dmc1126
I am 40 yrs old and have been overweight since I was 9 yrs old, prior to that I was one of the skinny little kids. My highest weight prior to loosing 102 lbs was 329, I kept off the weight for 2yrs. Then my Mom passed away on X-mas of 1999 suddenly.She was only 59 yrs old. Died from complications of Type 2 diabetes and high cholestrol. I do not want to end up like her. I became depressed over losing my Mom and found myself now up to 370 lbs. eating for depression ended about 3 years ago and now just very bad habits and incredible sweet tooths. Also I learned at a very young age, that food was the only thing I could count on. My Dad left us in Ca when I was 5 yrs old and my Mom was always suffering from disabling mental illness always in and out of psych wards, constintly attempting sucide. Always different friends some we barely knew others we did not know at all taking care of us for up to 2 weeks at times and on a hunch sometimes family would take care of us. Life just never seemed stable. until I met my husband in 2004. emotionally we are great, financially we struggle. My self esteem has taken hold when it comes to finding work so I am unemployed and this is not helping the finances. So I still find myself not eating as healthy as I should be or excercising hardly. I cannot have children because I do not ovulate, because I produce to much estrogen and not nearly enough progesterone. I just had female surgery for amenhorrea, possible hyperplasia and polypectomy. All because of this weight. I am looking for help and to make some friends along the way. My primary care Doc does not believe in the surgeries, so he has placed me on Glucophage for weight loss. My Gyn however does believe in the surgery and she is the one who recommended this site to me. Thank you to anyone whom can offer their story and teach me to a new way of life of eating to live instead of live to eat.
Donna