Jan 2009 - Welcome! Join me in my journey to fight the fight against morbid obesity and in the process becoming healthier. Let me introduce myself, my name is Sandra and I am in my mid-40's, married with two wonderful teenagers that are the source of my joy and happiness!

I have struggled with my weight since childhood, at the age of eight I weighed 100 pounds. Freshman in high school weighed 165 pounds, 200 pounds in college and then I graduated to the morbidly obese category ...

Jan 2009 - Welcome! Join me in my journey to fight the fight against morbid obesity and in the process becoming healthier. Let me introduce myself, my name is Sandra and I am in my mid-40's, married with two wonderful teenagers that are the source of my joy and happiness!

I have struggled with my weight since childhood, at the age of eight I weighed 100 pounds. Freshman in high school weighed 165 pounds, 200 pounds in college and then I graduated to the morbidly obese category in my mid-20's a couple of years after college. I weighed 280 when I was pregnant with my daughter at the age of 28 and then over 300 when I was pregnant with my son 3 years later. My highest weight was just over 600 pounds in 2005. This struggle with morbid obesity has affected all of my immediate family members, even my children. So if I can fight the fight maybe it will encourage my beloved family members to fight their obesity issues as well.

In my particular case I know I am up against some bad genetics as well as emotional issues that have led me to where I am at today. My health issues include: hypothyroidism, hyperinsulemia, diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, high cholestrol, lymphdema and sleep apnea. To say the least I know I have a long road to travel down, and there will be some bumps, some uphill challenges and possibly some road construction, but I am going to fight the fight to the best of my ability.

Won't you join me in this process by providing your thoughts and prayers, support and motivation and I will return the same to you!

May the peace of the Lord be with you! God Bless

Matthew 19:26 (New Living Translation)
Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”

------------- June 2009---------
June 10th my entire family made a commitment to healthy eating as a family. My 2 teenagers (18 and 16) said they needed locks on the pantry and refrigerator until they got their emotional eating under control... so we did it! Never thought I would have to lock the food up, but it is working so far. We are all eating the same food and in the right proportions. Tracking everything on SparkPeople's tracker. We weigh in once a week and will take measurements every 3 months. As a family of four we have 830 pounds to lose, unbelievable isn't it!

We will be adding the exercise component within the next couple of weeks, we want to get our meal planning and prep under our hat and then add the exercise. The kids seem to be excited and a little apprehensive at the same time. Pray for our family to have patience and hope, to not feel deprived, courage to face our emotional eating triggers and acknowledge them and work to change them, to take it one day at a time.

So here are my goals for weight loss by month and our family total weight loss by month as well so everyone can see how we are doing!

My weight on Jan 1, 2009: 580 pounds
Feb 1, 2009: 560
Mar 1, 2009: 570
Apr 1, 2009: 565
May 1, 2009: 575
June 1, 2009: 565
July 1, 2009: 550
Aug 1, 2009: 540
Sep 1, 2009: 527
Oct 1, 2009: 528
Nov 1, 2009: 538
Dec 1, 2009: 525
Jan 1, 2010: 515 - - - Total Lost for 2009 = 65 pounds!
Feb 1, 2010: goal 505
Mar 1, 2010: goal 495
Apr 1, 2010: goal 485
May 1, 2010: goal 475
June 1, 2010: goal 465
July 1, 2010: goal 455
Aug 1, 2010: goal 445
Sept 1, 2010: goal 435
Oct 1, 2010: goal 425
Nov 1, 2010: goal 415
Dec 1, 2010 goal 405
Jan 1, 2011 goal 400

Total Family Weight Lost Since Jan, 2009:
July 1, 2009: 62 pounds YEAH!!!
Aug 1, 2009: 130 pounds YEAH!!!
Sep 1, 2009: 150 pounds YEAH!!!
Oct 1, 2009: 160 pounds YEAH!!
Nov 1, 2009: 170 pounds YEAH!!
Dec 1, 2009: holding steady 170 pounds
Jan 1, 2010: 180 pounds
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---------- Update August 15, 2009------------

The locks have not been on the pantry or refrigerator for several weeks now. It appears it was a physchological need to see the physical locks to help change their mindset towards food. It didn't take long and it just kind of happened. My son was the one that really wanted them put on, he told me a few weeks ago that he doesn't think about getting food now unless he asks me if he can have it. His weight loss success was all he needed to inspire and teach him that he could be in control of food rather than food controlling him. Praise God!

Sandra

- - - Update October, 2009 - - - - - -
Blood work from 10/18/09 reflects improvement in my cholesterol...
Cholesterol: 193 Normal Range is 100-199
Triglycerides: 305 Normal Range is 0-149
HDL (good): 45 Normal Range is 40 or above
LDL (bad): 87 Normal Range is 99 or below.

So I am good in all categories except Triglycerides... I am working on that now. I have had high triglycerides since I was a teenager.

- - - - - Update December 30, 2009 - - - -

I am happy to report that my husband has maintained a 45 pound loss (it had been 55 pounds) and my son has now lost 60 pounds and I have lost 65 pounds and my daughter has put her weight back on. She is 19 and trying to figure out life right now so we will continue to encourage her and help her in any way we can. In the meantime we are all ready to kick off the New Year and get ourselves back in the groove.

This past 4 months have been so choatic with the move, my daughter starting college, filing the bankruptcy, set up the new home, and still running my little business from home. I have survived it and am better for it and I still lost weight during those months. Not as much as I would have liked to have lost, but I did loose which means I am a Winner!

My new goal for the New Year is to lose a total of 100 pounds in 12 months which would mean I would weigh 400 pounds by the end of 2010. That is a realistic goal and one that I intend to meet! My son would like to reach his goal weight of 180 to 200 pounds by the end of next year. He is currently at 290 and that is very realistic as well. So off we go into the bright blue yonder...

Sandra

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