R. Harvey
My name is Robyn, I am currently looking into options for getting rid of my weight. It is like my body has gone through a metamorphosis with in the past 15 years. As a child, up until my early twenties I fought the battle of being very much under weight. In high school and when I was dating I did not feel like I was appealing being that much under weight. I did everything to gain weight, hoping to gain weight in all of the right places. Well.... life never happens exactly the way you want it. I met my husband, who I love dearly.... he loved me just the way I was at the time, basically skin and bones. So, I stopped worrying about gaining weight, and that is where it all began.... When I start to think back.... I think my weight problem starts with home. When I met my husband we used to eat out at least 3 times a week, late at night for dinner not including the weekends due to our work schedules. On the weekends we always went out for breakfast at least one day and eat out on Friday night and usually Saturday. He has very poor eating habits and I have picked most of them up. Prior to meeting him I was not a big starch eater, especially potatoes, bread, and pasta, but these are his favorites. He is happy with an all starch dinner and I am guilty because I used to cook it all for him and eat it too, as well as I began to like it, but the problem is I suffered from it through the pounds he didn't. He has suffered from it through diabetes, and he still eat all of the wrong foods and eats lunch out at least 4 times a week at the buffet, and again not including that he also usually goes to the buffet for breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. He still tries to get me to cook all of these unhealthy foods high in fat and starch. The problem is I love to cook and I enjoy cooking for my family. I try to eat healthy, but this weight is not going anywhere. I now have hypertension, I retain a lot of fluid in my legs, feet and ankles, I basically have "Old Lady Ankles" and last year the doctor told me I am at high risk for diabetes. I am really concerned about myself and my health because I feel that I am falling in the same pattern as my Dad and Grandmother who were both very much overweight at my age. My Dad prior to his death had a number of ailments due obesity and grandmother prior to losing hers has developed diabetes which has caused her to lose her eyesight. I have 2 sons who I want to live to see become successful adults. I like me and my husband, the oldest looks physically fit like my husband who has poor eating habits, and basically does nothing, and the youngest that is very health conscious, exercises and watches what he eats is overweight. I want to learn how to eat right and live healthy so I can teach them. I am really thinking about this WLS that is the reason why I joined this site that my sister introduced me to so, I get to know more people who are like me.
