Hi. I've lived in Illinois most of my life and am happy to be within a couple of hours drive of my whole family. I will be turning 44 next week and think it is about time to put my health on the front burner. I plan to focus on heart health this year via a better diet and exercise. I've been a vegetarian for about 20 years. That doesn't however mean I eat a healthy diet! I don't want to follow a specific diet because they just don't work for me I'm not fond of restrictions so I'm going with the adding one good habit a week plan. I work with very small children so my job is fairly active but I'm an evening couch potato. I'm very definately an emotional eater so that is going to be my biggest struggle. I just bought my first house with a yard for my two dogs to play in. One of them needs to lose a few pounds too so she'll be joing my for my early morning walk/runs. Best wishes and peace to all.