This is a photo of me from the week before my wedding. This is, give or take a couple, about 75 pounds ago. I was hot stuff. Now I can only say that I was hot, because this is what I look like now.
YEESH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I was in a wedding last summer. I did the hair and makeup for the bride, and then I got home and saw on my facebook that someone had tagged me in this photo. I thought, "yeah, right, that's not me.".............. It's me. Yikes.
Last September at an annual routine "lady doc" exam, my doctor performed a couple of blood tests. These blood tests confirmed that I have hypothyroidism. (For those of you who don't know, this basically mean my metabolism is shot.) So it's no wonder that I packed on 70+ pounds in merely 2 years.
I've been taking thyroid Rx for the last 6-7 months, and have not gained any more weight. This is a good thing, that my weight has stabilized, but I'd rather be losing..... so that's what this is about.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be a skinny, self-centered maniac. I want to live a long life. I want to avoid illness and disease. I want to live to see grandchildren and great grandchildren. I want to have MY OWN children. Obesity definitely either hinders or helps along all of these things.
So help me. Hold me accountable. Pray for me, or whatever you do. It's time to turn this life around!
i still think you're hott stuff. but i know what you mean...its scary. one minute your like young and beautiful and can basically eat anything you want and then you turn around are a fat ass. it sucks. we will get healthy my friend and you will feel good about yourself.
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