My Journey:
At age 30, I was lost within my own body. I dreamed of
climbing mountains but the only thing that went up was my
weight -- to about 360 pounds.
During one New Year's Eve, it all changed when I wrote
down what wanted to do instead of how many pounds I
wanted to lose. I decided to look at weight loss as a
lifelong journey and I got moving. I resolved to climb
mountains.
My 120-pound weight loss has inspired me to help others
on their weight loss journeys through my Web site,
publications, coaching services and speaking
engagements.
I am currently writing Fat Woman on the Mountain: How I
Lost Half of Myself and Gained Happiness, a memoir
recounting my journey up and down mountains as I went
from obese to healthy, overcame past traumas and
discovered self-acceptance along the way. My path led me
back to the terrain of my childhood, and I climbed to the
top of Camel’s Hump and Vermont’s highest peak, Mount
Mansfield. I've also been to the bottom of the Grand
Canyon and back up again. Recently I conquered Africa’s
highest peak—Mount Kilimanjaro—the tallest freestanding
mountain in the world.
My 2,000-word essay about my return to and conquest of
Camel's Hump is in the October 2008 issue of SELF
Magazine. I have been a newspaper reporter for the
Ventura County Star, The Star-Ledger, Lansing State
Journal, and The Ann Arbor News. I now work for the
Courier News, a Gannett newspaper serving Central Jersey.
I am a member of Summit Toastmasters and am currently
studying for my AFPA Weight Management Consultant
certification.
I live in New Jersey with my husband and hiking partner,
Chris, and daughter. We recently moved from Short Hills to
Summit (yes, really).
At age 30, I was lost within my own body. I dreamed of
climbing mountains but the only thing that went up was my
weight -- to about 360 pounds.
During one New Year's Eve, it all changed when I wrote
down what wanted to do instead of how many pounds I
wanted to lose. I decided to look at weight loss as a
lifelong journey and I got moving. I resolved to climb
mountains.
My 120-pound weight loss has inspired me to help others
on their weight loss journeys through my Web site,
publications, coaching services and speaking
engagements.
I am currently writing Fat Woman on the Mountain: How I
Lost Half of Myself and Gained Happiness, a memoir
recounting my journey up and down mountains as I went
from obese to healthy, overcame past traumas and
discovered self-acceptance along the way. My path led me
back to the terrain of my childhood, and I climbed to the
top of Camel’s Hump and Vermont’s highest peak, Mount
Mansfield. I've also been to the bottom of the Grand
Canyon and back up again. Recently I conquered Africa’s
highest peak—Mount Kilimanjaro—the tallest freestanding
mountain in the world.
My 2,000-word essay about my return to and conquest of
Camel's Hump is in the October 2008 issue of SELF
Magazine. I have been a newspaper reporter for the
Ventura County Star, The Star-Ledger, Lansing State
Journal, and The Ann Arbor News. I now work for the
Courier News, a Gannett newspaper serving Central Jersey.
I am a member of Summit Toastmasters and am currently
studying for my AFPA Weight Management Consultant
certification.
I live in New Jersey with my husband and hiking partner,
Chris, and daughter. We recently moved from Short Hills to
Summit (yes, really).
Rock Bottom: It took a train to get me
to the base of this mountain in
Switzerland! December '96 -- 360 lbs
to the base of this mountain in
Switzerland! December '96 -- 360 lbs
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the
essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and
not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
-- Henry David Thoreau
essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and
not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
-- Henry David Thoreau
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