Hello

By way of introduction I must extend a compliment to all of you who put yourself on the line here. It is encouraging and comforting to have so many LC'rs out there willing to be of support to each other

My name is Lj I am a 48 soon to be 49 y/o male, happily married w/2 teenage kids. The oldest a boy is a senior heading to Pitt in the fall. My daughter is a high school sophmore headed onto the highways next month. My wife of 23 years is employed as a word processor and is very fit and healthy. She puts me to shame although I say that when she is next to me her attractiveness increases exponentally. We like to cajun 2 step together

I also was active but after 30 years of undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder the last 7 have been a steady slide towards obesity and self destructiveness. It is under control now and I am heading to a rebirth of sorts with my goal of weighing in at 162 Thanksgiving day. I am on track, I started Easter. That is nine months and I am using that also as a metaphor for rebirth. There is much going on inside me as with everyone else, I am working on harnessing and fociusing that energy to achieve a standard of living that is rich in the things that matter and to fully atone to my wife for all the h--- my BPD has put her through. She has stuck with me, it is the least I can do.

I am a creative person with interests in oil painting, digital art and sculpture. I built my own house from my own design. I enjoy gardening although my wife says I can have as big a garden as I want on no money this year. Times are tight. In fact that has become a mantra with me. How can I do it for cheap or nothing. So I'm getting real creative on this LC diet since purchasing specialty products are out of the question. Some Atkins products are available in Wal-Marts but even they are a little dear for me.I am grateful for ebay as I am cleaning out my basement a package at a time

I eat a lot of eggs and deer & other game meat as both are free, We have a flock of free ranging chickens and a nephew hunts. I do indulge in bottled water. I drink a gallon of distilled H2O a day slightly chilled. I can't stand anything else asI can taste the minerals. Dist is completly tasteless.

I am willing to entertain all correspondence and if you are in the southeast of westmoreland county maybe we could ride/ walk the Youghigeny River Trail together

An yan hasio

Lj