Hi there!
My name is Elizabeth, and I've been overweight since I was six years old. I'm thirty-five, and I live in upstate New York with my husband, John, my two year old daughter, Melanie, and my in-laws, John and Barb. I'm currently 23 weeks pregnant with my second child, which the ultrasound tech gave a 90% guess is a boy to be named Marc, and, as of my last doctor's appointment on December 29, weighed 364 pounds.
I've yo-yo dieted frequently throughout the years, and during a period where I was going to Weight Watchers, and going to the gym every day, but not being particularly concerned about what I was eating (ie I ate at Friendly's EVERY SINGLE DAY), I started working with a book called The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron. The year was 2003. One of the most important steps on the Artist's Way path is something called morning pages; three longhand, stream-of-consciousness written pages daily. Every day. Without fail. After doing this for about six weeks, I hit on a major realization.
I was terrified of being thin.
I'm still processing this as a feeling.
I thought about actually writing a non-fiction book about finding the courage to be thin. But I decided that a blog would work better for me.
So what I'll be doing here is sharing my story and my journey. If I find an article that I think is relevant, I'll pass it along.
I can't do a lot of actual work with weight loss, per se, right now, being pregnant and all. But I am working hard to increase my activity (I didn't get to 364 pounds being particularly active). I wear a pedometer. I strength train with very light weights three times a week. And I theoretically do a prenatal yoga DVD three times a week. (Right now I've got the yoga scheduled for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and so far this Monday and Wednesday, I didn't do it.)
I plan to post at least once a week. If you have suggestions for what you might like to see, please let me know!
Thanks for stopping by.
