I began this journey last January ('08). I knew that my life was loosing meaning and I needed to find out who I was. Over my lifetime weight has continued to be an issue for me...I would often loose 40 lbs, then gain 60 lbs...on and on throughout my adult life. My weight fluctuated with life events but the trend was always up. by January '08 I weighed 329 lbs.
My sister had gastric bypass surgery and that is something I had thought about for many years; in fact I think I might have suggested it to her...she lost 150 lbs. throughout the year following her surgery and I was so proud of her. But seeing her deal with needing to learn how to eat and exercise and really change her life made me wonder what I could accomplish if I really tried to work on myself for a year.
I was okay with who I was, but I never saw myself as overweight unless I thought about how other people saw me. Individuals would confuse my name with other overweight people. Overweight individuals would assume that I was "okay" with talking about my weight because I was obviously overweight. When I saw on my medical records - (morbidly obese) - I was devastated.
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