Yesterday started the first day of the rest of my life. I have been avoiding this battle for a long time, but I have decided to face it head –on. We are going to call this monster,Obesity, and the gender will be male. I have chosen to create Obesity in the male image, not because I am a feminist, but because Obesity and I have spent the majority of my adult life together. He has monopolized my time with the thing he likes to do most….EAT (lol). I have shared so many special moments with him. We laugh, cry, live and love together, but this relationship must end starting NOW - one pound at a time.
I have made a personal choice to promote a change within me. I want to live a long quality life and Obesity carries so much extra baggage that I have to let him go. I love attention and when we go out, he gets more than me- that’s a problem.
He has monopolized too much of my time. I am special and I love me and my family love me, therefore I am demanding that Obesity free himself from my life, my mind and my body – one pound at a time.
I have decided to create this blog not because of my perfections and successes, but because of my imperfections and need for support in order to gain success. It is hard for me to see my progress without the tangible, so this blog will provide me with the tangible.
Also, I feel that if I am having a bad day and finding it difficult to encourage myself, you can help provide me with that little something EXTRA that I need.
About Me
- Shannon
- I come from a long line of obesity. I have a lot of overweight friends &family members. We all are “happy with the skin we are in”, however, as for me, given the choice I have decided to do something differently. My mom had type II diabetes. As a child I remembered the adults calling it ,“Suga”. After numerous hospitals stays, Momma would say; “please lose weight, you do not want the same fate as me.” Tragically, I lost my youngest sister, in 2005. She died in her sleep. The way I knew life had changed forever. Her autopsy revealed that her immediate cause of death was an asthma attack, however one word on the report jumped at me..Obesity. In 2006, my mom was hospitalized never to return to her earthly home again. She was my rock & my biggest cheerleader. These deaths were a great loss to our close knit family. Thru tragedy, I will gain victory. I do not know what the future holds & maybe my story may help someone along the way. I am just as you: I am a wife, a mother of three, a daughter, a sister, a relative, a friend, a coworker and a church member and I know I can do this because I am a firm believer that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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