tntalso29
Probably like the majority of you, I have battled a weight problem the majority of my life. I was heavy as a child. While I was active and involved in sports ...there was always a battle with the scale and my weight. I remember my first diet at around 15...following the Scarsdale diet. That was the beginning of many diets and weight loss programs. For a time in my mid-twenties and early thirties, I was what I would consider to be thinner (about 140 lbs) and healthy. I exercised regularly, ran 5-7 miles, 4 times a week and looked and felt great. Then I fell in love. (Who knew?) As wonderful as my relationship with my husband has been... Guess what? Slowly the weight came back on. I can't count the number of times I have joined Weight Watchers. It would work for a time....but the weight would come back. Nutri-systems, Jenny Craig...I've tried them all. I have been disgusted with myself - the way I felt and the way I looked. About 4 years ago, I found out I had Endometrial cancer. A very scary time....but luckily it was caught at an early stage and surgery has taken care of it... (WIth continued follow up tests and lots of prayer... I am blessed to consider myself cancer free..as much as anyone can be free of cancer!.) But that major event was a wake up call for me. Before and after the surgery I kept reading about the link between cancer and obesity...as well as many other diseases and health issues that are impacted by being over weight. I really wanted to minimize the opportunity for cancer to shorten my life. It planted a seed inside my brain that I needed to make permanent, positive changes in my life to help improve my health and my life. It has been a long road....but I can see the signs of that new life. It really starts with my upcoming surgery in Dec, 2011. I want to use this website and the blogs and forums to help track my progress, the positive and negative things I'm sure will occur as a result of my surgery. I'm sure I will learn lots of things from all of the community members.
