RobinRN44
Well, lets start here. I'm 44 years old, 5'5" tall and 232#. Yikes! Hard to believe I'm at a weight that I always said this about: "How do people let themselves get that way?". I'm married to my husband for the second time. LONG STORY! I love him with all of my heart. I have an 'almost 21 year old', which he reminds me of all of the time. He's my heart and soul.
I am an RN and it's come to the point where my patients aren't going to listen to me educate them about their poor diet choices and the toll that their weight is taking on their bodies/health, because I'm OBESE myself. That would be like buying a FORD from someone who says it's the only car they'de ever drive, and you see them leave work in a Dodge. You know what I mean?
I so badly want to be healthy. I have asthma, high cholesterol, GERD, a hiatal hernia, chronic LBP and I hurt all over all of the time (fibromyalgia? My doc won't diagnose me because they don't believe in it). I've been overweight my entire life, except for when my mother died. I was so stressed that I dropped below a healthy weight, but boy it didn't take long for that to end. I put on several pounds in a quick hurry and here I am. I bought a wii system and my son and I both stepped on it to weigh in, and the little guy said "that's obese", in a cute little aggravating voice. My son laughed and I almost burst into tears. I never thought I would get this big.
My Journey to Health is just beginning! Here I go, watch out!
