NHskinnygirl
Hi everyone. I am a 47 yr old female,Mother of one grown son, looking forward to taking this journey. I have struggled all my life with weight issues. As a young girl I was over weight and my Mother's solution to my problems was always to punish me. I often was put on the scale to check my weight, I remember one year leaving on vacation with my Great Aunt Margaret to Rockport (a beautiful beachfront community) Before I left Mom had me get on the scale, she noted my weight and told me that if I came back any heavier that I would be grounded for the rest of the summer. I was so glad that I love to read because as you can imagine I did gain weight that week that I was gone. Parents don't realize what damage they do to their children when they punish instead of incourage. I never saw my Mom or Dad take a walk or ride a bike and that would have probably done better for my attitude than punishing me. I stayed in the house reading books, watching TV and of course eating when they were not around. I learned nothing at that age but remember all the time how much it hurt. I have lost over 100 lbs 3 different times in my life and have always managed to gain all if not more back each time. I have now developed health issues that I can not ignore. I want to live a happy and healthy life, and hopefully will some day be able to enjoy playing with my young nieces, nephews and grandchildren. I am an avid reader andcrafts person and hope to someday soon be able to hike the beautiful trails we have here in NH.
Me Going to hopsital/ Me 4 months out./
