Mz. I.
3/25/07
This is My story...I am 33 and have married for ten years to a beautiful and loving husband and I have two beutiful step-daughters. I have always been plus size even at a very young age, and have always been comfortable with my own self image and self-esteem. But as I have gotten older and LARGER..it has caused several health issues in my life. The first major one is my asthma and the weight gain is NOT doing it any good. So that was like a wake up call for me not to take my weight for granite any longer. I also am beginning to have issues with high blood pressure for which I am currently taking medication and my docs have strongly cautioned me on the likelyhood of diabetes if I continue to gain weight. Which is a common ailment in my family and with friends. Not to mention the back and knee pain I'm experiencing. It hurts like hell to carry all this body around. But one of the things that really got me motivated to get rid of the weight is having children..although the weight has not caused the problems I'm having conceiving it is probably about a 40-50% related factor. My reproductive endo doc is concerned with all the weight I'm carrying and trying to conceive may cause numerous problems down the road (elevated blood pressure, gestational diabetes, etc..) Besides..she says it's better to carry a baby at a healthy weight other than MORBID OBESE WEIGHT!!! Uggh..I hate that term MORBID, but it is what it is!! I'm just looking to gain a better quality of life for me and my husband and ultimately our children!! Even if we were to conceive now I want to be around to raise my children..and the thought not being able to because I checked out early from being obese scares the sh*t outta me. So that's my story :-)
