Lady Rose, founder of The Diet Pulpit
Motto: “Don’t be fool, eat for fuel!”

BLOGGING A WEIGH TO HEALTH!

Being a fool, so you will eat for fuel!
(because nothing tastes as good as healthy feels)

Long Term Goal: Live Healthy to 100 and beyond! (Healthy in body, mind and spirit)

Lady Rose’s Journey to Health

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Lady Rose’s weekly Weighin Summary
Start: May 1, 2006 weight 293.5 lbs; Goal: HEALTH
1 Year Update: Apr 28, 2007 weight 218, total lost: 75.5
Lady Rose’s Progress Photos (start 5/01/06, 1 year later, and virutal model for future)
Lady Rose bathing suit photos 8/22/07.

LadyRose on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LadyRose
MyBlogLog Community - feel free to join.
Lady Rose on StumbleUpon (TheLadyRose).
Lady Rose’s Top Picks (Amazon) - books, food, supplements, fitness, apparel, etc.
Lady Rose on Amazon (reviews).

Available For:
Reviews (all reviews are free) - health, diet, fitness related books, products, foods, blogs, etc., read how to arrange for a review HERE.
Wellness Coach - Lady Rose will be offering free coaching beginning in 2008.
Gi Gong for Health Practioner - more information will be forthcoming
Personal appearances - more information will be forthcoming

Lady Rose In A Nutshell - The “unofficial Queen of fatblogging” and the “famous” Lady with the “F.A.T. Attitude!” She was born in 1955, to a home of poor nutrition, she yo-yo’d in weight from age 12 (130 lbs) to age 50, tipping the scales at least once at 301 lbs. A confessed slug at heart (non-exerciser) and food-oholic, she fed her addiction with pizza (extra cheese), spaghetti (extra meat sauce), and mashed potatoes (extra butter). Then one day after almost a year of dieting (yet again!), she was overcome with a fit of laughter, the Truth was revealed and the Spirit of Our Lady of Lards took over her life and set her feet upon the path of health, happiness, and humor and filled her with new attitude (F.A.T. Attitude, living life fabulous, awesome and tenacious!) and the Diet Pulpit was born. From that day forward she gave up dieting and started following the Tao of Weigh, a philosophy based on no more dieting, eating for fuel and getting healthy  (one choice at time, one day at time). Her life’s mission is to save the bodies of as many health seekers as she can by what ever means it takes. She will take candy away from babies. She will strip your cabinets bare. She will whip you into shape. Hallelujah! In a world that lacks a strong unifiying voice, that is filled with diet myths, lies, “fat hate,” and confusion, Lady Rose’s voice rings out above the crowd bringing common sense and laughter to diet seekers every where as she spreads the good word of Don’t Be a Fool, Eat For Fuel and reminds us all it’s Health that matters, NOT size! Hallelujah!

Author - Lady Rose is the founder and writer of two successful blogs the Diet Pulpit and Incredible Shrinking Ladies (which has grown into a joint collaboration with other incredible ladies). Her first book (coauthored with Jay) is in the works and should be released some time in 2008. She has started writing her second book The Tao of Weigh (more info. forthcoming).

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Welcome,
I am Lady Rose, 50+ years young, a student of life and all around fun person. I am happily married and a mom to an awesome young lady (who turned 11 in May 2007). My current focus (since May of 2006) is losing over 150 lbs and regaining my health. I turned my life around from being an exhausted, depressed, stressed out couch potato and found a “new attitude” and now I’m healthier, happier and have more energy every day. I now consider myself a Health Warrior (not a health nut, not that there is anything wrong with that).

I hope you enjoy reading the Diet Pulpit. I started it after almost a year on my own personal journey to recovering my health. It was something I felt inspired to create and share with every one. I was in need of a place to have fun, play and enjoy life while at the same time staying with my healthy lifestyle changes and eating plan. I thought others might enjoy looking at the more humorous side of things too. I hope by sharing what I find motivating and inspiring and what makes me laugh with all of you that we can get healthy and happy, reaching our goals together as we build an online supportive fatblogging community.

I am work in progress, creating a life of wellness a day at a time. I started from an unhealthy, exhausted weight of 293.5 lbs. I am not perfect, I hate housework, I procrasinate, and I’m a slug at heart (hate exercise). My goals include getting my whole life healthy starting with my body, (overcoming food addictions, bad habits, and lack of exercise), and including my home (starting from chaos to getting reasonably organized), and building a firm financial base (debt free and savings). I look forward to sharing the journey with all of you as we achieve our goals together.

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In the news: 

June 29, 2007 - receives “official” title of Lady, chooses royal court, and moves into her castle.

“A rose of any weight is still a rose! A lady of any weight is still a lady!” Quote By Despicable, Despicable Comics.
(I’ve never had a quote written for me before, I’m so honored. Thank you! Lady Rose)

Lady Rose’s theme song: Stop in the name of health! Before you kill yourself.

Interviews:

5/3/07 - Lady Rose’s Interview on One Blog A Day.

5/21/07 - Hear Lady Rose LIVE - podcast Interview Episode 34 (scroll down to listen to the interview: Motivation from The Diet Pulpit), with the ladies of The Middle Age Shed.

7/4/07 Weight loss for Lady Rose is straightforward: Just DO IT! -Interview on blog Weight Loss Tips, many weight loss success stories and interviews with real people.

6/28/07 - Lady Rose joins Fatbloggers.net, can she handle being the only lady in the house? Definitely!

Lady Rose’s Family: Teacherman and Angelgirl.

Misc. Tidbits About Lady Rose
Favorite Color: Purple
Must Have: at least one cup of coffee every morning (two is better)
Huge Harry Potter Fan
TV and Book Addict (gave up diet soda addiction, but still miss it)
Re-living my “hippie” days of youth.
Hate shoes, barefoot is the way to live! (Not to fond of bras either)
Slug at heart (but exercising any way!)
Retired yo-yo dieter - now a health warrior (not a health nut, not that there’s anything wrong with that)!

Goals: stay healthy and live to over 100; take a long family vacation at the Universal Orlando Harry Potter Theme Park (opening in 2010); write a book(s); appear on the Ophrah Show.

My Priorities:
1) my health; 2) my daughter and husband; 3) my family and friends; 4) work (cause it pays the bills), home and taking care of every day needs; 5) enriching my well-being and enjoying life.

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OTHER BLOGS

I also co-author with my best friend Mama Kelly on the blog Incredible Shrinking Ladies. As of July 2007 - We invited several Incredible Ladies to join us and share their journey, wisdom and motivation. We let our hair down, get healthy and have fun!  Note: my personal posts from Incredible Shrinking Ladies were combined with those of the Diet Pulpit when we moved to our own domain, Oct. 2007.

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