jenn73
Growing up was always discouraging because I was always friends with very thin people. I always felt inadequate. The reality now, is that I was never obese just merely on the high end of what is now called normal. In any case, I was VERY active in sports and that always seemed to keep my weight managed! When I went to college, I stopped competing in sports and started late night snacking habits. I put on about 80 pounds in 4 years of college. That began the yo-yo effect. I would go to college gain weight and then come home in the summer and lose “most” of it. Of course I’d always gain more the next year. I graduated my highest ever… Once I was working and out on my own, I was able to exercise a lot which enabled me to pretty much eat what I wanted. My weight was higher than I wanted but overall was not considered obese, just merely overweight. I was able to do anything I wanted. I soon moved back to my hometown and met my now husband. I again stopped exercising and began eating out more often. I yo-yoed throughout the years which got really out of control once I started having children. Eleven years and three children later, I have settled into the extremely obese category. How did I get to this point? I am probably one of the healthiest obese persons I know but I have now settled into an unhappy routine and I miss the old me! Better still, my awesome husband is missing the old fun-loving me. I am not at my best right now for my children. I literally have realized that my children don’t even know the real me only the me I have become. That scares the heck out of me! I want my children to know the mom that was athletic and never said “no” to trying a new activity. I cannot wait to become that person again!!!
