tabbmarsha

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif]I am 35 years old and have been overweight most of my life. I have two children ages 18 and 8. I had my son at age 17 and gained a little over 90 pounds with him that i never lost. I have tired every diet known to man, bought every workout dvd. Like most I would loss some and gain back even more. exercise has always been my downfall. I tend to start things full steam ahead and burn out by the end of the first week. I got on the scale one day and it said 274 and i was wearing a size 24, I cried and cried and cried. it was at that time I said i had to do something. My family was not supportive they have never had weight issues so to them i should just stop eating. I followed my heart and started the process to surgery. I have to say at that time it seemed like a long process but it went fairly quick. I am a substance abuse counselor and I talk to my clients all the time about self care but i was really neglecting myself. I am now in a size 14 comfortable and I cant tell you when the last time i saw this size. I wanted to live a healthy life and i felt like the surgery was a brand new start to that life. I still have things i need to work on like exercising I still have a hard time committing to it but i know I have to in ordser to keep the weight loss going. Hopefully this website will be the support that i need and give me the abnility to support others along this life changing journey.[/font][/font]