My Story

This is me. I grew up "chubby" or "fat" whatever you want to call it. I was called "thunder thighs" in elementary school, I had "boobs" when I was 6 years old. I had to buy plus sized clothes. I would tell my friends I was on a diet and I was only 8 years old! And then of course my best friend would force me to eat a huge bowl of ice cream with nesquick and a huge bowl of popcorn and tell me "whatever!" Of course she didn't "force" me, she didn't sit on me or tie my hands behind my back and shove it down my throat. All anybody had to do was just eat it in front of me or put it in front of me and I would eat it.
Finally in Jr. High I was blessed to get braces and I started to get involved in sports. I dropped 25 pounds that year and was finally "normal". It is sad that I still thought that I was fat though, because I wasn't a toothpick and I still didn't look like the other girls. I was able to keep my shape my playing sports and doing P.E. throughout the school year.
High school ended and I only put on 10 pounds within the next 3 years, which isn't that bad considering I wasn't "dieting" or exercising as much as I did.
It all started when I went on birth control and got married. I don't think it's much of a coincidence that I put on 20 pounds in one month from starting the pill. I about died when the nurse weighed me! I "tried" to lose weight for 2 years doing different things, but nothing worked. More like, I couldn't stick with anything. And then I got pregnant. I put on 45 pounds. I exercised throughout my whole pregnancy almost to the end. I didn't have the attitude of "Now I'm pregnant I can eat whatever I want" but I didn't eat the best. I'm a chocolate lover. I joined Weight Watchers and got down to 145 from 190 but that weight that I lost came back so fast! I feel like I gained 30 pounds in a couple of months!