Yes. That is my great accomplishment to date (besides my kids, of course). I was diagnosed 12 years ago with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. This causes women to gain weight and not be able to take it off. When I married Alan I weighed 110 pounds, and within 1 year was over 175 pounds. At my heaviest, I weighed 225 pounds. I tried every diet known to man, and then underwent gastric bypass surgery. It was not an easy decision to make, but I watched my mother, who also had PCOS, deal with double knee replacement (twice), diabetes, and a 7 bypass heart surgery all because of her weight. I was determined that I would not pass that legacy on to my kids. So, I had the surgery, and within 1 year I was down to 124 pounds. That was actually too skinny for me, so with my doctor's help I put on some weight until I weighed 132 pounds. I felt great! All that year I used the WDW half marathon as my incentive to exercise. I knew that was the only way I was likely to ever get to WDW. On the upside, because I lost the weight, I was able to conceive Timothy naturally, unlike the other kids where I had to do a ton of infertility treatments to get them here. I've been lucky that since having Timothy I've been able to get the weight off. I'm still not where I was before, but I only have 10 pounds left. I'm not pushing too hard since I'm nursing, but once I'm done, I plan on training for the DL half marathon to give me more incentive.
Wow, that was a long stroll down memory lane. Anyway, I'm proud of myself, and this thread has played a huge part in helping me cook healthy meals!
My mother is making the Chicken Tortilla bake for work tomorrow and I have already told her 4 times to layer it like a lasagna! I swear she has come down here after every layer!
, what a wonderful husband & Dad!
100 lbs. I would love to lose about 35 after the baby...well that could change based on what I gain in the end!
