In the beginning

There was a pygmy pear shaped person (like that alliteration?) named Natalie - thats me. Why pygmy do you ask? Because I'm short - 4 feet 11 inches to be exact... well if you wanted to be exact its more like 10.75 inches but it doesn't matter - point is I'm short and the title "petite pear" was taken. I think pygmy suits me better anyways - its weirder and not as 'cute' as petite... sounds a bit like me lol. Ok, moving on. Why pear you might ask? Because I have hips, and they're big.. so is my butt... and if you do a little test on yourself using a mirror and imaginary marker you can figure out if you're pear shaped too..

Stand in front of a mirror and use your imaginary marker to draw a line straight down from your shoulders - if this line doesn't extend all the way to be flush with your hips you're pear shaped - or like a triangle... to be honest I'm really much closer to having an hourglass shaped figure if I do this test but what kind of a title is "pygmy hourglass????!"

Anyways - this is me - semi stepping out of my comfort zone of burgers and fries and telling the world that I'm a chubbster and want to loose some weight. I have felt like this for quite some time now but we just recently set a date for our wedding and if I'm going to be taking engagement photos and having parties and stuff I need to start now - no more excuses!

So, here it is world - I'm 4'11" and 151 lbs. Now - most of you might be wondering what the big deal is - 151 isn't really that big is it? Well when you're pygmy it makes it just that much worse... honest. I saw pictures of myself dancing from this past weekend at a friend's wedding and I didn't like it at all. My butt is huge! Anyways, as you may have noticed this isn't a blog that I would normally advertise to the world so don't be offended if you're reading this and you never got an invite.

Well, here goes - my little journey to be documented here ... I'll start exercising at some point.. right now though I have surprisingly had much to do.. not an excuse I know but maybe next week - I need to start running again anyways - I liked the feeling of exercise. Just couldn't stand the work..