cath7112
I am 42, and have been overweight forever. I can remember dreading gym class in elementary school because we would be weighed once a year, and I was heavier than everyone else. I wasn't "fat" as a kid -- chubby.
And as a teenager / young adult, I was overweight, but not obese. I remember being 9 months pregnant for my first daughter and thinking, Oh my God, I weigh 198 pounds. I weigh almost 200 pounds. I was horrified. Geez, if I only weighed that now!
So 2 kids and almost 20 years later, I weigh 267ish. Oh my God.
And like everyone here, I've done every diet know to mankind. And nothing works.
And I worry about the long term consequences of being obese. Diabetes, while not present yet, is surely just around the corner. Already I notice my knees hurt. I am weak....tired a lot. Who wouldn't be, lugging all this weight around?
I have attended a support group meeting from the hospital I plan to have surgery yet, and I have a ton of paperwork to fill out....so we are just in the very beginning stages.
