Welcome to my site.

I am currently several months into maintenance. I decided that I would start losing weight on April 12, 2007 at 235 lbs, and officially declared myself in maintenance in April 2008.

I moved to the majestic and unique Telluride, CO in Sept of 07 after living in the Columbia River Gorge for 12 years. I'm currently working as water system and maintenance personnel for local subdivision. I wish to be like the turtles and the mayflies in the pond ...

Welcome to my site.

I am currently several months into maintenance. I decided that I would start losing weight on April 12, 2007 at 235 lbs, and officially declared myself in maintenance in April 2008.

I moved to the majestic and unique Telluride, CO in Sept of 07 after living in the Columbia River Gorge for 12 years. I'm currently working as water system and maintenance personnel for local subdivision. I wish to be like the turtles and the mayflies in the pond that do not worry about their roles in society; to know that it is enough to enjoy the sun on my back and a good meal. I find that the more I can identify with being a fellow animal on this beautiful planet of ours rather than a human the more comfortable I am in my own skin.

Weight wise I've lost 80 lbs. I'm 5' 8" with a medium to large build. I feel like I have become consistent with the social norm here in CO. I'm proud that I have passed the obese mark, and the overweight mark, and am within the SP's calculator's healthy BMI range, and that I'm wearing size 12 jeans, which means I've exceeded my original weight loss goals.

I appreciate each and every SP friend that has helped me reach this point. It is so good to know that these tools are here and will continue to be into the future, though I'm confident in my skills and think that I fully understand how to eat normally to keep myself healthy and at a reasonable weight.

"Motivation is not something you find or lose, have or don't have. It is the product of how you see yourself in the world: active or passive, effective or ineffective, powerful or victimized, normal or pathological."
Coach Dean


Sneffles Half Marathon August '09... 2 hours 47 minutes
Imogene Pass Run (17.1 miles 5300' in elevation gain) September '09 5 hours 17 minutes.


Chickpea to Cook

A chickpea leaps almost over the rim of the pot
where it's being boiled.

"Why are you doing this to me?"

The cook knocks him down with the ladle.

"Don't you try to jump out.
You think I'm torturing you.
I'm giving you flavor,
so you can mix with spices and rice
and be the lovely vitality of a human being.

Remember when you drank rain in the garden.
That was for this."

The cook says,
"I was once like you,
fresh from the ground. Then I boiled in time,
and boiled in the body, two fierce boilings.

My animal soul grew powerful.
I controlled it with practices,
and boiled some more, and boiled
once beyond that,
and became your teacher".

Rumi (as submitted by SUNPANTHER)



Hobbies:
--ordinary people, doing ordinary things, on ordinary days.
--ICE HOCKEY
--yoga
--geocaching
--a bit of running now and then, preferably on a single track.
--reading sci fi, good novels, mysteries with an authentic ethnic or historical theme, and non fiction, actually these days I like nonfiction best.
--snowboarding
--I'd like to say gardening and poultry but I can't do that right now.
--drawing, colored pencils, children's art
--wandering around in a local sort of way.
--wildlife especially pond plants and creatures, and amphibians.
--safe and sustainable drinking water
--safe, ethical, and sustainable diet
--recycling and composting
--science tidbits that make you say wow
--my family
--myth and fairy tales
--anthropology and cultural diversity
--textures and small things such as lichen, insects, tree bark and moss.
--storytelling
--volunteer work
--baking (no doubt a good portion of how I got into this mess)
--useful items and art from people that I know
--Saturday and farmer's markets and the excellent meals that come from all of those tasty goodies.
--the unexpected

Personality: INFP
Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving

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