melsabells

I've been overweight since I had my tonsils out as a young child.   Now at 37 i'm ready to take my life back and live truly for the first time.
 
I was always the fat tall girl.  Often referred to as sasquatch.  I was ridiculed for the weight and the height.  It lead to me using food as my comfort.  I was diagnosed at 17 as bi-polar.   I've struggled with that and have a regimen that is working well.  I was also diagnosed with type two diabetes as a teen.  I only took care of it on and off.  It took my eyes being damaged with diabetic retinopathy to change that.  I have had an A1c of 7.2 to 5.9 in the past 5 years.  
 
Yet the weight didn't come off.  I take five shots of insulin a day along with metformin.  My goal in the least is to cut that number if not cutting it out totally.
 
I know now, for the first time in what seems like forever, that I am worthy of happiness.  I am under no impression that the weight being gone will make it all better with a pretty bow on my life.  I know that it is a step in the right direction.  I am worth the effort it takes to feel and look better.