DOLIDEAR's Story
My story. Where do I begin. I've battled weight issues all of my life. In fact the few times that I've been thin stand out more in my mind than the rest, because those were the "special times", the times when I actually felt good about myself. The problem was to get to there I had to starve myself, or use the latest fad diet (which generally included starving myself). So for most of my life I've just been fat, obese even! Gosh I hate the sound of those words, hate to read them, hear them and most all of finally admit to myself that they are describing the "me" I've been up until now.
I count myself very lucky however that God blessed me with a wonderful partner! My hubby is the best! He's never critized me for being overweight, he supports me, comforts me, laughs with me, cries with me; he's my best friend!
Doug and I also have three great kids! The oldest is our son, Derrek. Next is daughter Linessa and finally our youngest daughter Larinda (Rinda)! All of them are married and have added grandchilden to our family!!
I've been a RN now for 14 years. This is an accomplishment that I feel really good about considering I went back to school for two years to get my degree when Rinda was only three years old! That was one of the biggest challenges of my life. School, studying and trying to keep up with three small children...thanks again to Doug...he jumped right in and took over with the kids freeing me up to study!
I am so thankful that I have found the CK community to be a part of my support system on this journey! There are things that, although he tries, Doug just doesn't understand about having a huge amount of weight to lose because he's never really struggled with his.
I had lost around 20 pounds on my own before stumbling across the CK site. My total weight loss as of May 21, 2010 was 27 pounds!! I'm only weighing myself once every two weeks, I don't want to get caught up in the "numbers", but want to focus on making lasting, healthy lifestyle changes. Not to say that I don't get excited when I see the numbers go down!! Heck yeah!
So, that's it. My story. Or maybe I should say it's my story up until now. No more yo-yoing for me...thanks to CK I'm on my way to being healthy, active and thin....I won't be going back to ginormous ever again!!
I count myself very lucky however that God blessed me with a wonderful partner! My hubby is the best! He's never critized me for being overweight, he supports me, comforts me, laughs with me, cries with me; he's my best friend!
Doug and I also have three great kids! The oldest is our son, Derrek. Next is daughter Linessa and finally our youngest daughter Larinda (Rinda)! All of them are married and have added grandchilden to our family!!
I've been a RN now for 14 years. This is an accomplishment that I feel really good about considering I went back to school for two years to get my degree when Rinda was only three years old! That was one of the biggest challenges of my life. School, studying and trying to keep up with three small children...thanks again to Doug...he jumped right in and took over with the kids freeing me up to study!
I am so thankful that I have found the CK community to be a part of my support system on this journey! There are things that, although he tries, Doug just doesn't understand about having a huge amount of weight to lose because he's never really struggled with his.
I had lost around 20 pounds on my own before stumbling across the CK site. My total weight loss as of May 21, 2010 was 27 pounds!! I'm only weighing myself once every two weeks, I don't want to get caught up in the "numbers", but want to focus on making lasting, healthy lifestyle changes. Not to say that I don't get excited when I see the numbers go down!! Heck yeah!
So, that's it. My story. Or maybe I should say it's my story up until now. No more yo-yoing for me...thanks to CK I'm on my way to being healthy, active and thin....I won't be going back to ginormous ever again!!