Hi, I’m Jane. I live in the southern United States and have worked at a university as an administrative associate for the past several years. I’m beginning this weight-loss journey in early August 2008 at the age of 31. Starting out, I weigh 195.8 lbs and I’m 5′3 tall. This blog is about me making the first number go down.

I’m a Plain Jane in the sense that I’m not doing anything particularly novel or glamorous to drop these 70 extra pounds. I’ll be working the U.S. version of the Weight Watchers program and I’ll be incorporating regular exercise into my life. See? Plain. But effective.

In another sense, I’m a Plain Jane because for a long time now, I’ve been willing people not to notice me. Luckily my boyfriend saw through my ruse! But for the most part, I appear to those who don’t know me as a short, very overweight girl who rarely takes the time or effort to put on makeup, could use a trim, and dresses in baggy polo shirts and khakis. If I look like I’m trying not to draw attention to myself, it’s because that’s exactly right! That being said, my excitable personality gets the best of me sometimes and I burst out with bizarro things at the most random moments. But for the most part, I fade into the background. It’s been a long time since I’ve taken proper care of myself. This blog is about working to change that.