Where to begin?? Hmm.. Well, my name is Dianne. I am the mother of 5 beautiful babies and I'm fat. While I have not always been a mother of 5, I have (for most of my life) been fat. The start of this year, I weighed 297 lbs which is WAY too close to 300 for my liking. I vowed to make some changed in my lifestyle this year. Those changes included quitting smoking, saying goodbye to caffeine, and sending junk food packing. Just over a week ago, I got my kick in the pants (so to speak) to get rid of junk food, as well as a blessing-in-disguise jump-start to weight loss. Helloooooooo stomach flu! Prior to getting the stomach flu, my weight had yo-yoed its way down to 286 and after the flu was all said and done, I was down to 280.6 in a mere 3 days. (Holy cow!! Those are Biggest Loser-style results, I thought. But I knew it wouldn't be an everyday occurrence.)
Anyway, just over a week into my official "lifestyle change" (I won't call it a diet, as I've never been good at those), I'm down 2.8 lbs. So, I come to you all, to support and be supported, at a slimming-down weight of 277.8.
I'm looking forward to sharing this journey with you all. I really need people who are going through it, too. I thought I had a weight-loss buddy in a friend of mine, but she's not offering support at all.. Instead, it's more like "ha ha, I lost more than you".