My journey has been one that has been ongoing for a long time. I have always struggled with my weight.. but more so after I gave birth to my oldest son. I gained about 67 lbs with that pregnancy. I was young, 20 years old, and figured that since I pregnant I could just eat whatever I wanted. After I had him, I immediately lost about 40 lbs, which was awesome. But then I went on the birth control shot and I gained it all back plus A LOT more. When I got pregnant with my second son, I was a staggering 267 lbs. When I went in to have my c-section, I was 299 lbs.
Over the years, my weight has gone up and down. I was normally staying in the 260 range. A few years back, I had started losing weight and had gotten down to 224 lbs, which I was absolutely thrilled with. But ended up gaining back what I lost, plus more. Two weeks before I had started going to Medi Weightloss Clinics, I had weighed myself and I was 290 lbs. I was also beginning to have chest pains.. I wasn't sure what it was, but I knew that it was scaring me. I knew at that point if I didn't do something about my weight, I wasn't going to be around for much longer. And being that I had just turned 37, I still had a lot that I wanted to do in life.. and the obvious being seeing my boys grow up and have their own families. So, I called my Mom and asked her for help. She immediately hopped on board and offered to do whatever it took to help me lose weight. I chose to go to Medi, since I had gone to them before and knew that they would help me. And I knew for a fact that I just could not do it on my own, since I had tried so many times before with no success.
On January 28, 2011 I began my journey.. and what a journey it has been. In the year that I have on my journey, I have lost 117 lbs, my cholesterol has dropped 300 points (it was 487 when I started.. I was a heart attack waiting to happen), my fat mass has dropped down 76 pounds and my BMI has dropped a little over 15 points. For the first time since I was 19 years old, I am below 200 lbs and feeling sooooo good.
