glasshouse
I have battled my weight since elementary school. I ballooned up to 290 lbs before I finally found something that worked- ephedra. I lost 90 lbs in 8 months and was working out twice a day, every day. I loved it and never had any problems. When they took it off the market I began gaining weight and never stopped. I also started smoking which caused me to gain even more weight because I am an asthmatic and smoking made it so difficult for me to breath that I rarely moved out of my chair. For years- yes years- I didn't realize what I looked like. I only realized how out of control my weight had become when I went to the doctors and was weighed. It was a soul crushing experience, but also a necessary one- it motivated me to look into gastric bypass through my insurance, which is Kaiser. So, I am now just waiting for the chance to get back out there and enjoy my life and rediscover who I am.
