Hello Everyone :-)

LVLFgirl13

Hi Everyone! My name is Michelle. I’m not great at the “Explain a little about yourself” stuff so I will do the best I can!

I’m a 33 year old Mommy to a wonderful 6 year old boy. He is my everything.

Which is a majority of the reason I am here on MFP now.

I was always very thin and athletic growing up. I graduated high school and decided to become a little rebel for a few years and gained a lot of weight and just let myself go. I stopped that nonsense around 24 years old and got myself back to almost a healthy weight. Then I got married, had my son, and got divorced. Just like most of us I have gone through my struggles in life, while that is no excuse, I can tell you I just gave up on me. I was in a very bad (abusive) relationship after my divorce and that lasted 3 years until I had enough courage to walk away. Many therapy sessions and medication changes later I found myself at my absolute heaviest in April 2012 – 266lbs. At that point I just figure that the best I could do was hide myself from the world. I hated going anywhere outside of my house which was completely selfish of me.

In October 2012 I decided to get off all anti-depressants and related medications. FYI – coming off of those medications cold turkey as I did was one of the most painful things my body has ever went through. But I don’t regret that choice for a second.

In January 2013 I decided to give Weight Watchers a try. Through that program I was able to get myself down to 230lbs by November 2013. The weight loss was great but I didn’t feel like I was full with just eating within my points range. Being a single parent you have to be wise about where your money goes. My son was growing up and becoming more active in sports and school had begun. I just didn’t have the time to go to the meetings and my funds were being stretched elsewhere. I stopped attending Weight Watchers I believe in September of 2013. One thing I can honestly thank that program for is that it inspired me to start living my life again. It gave me the courage to step out of my house and start doing things with my son again. Unfortunately, some of my weight snuck back on and by April of 2014 I was back up to 250lbs.

I have been way more active in 2014 – Hiking with my son, going to parks with him, practicing soccer with him. It has been great! My son and I also completed our first 5K together in May 2014 and we have our second one coming in October 2014. I want to be more active and I need to learn to eat better. I am an EMOTIONAL & STRESS eater!!!! I need to stop this ASAP! I want to be healthy for my son. I want to be healthy for me. I want my son to also follow good eating habits and be healthy. I also want to be able to get on a ride in an amusement park without being turned away because of my weight (I had this huge wake-up call 2 weeks ago).

So now that I blabbered on for a bit about myself– If you would like to join me in my journey and support each other, please feel free to add me as a friend.

Best of luck to all of you. I wish you all lots of courage and strength during this journey You can do it!

Thank you all for your support and kindness :flowerforyou:

xoxo
Michelle


P.S. I absolutely love music! Discovering new music and bands is a passion of mine. I love going to concernts!! Any new music suggestions are alwasy welcome!!

Roughgalaxy

Welcome Michelle I'm sure mfp will be a great tool for you to track your intake and get advice when you need it. Feel free to shoot me a message if you need any help with anything.

LVLFgirl13

Thank you so much Roughgalaxy!