Cathy Dumont
Like some of us, Ive been a big girl all my life. I have school pictures of myself and I can see me getting bigger and bigger every year.
in the early 1990's I did the nutrisystem thing and lost 80 some odd pounds, and of course it came back, tried it a few more times and never quite got it right. Ive been on all the diets, we all know what they are.
In 2001 I was 288 lbs and couldnt stand myself! so I asked my doctor for HELP! she said you can have surgery or you can find a weight loss plan that will work for you. At the time she stated that the optifast plan was a good one and I proceeded to do that and lost over 100 lbs. From 2002- 2003. I felt great! Going to curves 3 and 4 times a week, walking learning to ride a motorcycle, etc etc then tragedy struck, my husband had a massive heart attack at age 45....I went down about 15 more pounds from sheer grief, then it slowly creeped back..that darned weight! Sooo of course I went back to the optifast since it worked so well...but it never was the same. The first time I did it, I NEVER cheated, the 2nd time, well that wasnt the case. the 3rd..yes THIRD time I was able to lose another 30 lbs, that ended in spring of 2008, and its Jan. 09, and Im back to over 250 lbs again. I cant go back to being 288 I just cant. I am now exploring the possibility of gastric pypass surgery. Im going to a seminar at Roger williams hospital tonight 1/14/09, and will see my PCP on Friday mornign to discuss with her. Hope to get more on what my insurance will cover also. Im VERY excited and the OH groups are Wonderful. Will updat soon!! Cathy
