So... here's my story as I see it...


I'm 35 years old, single, and usually pretty happy.  I've been in love a few times- but whenever the "L" word starts flying and men start talking about forever... the relationship usually ends not long after that.  I used to blame them- now I'm not so sure... (not sure why I started there... but okay...

I too have been overweight all of my life (anyone else remember the "Pretty Plus" department?).  Just to make things more interesting, God went ahead and made me the only fat one in the family- literally my WHOLE family- except for one Aunt after whom I take- who is kind of the crazy one in the family and lives 4 hours away.
My parents pretty much didn't know what to do with me but did their best.  I remember picking out my first day of Kindergarten clothes weeks in advance- and wanting to be sure I didn't look fat in them.  First diet at age 11 was Nutri-system- lost like 50#'s!  But we all know how that story ends.
By the end of H.S. I'd gained and lost like another 70+#'s at least 2 more times.  When I graduated I was wearing like a size 14... but felt gargantuan!  Fortunately, I was always well liked in school and really had only one overt teasing incident... but still, the emotional scars run pretty deep.  
College... lost weight my freshman year... but again... well you know the rest.  
So, here I am.  At age 30 I got down to 180#.  But then my disease, which started 4 years earlier was full blown and diagnosed and was now being treated with meds.  So a year later I weighed 280# and it's been slow gaining since then. Now I'm up to 298 at 5'7".  Ick.

BESIDES my weight though:
I despise exercise- always have.  Ever since my first try at volleyball when my pretty red nailpolish left a red streak on the ball I decided- "No Way".  Fortunately, I do enjoy yoga- gotta do something to keep moving and keep the weight off!
I LOVE to laugh- and I'm pretty good at it.
I love my job- I'm a speech pathologist and work for a contract company so I work everywhere from schools to the ICU and everywhere in between.
I am so blessed to be able to make peoples lives better every day- even if it's only to make someone smile who is in pain or lonely.
I love public speaking and education.
God is in charge- and that's a good thing b/c I make a pretty good mess of things just being in the co-pilot's seat!
I think I want to fall in love someday- but that's an awfully scary thought.
My mother is living with me right now because my Dad (who had been my hero) went off the deep end 2 years ago and they divorced and she's getting back on her feet.
With Mom came 2 big dogs (plus my 2 little dogs) and now a procession of foster Great Pyrenees.
I can't wait to live life to the fullest- to have adventures and feel the sun on my body again instead of hiding... always hiding.
I have ADD (yes, officially, full testing battery, psychometrics and all), depression with some anxiety (though the anxiety is WAY worse than the depression) and psoriatic arthritis.  Each of these has made me a better person and a better therapist, I'm grateful for them even when they BITE!

Oh yes, and, I can talk a BLUE STREAK (in case you hadn't noticed)

Thanks for listening,

About Me
Indianapolis, IN
Location
34.1
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Surgery
06/11/2007
Surgery Date
Dec 04, 2006
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