waywardgypsy
A brief introduction to me - Heather (the wayward gypsy):
I am 38 and currently live in San Jose, CA. I am married to a very supportive man, and we have five furry kids (three dogs and two cats) and one with feathers (african grey parrot). I work from home (for myself) as an artist and I sell Close To My Heart scrapbooking and paper art supplies. I sing in The Voices of Silicon Valley chorus as a mezzo soprano, and love love love music.
I have an almost perfect life, really. Except one thing: I have been over weight, it seems, my entire life. I remember being an active kid - I played baseball, softball, and soccer until my knees gave out sometime early in middle school. I wasn't HUGE, but I was heavier than everyone else. After I stopped working out like an athlete, weight started to pile on slowly, and nothing I did seemed to fix it. My relationship with food has always been skewed... from my earliest memories my mom was on a diet, and I know that has influenced how I relate to food. I tried weight watchers with my mother in high school, but it didn't stop the gaining. I gained even more weight as an adult due to an abusive first marriage, topping the scales at just over 300 pounds when that marriage ended. I lost almost 75 pounds by starving myself and walking on the treadmill 4-6 hours a day, but that amount of effort just wasn't sustainable. I started gaining weight back slowly after I met my current husband (we've been married for 10+ years now) and now I'm almost 260 pounds again.
About Me
Before & After
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