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My desire to loose weight and get healthy has come from many places and
areas of my life. I want to be healthier, I want to be more active, I want to
look better and I do not want to go through what my mom is going through.
About one year ago, my mom was diagnosed with non-alcoholic cirrhosis of
the liver or fatty liver disease. My mom has always eaten healthy and been
relatively thin, so

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My desire to loose weight and get healthy has come from many places and
areas of my life. I want to be healthier, I want to be more active, I want to
look better and I do not want to go through what my mom is going through.
About one year ago, my mom was diagnosed with non-alcoholic cirrhosis of
the liver or fatty liver disease. My mom has always eaten healthy and been
relatively thin, so this scared me. I went in and had all my blood work done
and my levels were pretty good so I was relieved and then in January I had my
gallbladder removed and when the did an MRI they found fat on my liver, but
my doctor wasn’t concerned until I told him what my mom has. That moment
I decided that I would make a change and although I cannot control
everything, I can however change my lifestyle and improve my chances of
fighting this disease.

Until now, I have not understood and or adapted the lifestyle changes that are
required to be healthy and fit. I am learning and growing mentally (hopefully
I will be shrinking physically) Because my problem has always been that, I
love to eat; I would eat when I was happy, sad, bored, excited, you get the
picture!

To look back at my life through pictures you would see me as a kid that was
slightly bigger than the other kids were, not just regarding weight but also
taller and more solid. Then came the beloved junior high and high school
era, I went from chunky to thin, and thanks to vanity and being boy crazy I
managed to stay thin through out High school.

Part of life is growing up getting married and having children. Well I did all
that and then rather than just growing up, I started growing OUT. I started
putting on the weight. This was not from having my daughter because within
a month of giving birth I was as small or smaller then my high school days.
Then when my daughter was about 7 months old, my activity level dropped
dramatically along with my marriage going sour, and the weight started to
creep up and I was in denial. I would NOT get on the scale! Hear no evil, SEE
no evil, and I truly believe that getting on the scale and seeing that you weigh
over 200 pounds is classified as seeing evil!! =0).

I went from 145 pounds to 205 pounds in six months and this was only the
beginning of what has turned into my 17-year battle. During these 17 years I
have lost weight then gained it back, all this flip-flopping has been hard. I
could starve myself and loose weight but then I would go back to my poor
food choices and the weight would come back and it always brought a few
friends =0.

During these past 17 years, I have gone through many things including a
divorce and a wonderful new marriage (we have been married for 9 years
now) loosing weight and gaining weight. Nevertheless, of all the things I have
gone through and learned in this journey of life the most important has been
that I am in control of me, and I choose my own destiny. Now I am charting
a new path and learning each day, life is good, and life WAS meant to be
happy!

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