Hello all!
Hey everyone!
My name is Tabitha. I am a mom to one rambunctious 2 1/2 year old boy and wife of 5 years. I have been at least somewhat overweight the majority of my adult life. While pregnant with my son, I gained over 60 pounds. At my highest, 40 weeks pregnant, I hit 247. Three months after giving birth I weighed in at 211. I wanted to be healthy for my son. Two years ago I began an 8 month weight loss journey where I dropped to 156- a loss of 55 pounds. Then I had a PE. If you're unfamiliar, it's a pulmonary embolism- meaning I had a blood clot in my lung. That blood clot broke off from one in my leg, a DVT they found during an ultrasound. I couldn't believe that after all that hard work I could still have something like that (they linked it to being on birth control). I could'nt work out for a while. Then I started to work out less and less, until I stopped. Now, about a year and a half later, I'm at my highest non- pregnant weight- 221. I have never weighed this much except for late in my pregnancy. It's discouraging, but it's gotten to a point where I can't even bend over to play with my son.
I know I can commit again and do this. I need to do this for my family and for myself. I feel like a community like this one could help me. I look forward to losing the weight again- and this time, keeping it off!
-Tabitha
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