I am a member of TOPS TX#530. It is a great support group. I've belonged to it for 20 years and I've gained about 100 lbs during that time. Yep...gained weight while belonging to a weight loss group. That is SAD.
TOPS really is a great support group. I have made good friends and everyone is supportive, but I have discovered that even though I want to lose weight, I want it to magically disappear! I want to wake up one morning and be slim. Deny myself to be slim? No way!
I haven't been willing to work for it. Sure, I will do good for a month, lose a few pounds, and then I stop watching what I eat and eat anything or maybe I should say everything! People can encourage me all they want and I'm grateful for it, but it isn't going to help me until I have COMMITTED myself to losing weight.
What am I waiting for? A doctor to tell me I will die if I eat another bite? A terrible sickness? No, no, no! I don't want that. But how? How can I lose weight? I think I've found a way. Trim Healthy Mama. Basically, it is a low glycemic way of eating and since I'm diabetic that is perfect for me.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
The Past
I am Suzette. When I think of who I am, I think Mother, Grandmother...and then 'Fat' comes to mind. Not just fat but morbidly obese. My goodness, those words sound much worse than just fat. Three years ago, I weighed 400 lbs. If you were to ask me how I let myself get that big the answer would be simple. I LOVE TO EAT! I find comfort in food, food just tastes really good to me.
My husband passed away in 2010 and after a bout with depression (or maybe during) I started working on losing weight. It was sooo easy! I drank a shake for breakfast, one for lunch, ate a healthy choice meal for supper and started walking. I just started shedding the pounds! During that time, I thought "This is so easy. Why didn't I try to lose weight before now?" I lost 70 lbs in 2010 and 2011...and then I met someone.
So there I was... happy, content, and I quit losing weight. I've been stuck for 2 years. Something has got to give!
My husband passed away in 2010 and after a bout with depression (or maybe during) I started working on losing weight. It was sooo easy! I drank a shake for breakfast, one for lunch, ate a healthy choice meal for supper and started walking. I just started shedding the pounds! During that time, I thought "This is so easy. Why didn't I try to lose weight before now?" I lost 70 lbs in 2010 and 2011...and then I met someone.
So there I was... happy, content, and I quit losing weight. I've been stuck for 2 years. Something has got to give!
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