from 420+ to 216.4 on the way to 180

So we all know what highschool was like, we ate what we wanted, when we wanted, how we wanted and never gained a drop..... more so if you were in sports, which I was, three of them. So I was like 135# at 5"10 in HS... but holy hannah how things change when your body changes with a baby..... so yup... i still ate what I wanted, when I wanted and how I wanted and gained to over 420+ pounds. OUCH!!! uh huh.... I would add a photo... but do not know how..

So in 2006 I decided, time to get healthy.... I got to about 300#, but could not lose anymore, went through a year of monitored doctor visiting weight loss attempt , still to no avail... then after 2 years of research, I chose Gastric Bypass Surgery (btw.. before you stop reading and think... oh she took the easy way out.... ask me... it was not nor has it been easy). Since March of 2008 I managed to get to my lowest weight of 196#'s by Sept of 2009. I then for some reason thought oh, I can eat what I want, when I want, how I want.... BIG Mistake!!!!!! I realized April of this year, after gaining back 27#'s from my lowest weight, that I did not put myself through that surgery and the inability to enjoy certain foods anymore and the mental and emotional struggles as well as physical, to go back to being over weight.

SOOOOO enter MFP..... my friend said to me... I bet you eat way more than 1200 calories per day and I was like no way.... not possible... holy hannah batman... it WAS and IS possible...... so since I began tracking on April 29th and incorporating exercise, (which btw... is evil.. and who ever said it was good for you.. lied.. to suck us all in.... lol...) I have lost 7 pounds, simply by being aware of EVERYTHING I put in my mouth, even it is just one little bite.... IT COUNTS.....

So my success if this, even though I had surgery... I do not think I was mentally there, til this moment in my life... til I realized I would never be able to keep up with my 5 grandkids (ages 7-20 months) If I continue on the path I was on...... soooo here is to living healthy, eating right, exercising daily and seeing 180 on the scale.

So if you want help being motivated, if you want to support my motivation, then let's be friends.... I am ready for positive support and ready to offer it

Kandy