Hi Everyone!
 

Hello everyone! First time here.

I was thin most of my life...even though I thought otherwise. I graduated high school weighing 125. I was a size 6. By the time I graduated college I was 136.

I got married a few years after college and was around 140.

5 years later I had my first daughter, a week after giving birth I was at 150. Still feeling good.

3 years after that I had my 2nd daughter. Weight a week after was 185. Not feeling as good, but too busy to notice.

Now, 9 years later I reached my heaviest weight of 258.

During the last few months I started to get sick and had horrible pains in my right knee.

After many doctor's appointments I found out I had lost most of the cartilage in my knee. I have an appointment with a knee specialist tomorrow. It kills me that I did this to myself. Now I may be facing knee replacement....and I'm only 40.

My other issues were related to a heavy period and a kidney infection. Those thankfully have been dealt with and I've recovered.

This health scare is finally what woke me up and made me change my life. For the past 4 weeks I have changed my diet. It's not a diet, but a new way of eating. I've been shocked at how easy it has been. I've never lasted this long. My main motivator? Pain. All the pain I felt during those months was awful, torture. Since I've started my new way of eating I've felt 1000 times better. I feel so foolish for not doing this sooner. I have to remind myself every day not to hate myself for it and move forward.

I've lost 13 pounds so far. Unreal! I made the doctor weigh me twice.

So while I have been doing well the past few weeks, I don't want to slip up. So I figured I should get some support. That's where this forum comes in.

Looking forward to taking back my life!


Thanks

THanks for the warm welcome

Hi RoseFish...I just joined too. I have also adopted a healthier diet recently. I also didn't want a "diet", but dietary changes. More natural foods, cutting out most of the processed garbage, watching the ingredients in my food. I signed up for the Eat This Not That website and they send all these emails with different lists of good and bad things...what I love is that each item on a list will have a little blurb about why certain ingredients are bad or good for you. Even if I don't remember the exact science behind some of them, I remember names when I look at ingredient lists and know what to avoid. I also feel so much better...my back doesn't ache when I get out of bed in the morning anymore!