KingLady
I am 45 years old and have found my self going from overweight to "morbidly obese" over the past 20 years. I have been married for 22 years, Have a son who is turning 20 this summer and just finished his freshman year of college and a daughter who is turning 17 this summer and is a Jr. in HS. I work full time as a Human Resources Generalist. I have always been uncomfortable with my weight, and have tried many times and many different ways to lose weight. My BMI is 53. This is the year that I have finally had enough and reached the point where I am willing to take this step to finally be rid of the weight. I had my lowest moment while on a trip with my best girlfriends the Rivera Maya for a week. Because I was so far away from home, I had an up and down struggle to just relax and have fun, join in and not watch life go by because was concerned about what I looked like. The week was hard on me. My feel swelled and wouldn't go down, My knees and hips hurt from all of the walking. I just couldn't bring myself to go out on the dance floor and hated myself for my cowardness. I am sure that no one cared by me, but I was still paralyzed. The low point and final straw was on an excursion we took that included a lazy river ride. My friend grabbed an innertube and so did I - I was told that I was too big for the innertube and had to go back to get the double size. I couldn't climb out the water, started crying and all that I had been holding in came pouring out. But they say you have to hit bottom right? Thank God for my wonderful friend, who told them that they were rude, took my hand and walked with me until I calmed down. That was at the end of January. It took a few months of looking long and hard at myself, but I am convinced this is the best solution for me.
