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MY STORY STARTS SIX YEARS AGO. MY STEP FATHER HAD JUST PASSED FROM WHAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS AN AGONIZING DEATH. WE WATCH HIM WASTE AWAY FROM THE RAVAGES OF DIABETES. SINCE I HAVE THE DISEASE AS WELL I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I SAW MYSELF TRAVELING DOWN THAT SAME PATH. I WAS NEWLY MARRIED AT THE TIME AND I DIDNT WANT MY HUSBAND TO BECOME A WIDOWER AT SUCH A YOUNG AT AGE. HIS NURSE HAD THE SURGERY AND SHE TOLD MY MOM ABOUT THE SURGERON. I WENT TO SEE DR CARUANA AND I WENT THROUGH ALL THE PACES THAT ONE GOES THROUGH WHEN CONSIDERING THIS SURGERY. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO TALK TO THE DR HE ASKED ME ONE QUESTION "HAD I TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD TO LOSE WEIGHT ON MY OWN". I COULD NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION TRUTHFULLY BECAUSE I KNEW I HADNT. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THIS POINT. AFTER TRYING FOR SIX YEARS, SUCCEEDING BUT MOSTLY FAILING TO LOSE WEIGHT I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO DO SOMETHING. AFTER ADOPTING MY DAUGHTER AND THEN GIVING BIRTH TO MY SON MY WHOLE OUTLOOK CHANGED. I WASNT JUST LIVING FOR ME ANYMORE. I WANTED NO, I HAD TO BE HERE FOR THEM.
NOW I CAN TRULY SAY THAT I AM READY TO BE ON THE PATH TO HEALTH AND WELL BEING. THERE IS A PERSON INSIDE ME DYING TO GET OUT. I WANT MY CHILDREN TO SEE THE ENERGETIC MOMMY AND NOT THE TIRED ONE THEY ALWAYS SEE WHEN I COME HOME FROM WORK. I WANT MY HUSBAND TO SEE THE REAL DIVA THAT IS INSIDE. I KNOW HE LOVES ME NO MATTER WHAT BUT I WANT TO BE THE BEST I CAN BE FOR HIM AND OUR CHILDREN.
HE AND I HAVE A DREAM OF RETIRING AND BUYING MOBILE HOME AND SEEING THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS BUT THE REALITY IS IF I DON'T GET CONTROL OF THIS WEIGHT, THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE.
SO PLEASE PRAY MY STRENGHT IN THE LORD AND I WILL DO THE SAME FOR YOU. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
