I live in New Hampshire - my husband and I live on a small farm with chickens and a couple of mini donkeys outside, and tropical fish, a turtle, and a geriatric (but very cute) Yorkshire Terrier indoors. I grow a bunch of houseplants and tend a veggie bed, berries, a flower bed, and a bunch of shrubs and trees in the yard during the summer.

I've always been in the officially "overweight" category, but my health has been good - I've been a vegetarian since 1978, which probably has been helpful in that regard... High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease run in both sides of my family. Last year I discovered that my cholesterol is going up, despite my reduction in fat consumption and increase in exercise - I haven't eaten an egg yolk since December! At this point it's up to 233 (HDL - 69; LDL - 143; Triglycerides - 100) - in August, my doctor will check again and decide if I need meds or not. I'm hoping this site will help me avoid the statins...