I tend to be a person who does not embrace new things or changes without some consideration.  I know myself well enough to know how easily I succumb to the “oooohhhh” factor so I try not to jump every time something triggers it.

I did not want to blog for the sake of blogging, I did want to share my life with family and friends.  I did not want a blog that was going to gather more dust then the knick knacks on my shelf and I did not want a place where I talked about nonsense just to fill space.

So The LAPD is born. The League of Athletic Phat Dykes starts with me.  I’m a fat person and I am not always happy with that.  I don’t want being fat to be a reason why I do not live my life the way I want to live it.  I love being physical and I love being outdoors but for years I have allowed fatness to keep me from doing things like hiking, playing sports or horseback riding; any activity really where being fat embarassed me to the point that I did not want other people to see me doing it no matter how much happiness the activity could give me.

So I am out there in the world and I figure there are others like me who might join up too and then this space will become less about me and my own issues and life and more about our lives and shared fun and living life fully and with joy.