Sugar324
My story started when I was a baby. I was born healthy weighing in at 6lbs, which was average at the time. I cried all the time when I was a baby. It didn't matter what was happening, I was crying. My mother took me to different doctor's and they told her I was lactose intolerant. I was immediately put on a very high calorie baby formula, I started packing on the weight. Ever since then I was overweight, I have never been a healthy average size. I was hospitalized while I was in kindergarten for one week because I was always complaining of a stomach ache. Again, the doctor's said I was lactose intolerant. As I got older I didn't have any major issues and I could even handle lactose except I couldn't drink milk first thing in the morning without having stomach pains.
I went on with my life and like many others who were overweight, I was picked on in school. I was the fat kid. This continued throughout elementary school and i became very depressed. I was an only child and my parents always said to "just ignore them" whenever I tried to tell them I was getting picked on. I felt like I had no one. In grade 7 and 8 I contemplated suicide but I could never go through with it. My the time i graduated from grade 8 I wore a size 26, I was 12 years old.
I moved on to high school and I was thankful that now there were other kids that were overweight and some of them were even bigger than I was. Finally I was able to slip in between the cracks and not get picked on so much. I struggled with my weight constantly and I started to seek help. I went to a nutritionist and a dietitian but they didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. Then I tried weight watchers but it never really worked out. I would lose some then the next week gain some and this pattern continued throughout my whole membership. I tried slim fast, diet pills, miracle cures, nothing worked.
When I graduated high school I was wearing a size 22, I was 17 years old.
I wasn't going to give up. I decided to try LA weight loss and again, not much success. I had gym memberships, personal trainers. I managed a bookstore so I had every diet and nutrition book available to me at all times. I read most of them and tried a lot but nothing worked. Again I tried LA weight loss but it wad worse than the first time. I was feeling hopeless.
3 months ago I started a diet and exercise plan that is working, slowly. I am now a size 18 and feeling better but it's just not working the way I want it to. On October 3rd i turned 30 years old. This is my turning point. I went on line to look for a weight loss support group and I stumbled across a website called weight loss forever. I read everything on the website and I knew this was the right thing for me. I started researching, going to information nights and their support groups and I was convinced that I need to do this. I am currently trying to put the finances together as this is currently not covered by any insurance here in Canada so I will be a self pay. I am so excited that this could be what I have been searching for my whole life.
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