I have struggled with weight virtually all of my adult life. I remember in seventh grade I fit (very very snugly) into a single pair of size 14 pants. Other than that, I remember wearning only size 16 and up.
My senior year of high school I joined the swim team and for the first time in my life lost a little weight -- completely without trying. I remember some of my friends and my mom really complimented me on my weight loss. "You're looking downright svelte!" she said. I weighed 195 lbs. at the time. I would love to get back to that weight. It's about 40 lbs. away.
I started this journey -- for the second time -- at 299.4 lbs and feeling terrible about myself and my life. I've dealt with depression, back and SI problems, and emotional and binge overeating. In about a year and a half, I have lost 70 lbs. and dealt with getting healthy from the inside out. This is the lowest I've weighed since I was a sophomore in college.
This blog chronicles the transformation I have undertaken and continue to undertake as I work to get my life back and rid myself of the shackles of morbid obesity and its devastating physical and mental side effects.
