Isaiahsgrammy
My story is like many others that I have read. I have been overweight all of my life. I remember as a girl, shopping for my Easter dress in the womens department which meant I was not in the cutest style clothing and always had to get my dresses hemmed(I'm also short...5'2"). I was always the last to get chosen in gym class...the slowest running the track...hated having to shower in the communal shower in high school and never had a date but decorated for all of the dances. Life as an overweight teenager!
After high school, I was fortunate to meet, fall in love and marry a wonderful man of whom I actually went to high school with but we had never met. He was kinda shy and overweight also and he treated me like a queen. We had three children and a good life but in mid life, he chose to find someone new and broke my heart. We divorced in 2002 after being married for 25 years. Life goes on.
I have been through many health trials in the past couple of years and am currently on disability. I was 180 when I graduated from high school but have ballooned to 330 which I have held for the past 25 years. There have been times when I would lose 20 pounds here, 50 pounds there but always gained it back and more. At my highest, I have weighed about 365 pounds. I have realized that this is a life and death matter. I can't get around well at all. I use a walker and still tire easily. I want to work again. I want my life back.
