sunshine54
Well I have fought to keep my weight under control as far back as 6th grade. My mother was morbidly obese and would harp on my sisters and I if we started packing on a little to much weight. It was difficult with the diet we had, beans potatoes,homemade yeast rolls. With 11, yours mine and ours, kids the money didn't go to far. There was no such thing as well balanced meals. instead there was what you could afford meals. I learned about nutrition and well balanced meals from my Home Economics teacher in High School. After I married I was able to implement what I had learned about nutrition. I found there was a whole new world out there that I explored while ever vigilantly keeping an eye on my weight. My real struggle came after we started our family. I couldn't shed the last 30 pounds of baby weight. The yo-yo dieting began and it seemed that my body weight would not decrease and stabilize. We had a really tough period then , very high stress, where I packed on an additional 40 pounds to my baby weight. An the story went on from there (another 16 years) where I have yo-yoed myself to being 110 lbs over my normal weight. My body is beginning to fail in several ways, hypertension, diabetes, prolapse... I have to save myself that is why I am seeking Bypass surgery.
