I'm not a fan of blogs, in fact they tend to annoy me. People writing away about the most mundane aspects of their life and posting publically about such. What gets me more, is when they are hurt or furious with comments about their blog. What do they expect? It is a public forum and there people are annon who enjoy poking fun, or just being plain honest under the cover of a screen name. The blogger who posts photos of him/herself and his/her family should realize this and take it for what it is worth, or don't post publically.
Never the less, I am finding it important to document my weight loss journey and will hopefully keep my words and boring tales to a minimum.
I am 41 days away from surgery. I don't know exactly how much I weigh, but it is somewhere in the 235-245 range. Nice! 5 foot 3 inches and somewhere between 235-245. - - Who is this person?
I've battled my weight since I was 4 or 5 years old. I remember the school nurse commenting and maybe even laughing when she weighed me in kindergarten. I was always an active kid, and did everything all the other kids, and sometimes more. I got a horse when I was ten, and was responsible for caring and feeding him 7 days a week. I played sports, played dolls, rode bikes and went to horseback riding camp with my horse. It was at this time, for the first time, I lost weight - - a lot of weight! Somewhere between 30 - 40 lbs. I can remember running down a hill and losing my blue jeans -- honestly, having them fall right down and land by my ankles! It was amazing! It all happened in 6 weeks when I was in 6th grade.
Then I returned home, and with it came my old habits. The weight returned and with it came more.
I got older, and continued to ride, as well as ski race, play field hockey, swim team and all the other things teens do. I knew I was overweight, but thankfully, it never got in my way.
I went on to college - it was my Junior year when I again shed a significant ammount of weight, and felt great. I had dates and boyfriends and spent my Jr. Year Abroad. For the most part I kept it off until my first year of work, when it slowly returned - - a few pounds a month, and finally a return to being significantly over weight.
