TJ_1980
My story is probably similar to everyone else's. I was always the "big one" in the family (even though I didnt gain an extreme amount of weight until after high school.) Everyone in my family, at least on my moms side, is 5"7 and above and weighs no more than 140lbs which means I stuck out like a sore thumb! LOL! I have had to hear " Oh you have such a pretty face, you would look so good if you lost some weight" for most of my life, like the rest of me was so horrible! When i was younger it hurt, but as I got older I realized that I was fine with me and if someone else had a probelm with me then that is just what it was- their probelm. It wasnt until after I had children that it became my probelm. I gained 70lbs with my first son and entered a place called morbid obesity. And that hurt like hell. I was always chubby or chunky or heavy or a little over weight but never morbidly obese. I did all of the yo yo dieting(except atkins) and all of the diet pills and the weight didnt go anywhere. A few years of this went by and I had my second son and I gained an additional 40 lbs . It was then that i decided it was time to take some drastic action. I dont have any health problems now, but later on in life it is going to catch up with me . I have to be around for my family, so that is what brings me here.
