T S.
I am a married (second time around) mother of three, who never learned the importance of taking care of me. I use food for all the wrong reasons. In the past 20 years I have more than doubled my weight. My doctors used to tell me I needed to gain weight, and over the years I have. I gained horrible amounts of weight with each pregnancy, and when I quit smoking my problems became worse. Not to say that is how I arrived at this point, because food is a huge problem. I work night shift so I usually eat right before bed, I am an emotional eater as well, which is hell when you give up the stress relief of nicotine! I'm hoping to have a verticle sleeve gastrectomy, and have been doing a lot of research. I am finally determined to put myself first, not just for me but because my kids deserve to have a happy mom who gets out and does things with them. I miss the person I used to be, and hope to find a better version of her in the future.
