Lady Chi
I am a 42 y/o divorced mother of 1 son. I have been overweight now for 14 years. My battle started when I became PCOS symptomatic. It is crazy how back then not much was known about the syndrome, and women would be given horror stories to scare them into having hysterectomies. I did not fall for the bait!
However, my weight steadily increased, but back then I did not know that the syndrome had a weight increase component for more than 50% of the sufferers. On one hand, the condition makes you gain weight, but in order to reverse the condition you need to lose weight! Back then I was a bit complacent in addition to getting depressed about the weight when it 1st started coming on. Subsequently, I would limit my appearances.
It was when my weight was up about 50 lbs did I realize that, whoa, I have to do something. So, these last 10 years have been filled with various attempts at getting the weight off. Just like others here on this website, my weight would come off, then I would gain back plus some extra just in case the original amount was not enough. ahahahah ... up, down, up, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, up, down, down, up ... you see where I am going with this ...
I am now suffering from OA of the knees and I had a meniscus tear from this past summer when I started a running program. It really is not a good idea for very overweight people to attempt running no matter what you see trainers getting their trainees to do!
So at this point, I am 120 lbs above where I want to be, although I am hoping to lose 135 lbs so as to have a cushion after the 2 year period when many of us gain about 15-20% of weight back when stabilizing over the long-term.
I just want to feel free and comfortable, be healthier.
