says!), oasis, blind melon....

[Mary]

Name: Mary
Age: 31
Local: Central California
Kids: 1 son, Evan, 21 months old
So/DH: Daryl, IT manager for UPS
Pets: Big grey lump of a kitty, Silkie
Job: Business Banking Tech Rep for a bank
DietPlan: Weight Watchers points
Exercise Plan: One hour of high intensity cardio 3x per week, strength training and toning 2x per week
Weight Goals: 35 more pounds (down 90 so far!)
Red-Light Foods: Pizza!
Favorite Non-food Indulgence/Reward: New clothes! (Size 14 now down from 22!)
Favorite Hobbies: I never do it, but I do like beading.
One strange thing about you that we'd never guess just by reading your blog:
I left a high powered/much higher paying job to have more family time after my son was born.

Anything else want to share?
I am "addicted" to journal/blog sites for weightloss...it's as though the closer I get to goal, I need to have more places to keep me in check! I am below 200 for the first time in my life...and it's not something I want to ever gain back!