JnCountryHeart
December 30, 2008
Hi everyone, same story here as everyone else, weight has been up and down, mostly up since I've had kids and got married about 5 years ago. I'm 35 years old and 5'6 I currently weigh about 238, which to a lot of people doesn't sound like a lot but everyone has a personal choice about their health to make and I can see a slow but sure cycle created and if I don't nip it in the bud before I end up 300 lbs and broke and husbandless (not because of the weight/ because I will run him away with my stress) I am being PROACTIVE and incorporating a tool to give me my life back, healthier and self confident. I first started gaining weight with a rocky relationship from my first daughter (11), when I was pregnant my highest weight was 208, after having her I lost down to about 165 with the help of a weight control clinic and Rx (Phentermine) took that for about a year until I lost interest in the side effects, got off and gained over the next several years up to my pregnancy weight. After marriage for a few years we had a child together (2y/o) and during my pregnancy I weighed 239 at my highest weight, I lost down to about 275 after having her and am now currently pushing my pregnancy weight again. I REFUSE to have any more kids for obvious reasons and my house is pretty full. We have my daughter (11), my husbands daughter (6), our daughter (2) and an exchange student from Germany that lives with us for the school year. So, I really would like to be more active and healthy for all my kids, my husband and myself. My best friend in the world had the DS last year in June and she is doing so well, she started out >300 and is down 100lbs in no time, I am so proud of her and she is my inspiration and she will be my rock. Her husband is also planning to have the RnY in April so we will have our own little support group going on. I am excited and hopeful, now I just need to get my money together.
