My name is Heather and I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am married and have three awesome children ages 13, 7 and 2. I love the 50+pounds to lose board on the Weight Watchers Message Boards. I am hoping to lose at least 80 pounds. More would be great, but I am just aiming for a number in my weight range. I am taller, 5'11", so I get to weigh more! Thank God!!
I started Weight Watchers (again) on September 9th, 2006. I am completely committed to being the person outside that I feel I am on the inside.
I have a tendancy to eat when I am stressed and depressed. After my first son was born in 1999, we found out he had a heart condition that would require several surguries to repair. I began to spiral out of control and ate my feelings. By the time he was 2 years old, I weighed in at 296. I had never really weighed myself before, other that doctor visits while pregnant, so I really had no idea!! I immediatley decided to end the cycle. I started Weight Watchers right away. I did amazing. In less than 6 months I had lost 67 pounds. I felt great, and decided I could eat more because I was doing so well. I started to gain weight back. I went into a deep dark depression, one that took something major for me to get out of.
Just before my son turned 4, he had to have another open heart surgery. It woke me up and made me realize that I needed to take care of myself, because my children deserved to have a healthy Mom. At that time I started to do Atkins, then The South Beach Diet. I was impressed with how quickly I lost weight. I was looking good and felt great. Well, the stress came back, and I began eating.
We have currently been building a house for nearly 10 months. In that time I gained roughly 30 pounds back. The stress of selling our house so quickly, not getting our new house done by several missed deadlines, and moving my family of 5 in with my Father while our house was being built just took me over the edge. I couldn't get on track no matter what I did. I woke up one day and told my husband I think I needed to go back to Weight Watchers. He agreed that is was the best I had felt, and it was a healthy way to eat for life. So I did it, I rejoined. I weighed in at 253.6. Still over 40 pounds away from my highest weight, yet 32 pounds away from my lowest weight.
I am so excited to reach my goals and prove to myself that I will not let stress take over my life. Life is too short to spend it hating yourself.
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