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Where to begin, I have always struggled with my weight. My earliest memory of feeling different than others was in the 5th grade. All the students were weighed and I was the heaviest in the entire class. I was also the tallest by about a foot but no one noticed that. The gym teacher just said "what a big girl". I remember crying and when I was asked what was wrong I said nothing. I was always the biggest girl in my classes. As I grew older the weight wasnt important to me because I was very comfortable in my own skin. I even modeled for a little while in High school. When I was 17 on a family vacation we went to visit some family I had never met. One of my aunts said to my mother loud enough for me to hear that I was such a "big girl". I was 5'6'' and weighted 130 lbs.
I think I was right were I needed to be for my heighth. That totally devestated me, I was in a strange place and a family member was commenting on my size.
Well by the time I had my first child I weighed 220 lbs. I maintained that weight for over thirteen years. In 2006 I found out my husband was and had been cheating for some time. We seperated and I had to take care of myself and my 4 children. Its been quite stressfull. I survived by just going the motions of taken care of my family. Well in 2007 I decided I was going to change my
life. I knew about all the options out there for weight loss. I had maintained what I thought was ok health and weight for 13 years
with weight watchers and numerous diets through the years.
I am ready to make a life change and I believe this is the answer. I will be healthy and have energy to raise my children and enjoy it.
