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I was a thin child, thin teenager and thin young adult. I was a cheerleader in junior high and high school. Riding a bike, playing sports or doing anything outside were passions of mine. Water skiing used to be a favorite pasttime.
My first marriage ended after a few years and I found myself putting on weight. Eating was comforting and yet frustrating at the same time. I began a yo-yo diet pattern that has plagued me ever since.
I lost fifty pounds, remarried and was very happy and very thin. I taught Physical Ed. for about eleven years, took up long distance running and even taught an aerobics class. Then life hit me in the middle again.....literally. With my second divorce, I immediately started to eat myself into numbness.
If I had every dollar that I have spent on diets, exercise classes, gym memberships, personal trainers, and therapy, I would be quite well off financially. Instead, I am the heaviest I have ever been in my life. Going from 145 to 240 is almost surreal to me until I see myself in a picture.
I now have high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, and type II diabetes.
