I'm Back...Again.

Janie5605
Janie5605 Posts: 182 Member
edited November 9 in Introduce Yourself
Hello All!

So I've had a lot of success using MFP but then life got the best of me. After my husband's plane crash two years ago I found it hard to diet or make it to the gym. I used having to care for him as a reason not to focus on my own health. Once he was back at work I went to work myself, having been a stay at home military wife for years, to help us make a cushion for his upcoming discharge. Working at a desk job where they literally walk up and down the aisles with a free snack cart or bring in lunch two to four times a week wasn't the best for me either. Then I left to find us a new home. I drove across country back to family, leaving him to finish up his fun military discharge and me to buy our first home, alone, with a husband who has a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and no clue how the home buying process works (So lots of frustration, forgetfulness, confusion and overall stress) Maybe I took to food and wine to cope...maybe I found all the poundage I had originally lost and some of their friends. I mean, I had been away from good sourdough and wine for far too long.

So here I am, settled in our new home, both full time students and trying to cope with the fact that I literally cried myself to sleep Thanksgiving evening due to my eating. My husband and I have no friends here so we rely on each other and what little family we have in the area, which means our favorite past time is food. Husband can't work out or even walk for more than a mile now due to injuries but still needs to mind his figure. Poor gem tried to convince me they changed the cut of the jeans he's worn for our entire marriage and a 32 waist is no longer a 32...ya....time for salad honey. His anxiety flares when he's alone so I try not to leave him too often...making exercise a bit difficult. But I will find and make the time. I must.

So I'm back, and I want your support, and I want to give you my support! So feel free to add me and feel free to remind me why I want to be healthier...because after all I've been through I deserve it. Just like you do, you deserve to live your life on your own terms, not on your weights.

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