a_new_mii
30 years old : Female : , PA
"A New Mii"
About Me
At my heaviest, I weighed 345 lbs.
01/14/09 338
02/16/09 332
02/23/09 324
03/21/09 320
04/20/09 307
04/26/09 301
05/07/09 296
05/20/09 291 and stuck, joined MFP
05/30/09 285 eating more calories and losing weight!
07/08/09 272
Why I Want To Get In Shape
I had a high risk pregnancy with my daughter, now 4. After six months of bed rest I delivered her by c-section, followed by a difficult recovery. Not only was I badly out of shape, I had developed fibro-myalgia and was in crippling pain. A couple of months later, half my face became paralyzed. I thought I'd had a stroke. The best explanation the Doctors came up with was that a simple infection had gone into my brain. My cognitive speech center and memory suffered damage. My self esteem suffered the worse blow, about a year and a half later a friend commented how my hair had become so much darker after pregnancy, I had no idea what she meant, as far as I knew I was still blond. I looked up in the mirror and looked away immediately. I hadn't even realized it, but I couldn't look at myself. Could you imagine?? Eighteen months without looking in a mirror. One side of my face still droops a little, 'chronic bels palsy' the Dr.'s call it.
My health continued to deteriorate over the next few years, the weight kept piling on.
Last August I hurt my back and was laid up for a month. As soon as I recovered I sprained my neck(extremely painful). One month later, I was up and out of bed again, but feeling badly out of shape. That week I hit a patch of black ice and rolled down a 50' embankment. We were all banged up but alive. I took one month to recover physically and another to deal with it emotionally. The night I came home from the hospital I held my daughter for hours, so grateful that I was here, so aware of the fragility of life.
I decided to change. I was 29 and dying slowly.
Here I am today, I've lost 41 pounds already and I have 141 to go. For the first time in my life I believe I can lose this weight. My first goal is to weigh 250 by my 30th birthday. I ultimately want to be healthy.
My Inspirations
- I want to live.
- My beautiful daughter, Kerridwen.
- My Husband, best friend and biggest supporter, Bryan
- I want to feel good about myself and be proud of my body.
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thankyou. :D
but yes, I'm positive. D':