martini-gal
My name is Jeanene and I have been heavy most of my life. I was on every diet that God created. I was a failure. Little did I know then that I was not overweight but just curvatious. My cousins were stick figures and I thought that was how girls were suppose to look. Twiggy was a model then and everyone wanted to look like her (guess that gives my age away ... haha). So I dieted, lost and then gained it and more back. I was set up to fail from the beginning. I have always been happy with my size, even when it was a 26 but now I am closing in on 50 and health is now more an issue. I look forward to little things like flying and not having my tray sit on my stomach and having to ask the person next to me if I could put my drink on their tray, or asking for a table because I'm too big to sit in a booth. Yes, I have told the waitress this because they need to realize that big people cannot sit in booths and they need to think first before asking me if I want a booth. I look forward to climbing the stairs at work. Our elevator was out for 3 months and I work on the 3rd floor. You couldn't talk to me for at least 15 minutes while I catched my breath and that was even after I took a break on every floor!!
I decided to take this journey a year and a half ago. I was approved thru my insurance company but had to go thru a year's program with a nutrionist to make sure it was not my eating habits. Of course it wasn't. I just don't move!
It's been a long haul to get where I'm at now and I had my doubts the night before, but this website has pulled me through. I don't know what I would have done without the love, advice and support from everyone here. I look forward to building new relationships, and creating a new me.
