peaceful_butterfly
My name is Kara, and I'm 29 years old. I would say that most of my life I've battled my weight-sometimes I've won, sometimes I've lost. I never was over about a 10 or 12 until 1999, and for my height, that wasn't overweight. Around 1999 I started college and everything just hit the ground running from there. I started gaining weight fast. By 2000 I was a size 22. I teetered around that weight and size until around 2004- I would diet and lose 50 lbs., then gain the same 50 lbs. back. Well, finally in 2005 I had a horrible bout with my gall bladder and had to have it removed. I was told that I had a fatty liver and I weighed in at 262 lbs. I signed up for the Optifast program and I made up my mind to really do something about my weight. During that time I lost 86 lbs. and looked and felt awesome. I stayed at that weight until late 2006, when I slowly started to gain it back. I was teaching Kindergarten in 2006-2007 and remember being at 243. I have gained almost 100 lbs since then. I have tried just about every diet in the book. As of late I was doing Medifast and just could not stick to it. I really did like the shakes and everything but I couldn't stick to it. I was married in April 2009 to my hubby Ryan after 7 years together-April 2011 will be 9 years together for us! He is a very supportive person for me, and I am looking forward to getting healthier to be a better me! I am so glad to have started this journey and hope I have all of the success that many of you have had!
