The Beginning

I guess the beginning would have been about 20 years ago when I was in grade school. Lets put it this way, I've always been a big girl that came from a family of big people. I've always been overweight and, after many failed attempts at dieting and working out, I had finally come to terms with my size. Until 2007 when my doctor prescribed a new medication for me. He mentioned that the medication may cause some slight weight loss but I was not expecting what happened. Sixty pounds, 60lbs, 6-0, in about one year. I felt great, I looked great, I had energy through the roof, I gained confidence in a whole new way. I fell in love, I even got married! Life was good, no life was GREAT! Then I lost my job and subsequently lost my insurance when I stopped taking the medication I started to gain the weight back and no matter how much I exercised or dieted it just kept coming on.... and over the next two years I gained all 60lbs back, plus an extra 20. I was out of control and, although my husband continued to tell me that I was the most beautiful woman in the world, I didn't feel anything close to that. I tried dieting but it was all so confusing one book says fat is bad, one say some fat is good, carbs are bad but they give you energy and your body needs them... I joined a gym and worked out 5 times a week or more, but the scale never budged. In early 2010 we moved back to my hometown and I was determined to get back in shape. This time I was going to do it for good and I was going to do it right, and to do that I needed help. Hiring my own nutritionist was out of the question but I heard a lot of people had success with WeightWatchers so I thought: "what the heck? I've tried everything else." I've now been doing WW successfully for 19 weeks and I've lost a total of 26lbs. This blog is just one more step in successfully getting and keeping the weight off. Hopefully a collection of fabulous readers will help keep me accountable and perhaps even motivate others to get back in control of their lives.