Welcome to Melting My Ice!
And here it is, the ice breaker. Your first sense of me and why I am here. Well, I am at a point in my life. I have 3 kids. They are crazy amazing!! Next year my youngest will start Kindergarten and my oldest will start High School. I am starting to notice something now that they are getting older and more self sufficient. And that something is ME!!
I have decided the next year has to involve a bit more of me taking care of myself. Next year will also mark my 40th birthday. Seems weird to type that out. I still look and feel 20 something. But my Dad passed away 2 weeks before his 50th birthday. I have my Dad's nose, his beautiful brown eyes, and his extreme weight problem. If I am on his path I have 10 years to get it right. And before his death there were many years of heart problems. I can't go there. My 3 amazing kids need me here well into adulthood, my grandkids need to know me and I don't want to be apart from my husband. Now if God decides to call me tomorrow, that's God's call. But I am not going to help the process along.
I have done it all. Weight Watchers (3 or 4 times, maybe 5 or 6 including online attempts), Jenny Craig, Healthy Inspirations, Form-U 3, many online memberships (Jillian Michaels, EDiets, Sparkpeople, etc.) And that all doesn't include what I have tried just on my own. I have lost 80 pounds on 1 program and I have gained it all back. Problem is, time is running out for me.
I have decided to look into surgery. I have started the Gastric Bypass route before. But then we moved to a different state and a different life. Now that I have tried and failed so miserably I need to try something completely different. There is an informational meeting tomorrow at a local Holiday Inn Express. I will let you know how it goes.
