StarGazerWoman
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I am so happy I found this forum. I have be morbidly obese my whole life and I seriously mean that. At my highest weight I was 550 and that was over 10yrs ago. Going to give you all a little back story about me. A little over ten years ago I moved out of my moms house and moved to a different state where I started excising and eating better I still ate things I love just in smaller portion, drinking more water and less soda it wasn't long before I starting seeing progress I could stand for a long period of time without my back starting to hurt, I could even walk around shopping without needing to rest every 5-10mins it was amazing but didn't have a scale that could actually weigh me so don't know how much I actually weighed when I started. About 6 months in I ended up in the hospital for a pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in my lungs) that's where I found out how much I weighed and was ashamed, embarrassed, scared, you name it I felt it. After leaving the hospital I moved back in with my mom for medical reasons after a few months I was told I could start exercising going back to the things I use to do but I was too scared to thought if I started exercising again the blood clot would happen again and I kept that fear for a little over 10yrs now. About a month ago finally broke down and got a scale that could weigh up to 750 thinking I had to weigh close to 600 because it felt like I put on weight but when I got on it it said 488. Granted it's not a good number but it's a lot less then that I expected. I always expect the worst and hope for the best that way i'm not disappointed if it's bad.
Now i'm 34 trying to get my life back and live again tired of being a hermit crab. I still live with my mom and as much as I love her we aren't good for one another when it comes to losing weight it doesn't take us long to give in or give up thinking it's useless or something. Not sure what I expect to find on here but I know support can make a HUGE difference and something you need when anyone goes on any kind of journey no matter what kind it is.
Not really sure what else to say other then thank you for taking the time to read this and wish you best of luck on your journey as well.
~ Cassondra ~
Now i'm 34 trying to get my life back and live again tired of being a hermit crab. I still live with my mom and as much as I love her we aren't good for one another when it comes to losing weight it doesn't take us long to give in or give up thinking it's useless or something. Not sure what I expect to find on here but I know support can make a HUGE difference and something you need when anyone goes on any kind of journey no matter what kind it is.
Not really sure what else to say other then thank you for taking the time to read this and wish you best of luck on your journey as well.
~ Cassondra ~
