I am a 31 year old woman. I have 3 children and an amazing husband. We are a typical family of 5. Living each day to the fullest and striving to be better each day. I grew up eating the standard American diet and started raising my family the same way. There were 7 kids in my family. We ate healthy meals and I was required to eat my veggies. I wasn't taught about food or nutrition as most kids aren't but was fed good healthy meals! I have always had a ridiculous love for sugar. I would do anything to earn money to spend on candy! We had a gas station about a mile away and my friends and I made frequent bike rides there to buy candy. In high school and college I ate out several times a week and was constantly snacking on candy and sugary snacks. My junior year of high school I started to gain weight and had to start working out and running. I joined cross country my senior year just to get some weight off.
My senior year I started dating a guy and we worked out in the gym several times a week and started a high protein diet together. I got super skinny and enjoyed this new body of mine. That same year my older brother/best friend committed suicide. I stayed skinny just by not eating much and exercising a lot.
The next fall I went off to college and broke up with my serious high school boyfriend. After the loss of my brother I couldn't deal with another loss and so I ended the relationship thinking that if it was on my own terms it would be easier than missing another part of my life. It was a hard year. I enjoyed dating and really enjoyed eating. I gained 30 pounds in 2 months! I ate fruit snacks, cold cereal and candy at my pleasure. I was accountable to nobody except myself and I truly didn't realize what I was doing to my body.
I started doing fad diets to try and lose weight. The sad thing is I would cut back on food and add more sugar and candy. I started working out more but stayed at a steady weight. I had quite painful stomach aches very often but had seen doctors who couldn't find anything wrong. I also suffered from frequent constipation and heartburn and headaches. I was an ibuprofen junkie. I was glad to find something that helped my headaches. To me, this was a normal lifestyle.
The second semester of my sophomore year I met a boy :) Well......first I met a different boy. He was funny and quirky. He had a bestie/roommate who we spent most of our time with. This boy invited me to his hometown for Christmas break to meet his family. We had to ride 12 hours in a little truck to get home, and in the 1st hour he decided to break up with me. AWESOME! That was the longest, most silently awkward 12 hours of my life.
Over the next few weeks his bestie/roomie spent time with me apologizing for his lame roomie and making sure I was doing okay. We kind of bonded :) We spent hours playing Dr. Mario together and he did sweet things like help me jump my car when I couldn't get it to start. He was perfect! We loved eating out together, talking for hours, laughing together and teasing each other. Just 3 weeks after the lame breakup he asked his roomie for permission to date me. That night I had the best first kiss of my life!
Fast Forward 10 months and we had a beautiful wedding and promised to be together forever!
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