My story

My story is like so many others that are overweight, I have been this way my whole life. For as long as I can remember I have been overweight and even the time before I can remember I have pictures to prove that I was overweight then as well. I don't know what has caused it other than the fact that I LOVE food. I know some people contribute their weight to some deep underlying issue such as a bad childhood or some unresolved sadness but I really just LOVE food. Now don't get me wrong I have had my fair share of hard times but I don't believe they are the main reason for my weight, I have been fat even before I had rough times in my life.

I have said it a million times before, but I'm saying it now (hopefully for the last time ever), that I'm ready to lose this weight. You may ask what is different this time. Well I can't so much as tell you in words but I feel different about it this time. I feel ready finally. This shift in my feelings started this past October. I went to the fair with my husband and a friend of mine and when I tried to get on a ride that I had rode many times before, I didn't fit. How EMBARRASSING! I wanted to die right then and there, but more than that I wanted to cry. So at the beginning of November I started a life change, not a diet.

My starting weight was 280 and I am now 265. My hope is that through this blog others will hold me accountable to what I have said I have set out to do (lose 100lbs.). I also hope to inspire others as others have inspired me. One such person that has inspired me to write this blog is mamalaughlin  blog, please check out her story.