WELCOME!
I started this site after viewing the websites of other people on weight loss journey's. They were so inspiring to me that I thought maybe my story would inpire someone who was also trying to lose weight.
I guess my story is not unlike so many others. I was never a small girl growing up, I was always tallest in my class and had a frame that people described as big boned. Although I was not what we now call obese, I was not able to shop for clothes easily and always felt out of place. In highschool I steadily gained weight and became increasingly unhappy with my appearence. By the time I was 20 I had my first daughter, 21 my second daughter and by 27 my son. By the time I had my son I weighed about 280 pounds. When I was in my early 20's I had lost weight using Slim Fast and got down to about 190 from 220. But after having my son I had gained it all back and then some. I joined WW in 2002 and within a year had brought my weight down to 225. I finally was feeling really good about myself!
The problem was I began to slack off. I had never really gotten it through my head that this is a way of life. Not just a temporary diet until I felt better about myself. I stopped going to WW and quickly the weight began to come back. I re-married in 2004 and had gained almost 60 pounds back by then. Soon after my husband and I were expecting a baby (my last! 
) and again I began to gain weight.
In March 2005 I had my beautiful son Xadian, and I was the heaviest I had ever been in my entire life. Three days after my cesarean I was taking a walk down the hospital hallway and came across an electronic scale...I weighed 327 lbs! It was the most shocking thing I had ever seen in my life. Other people weighed 300 pounds...not me...how could this have happened! Right then and there I knew this was it for me, no way was I going to way 350 and then 400..that was not an option. On March 12, 2005, one week after the birth of my son, I re-joined WW.
I have made a promise to myself to never give up. I may not lose every week, and I may not stay on plan some days...but this is a lifetime journey that I am on...not a one month plan...and I will not give up! I'm here on this site to hold myself accountable to me, my family, and to all of you who are on the same path to finding the real you.
Thank you for your support,
Tracie
