In Our Own Words

After years of being overweight (ok...obese!), and telling myself that I could do it on my own, I finally came to the realization after I had my daughter that I couldn’t do it on my own, that I needed medical help. I came to this realization after struggling to lose weight, only to gain. I became more depressed with my desire to lose and my failure in doing so.

I want my daughter to grow up to have a mother, and one who is healthy and happy; a mother she is proud of and not one she is embarrassed of. I want my daughter to grow up learning healthy eating habits and knowing that the way to STAY healthy is to adopt good eating skills as well as exercise on a daily basis. I want to teach her, and myself, the lessons I never learned as a child:

  • I want to live to see my daughter’s children.
  • I want to be happy with my outside self as well as my inside self
  • I want to be healthy
  • I don’t want to be judged for how my body looks anymore.
  • I want to be able to sit in a seat without the fear of it breaking.
  • I want to be able to fit in the chairs I do sit in with comfort.
  • I want to be able to get a job based on my skills, instead of not getting them based on my size.
  • I want to live!