Replies to '06/06 Big Weight Issues'

dear jennifer

I guess i missed that show. your situation is so similiar to me.  I start out being 307 lbs last July and was diagnoised with type 2 diabetes and it scared me so bad knowing at age 36 and mother of 4 and a wife i need to take care of myself and put myself first because i need to be health to continue being the mom and wife i needed to be.  I start eating healthy and excersize regularly.  evenif it meant just 10min walk and i have worked up to 45 min cardio and 30 weight training 4 to 5 days a week.  I have lost 122 lbs as of today.  I thought losing weight would change my life and it has but like you describe it like melting candle and its hard for me to stand in front of a mirror and wear certain clothing.  I know if I could afford to have surgery i would do it in a heart beat but financial it is impossible.  Every day i thank God for letting me be strong threw all this and having such a supporting family.  I could not have done this with out my husband support.  But I look at myself in the mirror i am so embarrassed the way that i look. but i know i am healthy and i will see my children grow up.  I would not change a thing that i have done in the last 11 months i have so much more energy and i look forward to new challenges and waking up everyday.  I just wanted to tell you that when i read your story i cried it is so similar to me.  I am glad that i am not alone.  very excited that dr. phil was there for you and helped you. may some day someone would come along with a miracle to help me and make me look in the mirror and say i finally look the way i deserve to with all the hard work i have done.

                                                                                                            sincerely  ithought i was alone

                                                                                                                 mary from kansas

dear jennifer

I guess i missed that show. your situation is so similiar to me.  I start out being 307 lbs last July and was diagnoised with type 2 diabetes and it scared me so bad knowing at age 36 and mother of 4 and a wife i need to take care of myself and put myself first because i need to be health to continue being the mom and wife i needed to be.  I start eating healthy and excersize regularly.  evenif it meant just 10min walk and i have worked up to 45 min cardio and 30 weight training 4 to 5 days a week.  I have lost 122 lbs as of today.  I thought losing weight would change my life and it has but like you describe it like melting candle and its hard for me to stand in front of a mirror and wear certain clothing.  I know if I could afford to have surgery i would do it in a heart beat but financial it is impossible.  Every day i thank God for letting me be strong threw all this and having such a supporting family.  I could not have done this with out my husband support.  But I look at myself in the mirror i am so embarrassed the way that i look. but i know i am healthy and i will see my children grow up.  I would not change a thing that i have done in the last 11 months i have so much more energy and i look forward to new challenges and waking up everyday.  I just wanted to tell you that when i read your story i cried it is so similar to me.  I am glad that i am not alone.  very excited that dr. phil was there for you and helped you. may some day someone would come along with a miracle to help me and make me look in the mirror and say i finally look the way i deserve to with all the hard work i have done.

                                                                                                            sincerely  ithought i was alone

                                                                                                                 mary from kansas