...one fat girl who needs to lose some weight. Not so I can be thin, but so I can be normal, average, healthy. I don't have unrealistic expectations. I know I'll never be a size 2. I'll never weigh 120 lbs. So I'm not journeying from Fat 2 Thin... I'm just going from Fat 2 Normal. That's enough for me!
Who am I? I'm a 33-year-old woman living in the midwest. I've been married for almost 12 years, and I have a 5-year-old son. My husband and I have been trying to have another baby for 3 years. I have been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and insulin resistance. One of the symptoms of this disorder, in addition to being one of the leading causes of infertility among women, is a tendency to gain weight around the midsection. I am currently taking metformin, which is a diabetic drug that is also given to women with PCOS. In learning about how diet affects PCOS, I have learned about the importance of limiting refined carbs and sugars in my diet. Because of that, I have decided to follow the South Beach diet as I try to lose weight. I'm currently on Day 3 of Phase 1 (the strictest stage), and I've done really well. Though I am already looking forward to adding in more fruit and healthy carbs in Phase 2. I feel like I'm living on cheese sticks! :)
So that's where I am today.I weighed in on Saturday at 246 lbs... a mere 4 lbs away from my heaviest weight ever. Awesome, right? Wrong. I am way, way overweight, obese even, and it needs to change. I am being disobedient to God when I allow myself to be this unhealthy, and I'm not being a good example to others. Also, I'm not being the wife/mother/daughter/friend that God wants me to be. My weight holds me back. And I'm tired of it.
So here's my challenge to myself, and it's a big one: I want to lose 86 lbs by Thanksgiving 2010. It's going to be hard, I know. But I need to do this!
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