AWILLIAMS1012
Hello all,
Well my story is probably the same as most. I've been overweight most of my life since I was 12 to be exact. Honestly I thought that I was fat being a size 12. Little did I know that it was a good size. I have tried a lot of different diets. Never really liking taking pills. I really don't mind working out just have to get started. Once I'm on a roll it all gravy. I have thought about surgery before but changed my mind.I prayed and at that time the gastric wasn't gods' best for me. Just recently my mother passed away. Not from complication of obesity but liver failure. I watched her struggle with her health for the last 15 years. My aunt passed just the year before and she was morbidly obese. Most of the women in my family have health problems. Both my grandmothers and my mother have pacemakers. After my mother passed I felt a weight lift off of me. Only because seeing her day after day in pain and know that some of it could have been prevented with taking better care of herself before it got out of control. I look at my son and see that I don't want him to have to take care of me later if I can take care of some of these things now. He encourages my heart, always telling me mom are we going to exercise today? Remember we're eating healthy today mom, and he is only nine years old. I know in my heart that I have to make a change. I'm trusting God through all this. I'm ready for a change in my life. I'm ready to be free in my mind, spirit and body. I'm excited. I wish my bestfriend Cindy was doing the surgery with me. We doing everything together. She loves me and supports me and has been with me through everything. I'm blessed to have her as a sister. I have am now awaiting approval from the insurance all in the midst of trying to close on my mothers house,working 40 hrs, doing hair on the weekends, helping Cindy with her move, and sifting through my mothers things. I should know by August 1st. So I will check in later. So begins my new journey.
