It wasn’t that I woke up one day and I was fat…well not

Hi I am Angela and I love food. In all my trials the past 14 food became my friend. Not just there when I was sad or in pain but there to celebrate and comfort through it all…good, bad, and ugly that is what food was to me.

I was always very small and at a healthy weight so what the heck happened? Well life, endometriosis, kids and a desk job. I got my weight back under control (125-130 range) and the pain of endometriosis just took its toll. Depressed, unmotivated and now in the 140 range I was ready to just have a hysterectomy. My doctor wanted me to make it to 30-35 before having a hysterectomy so we went with meds (different kinds of birth control) to try and get the hormones levels down so the endometriosis would stop causing so much pain. Well the pain was ‘manageable’ but 30 days on one of the meds I had gained over 80 pounds and over the next few months another 20lbs joined my body.

I will NEVER forget the day I called my doctor and said “it is time” and she said ‘ok, does June 3rd work for you.’ (1 week from my call) So June 3, 2008 I had a totally hysterectomy and she took down all the endometriosis that had escaped elsewhere in my body and took down some scar tissue from many surgeries and endometriosis. I decided to not go on hormone replacement for at least the first year and see if I could manage and drop some weight. The hot flashes and moods swings about killed me as well as my family. After 9 months I went on a hormone patch and I took off some weight (got to 190-188 range). However, I had to get off the hormones due to the endometriosis remained in my body was not doing well.

So on 8/4/11 I found that I was holding at 188.3 (desire to be 125ish) and desperate to just feel good and YES I will say it; look good. So I started a low calorie/low fat/ low carb diet. I work out 3-5 times a week in the pool or walking and as of right now I am 181 (been stuck there since my first week of getting back on track and not giving up).

So I joined MFP on 8/23/11 just to track and get a handle on what I am doing and who knows maybe find a few Pals along the way….

Sorry I am sure this is not the kind of 'introduce yourself' most do...I just wanted to lay it all out there.