lachica
lets see, where should I start.
I have been married for 29 years, I met my husband at 16. we have 4 children, age 29, 27, 26 and the baby is 24. We have 7, yes 7 grandchildren that we adore.
JC is from Mexico, when we met in 77 we did'nt even speak the same language, I spoke only english and he spoke only spanish. Its hard to believe but its true. when your in love there are other ways of communicating. Man, I remember those days, it was hard. We were young and naive. It has not been an easy road and we went though some s**t together and how we made it is beyond me.
I weighed 155 at sixteen, I always felt bigger than my sisters and friends, and to make matters worse, I didnt dress like everyone else, I wore jeans, t-shirts you know that seventy s look. I wasnt into disco or cruising or drugs. when I look back at pictures, I was actually thin.
I had by first child at 17, almost 18 and hit 200 pounds. I had my children close together and never went pass 200, still not bad. but always trying to lose weight. the weight really started to pack on in the last 10 years. marriage problems, depression, stress, lack of excercise led to over eating and weight gain.
I have tried slim fast, diet pills, hypnoisis, excercise. I have manage to lose 30-50 pds. just to gain it back. My last serious diet was Atkins, Curves and walking. back in 2005. I lost 50-60 pds , got down to 250, size 18, damn, I looked good to, I tend to carry my weight well and kept it off for about 1 and half. I dont know what happened, but I can tell you I ate a hamburger or something and that was it, gained it back fast.
So here I am, getting ready for Lap-band. Current weight is 283, was 294 at consult back in Oct. I lost 9 pds somewhere. I have been chewing my food much more slowly, try to chew to the count of 30 or 40, basically until the food disolves. I actually am eating less and I now feel my energy level increasing, I know its a matter of time that I will start some type of excercise.
My journey is just beginning.
