Melissa A.
My Life....
I have been on many diets... I think the first time my mother put me on a diet I was around 10. I started gaining weight very young. When I was in Jr. High and High school I gained constantly. When I graduated 8 years ago I weighed around 290. I struggled with food and my not so great life (I really don't like to get in to the details). In late 2002 I was diagnosed with depression which I had been suffering from for 4 years. I did get up to 350ish in 2003. That was the year I hit rock bottom and tried to kill myself... After I got my head back on I kinda decided that I needed to lose weight. I had started drinking diet pop shortly before my suicide attempt. In 4 months I had lost 65 pounds. I didn't even know it. That started me on a mission. In January of 2004 I joined weight watchers with a friend. I lost another 57 pounds in 7 months. At that point I hit a plateau and around 6 months later I still hadn't lost a thing. I really gave up at that point. I maintained my weight at around 250 for about 6 months and went back to weight watchers when I was up to 270. This went on for another year. I was totally done at that point and just gave everything up. My weight has since climbed back up to 321!
The 2007 turning point
In September of 2007 I had another rock bottom moment... I was clothes shopping and could not find a pair of jeans that would fit my fat self. I about started crying in the fitting room at wal-mart! I had to do something! It was a I'm gonna do this now! kind of thing... I had some other things going on at the time I was having problems with my living situation. I was looking for some where to live and trying to start life over. I had looked in to surgery before and just didn't think I could do it. So I sat at my computer reading for days and days trying to figure out what to do. One night in October I had a funky dream and when I woke up (not remembering one thing about the dream..) I decided it was time to do it! I had to go to a informational meeting at the hospital. Before I could go to a meeting I had to secure my living situation. I talked to my father and well I was moving back home to daddys house the first of the year... The first meeting I could go to was on November 19th. It seemed like it was 5 years aways but I was going! I went to the meeting and was really impressed by the way the nurse who was running the meeting treated people. I talked to her for a min and she hugged me... I think that was the moment I decided I had to do it. I was going to wait till after Thanksgiving to call for my first appointment. I threw the idea out at my family... Oh boy now comes the fun part... My dad was like whatever its your life do what you want. Most of my extended family just said I couldn't and wouldn't do it... My mother told me she would not support my decision and that I just needed to go back on my diet. My sisters are just nasty so I kinda ignored them... One laughed and said good luck... The other flat out said I wouldn't do it... anyways I have support from other people in my life. My co-workers are awesome! My ex roommate well lets just say there is a reason I don't live with him anymore lol.
Some stuff about me-
I love monkeys, Tinkerbelle, anything disney, care bears, duckies and well anything cute... maybe I'm still 2?
Work at a baby store
Can tell anyone way more about any baby product on the planet then they want to know and I don't have any kids....
Beyond shy until I know someone then I never shut up!
I love playing the sim2!
My computer is currently my life - it broke in dec... I lost everything.. lol
I live with my daddy... lol Bigger change then the prep for surgery
pogo.com and myspace have been replaced by reading forums here....
I no longer pay any attention to whats on tv... busy reading forums
My car is yellow
I love color
Looking for a duplex...
Have all the colors picked out for the rooms.. just need a to find it
Purple is my fav color
I'm huge pack rat... I keep everything!
I think I have a whole wardrobe down till I'm a size 16 - but I'll still shop lol
I live for clearance!! if a store has it I'll find it...
Learning to shop at thrift stores!
I really suck at writing but I do it anyways... bugs people
I suck at grammar lol thats what saint paul public schools do to people
I'm sarcastic and mean... lol
I don't take myself seriously and hope others don't.
I don't sleep enough... never have and the cpap doesn't help...
I think thats it....
