SLOW BUT STEADY

HI IT'S ME AGAIN......I,VE MANAGED TO LOSE 13 POUNDS IN THE LAST MONTH.....BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY......I FIND I'M HAVING TO REALLY WORK HARD TO GET THIS WEIGHT OFF.....BUT, IT IS WORTH IT!!! I ONLY HAVE 41 MORE POUNDS TO GO.......SO I'M GOING TO SET SMALLER GOALS FOR MYSELF, LITTLE MINI GOALS. SUCH AS 10 POUNDS A MONTH....FOR THE NEXT 4 MONTHS......WE WILL SEE IF THAT WILL HELP ME STAY MORE FOCUSED....I HAVE A HARD TIME LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE ALL AT ONCE, SO IF I TAKE IN ONE MINI GOAL AT A TIME, I WILL FEEL EACH MONTH THAT I'VE TRUELY ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING.

I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, FOR YOU ENCOURAGEMENT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT REALLY HELPS TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING........GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!

INTRODUCTION

HI, MY NAME IS CHARLIE, I'M A 51 YEAR OLD WOMAN, FOR THE MOST PART OF MY LIFE, I WAS ALWAYS ON THE SKINNY SIDE.....I AM 5' 7" TALL AND ALWAYS WEIGHED BETWEEN 107lbs AND 110lbs. I COULD NEVER GAIN WEIGHT, NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED! THEN WHEN I WAS ABOUT 42, I STARTED PUTTING ON A FEW POUNDS HERE AND THERE. I DIDN'T REALLY MIND TO MUCH, BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS UNDER WEIGHT, BUT THEN IT STARTED TO COME ON FASTER, IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL! SO, I WENT TO THE DOCTOR, THEY RAN BLOOD WORK, AND CAME BACK AS THYROID PROBLEMS.....SO, THEY PUT ME ON SYNTHROID, WHICH HELPED FOR AWHILE, BUT THE I STARTED GAINING AGAIN, PLUS OTHER ISSUES, SO BACK TO THE DOCTOR.......MORE TEST(lots!) AND THEY FOUND THAT I HAVE HOSHIMOTO'S DISEASE....THIS IS WHERE YOUR THYROID IS DYING. NOT ALL AT ONCE, LITTLE BITS AT A TIME(this can go on for years) SO SOMETIME MY THYROID WORKS ON IT'S OWN (then I"m over medicated) OR IT DOESN'T WORK (then I"m under medicated). SO THIS MAKES IT VERY DIFFACULT TO REGULATE MY MEDICINE. SO, AS A RESULT, I YOYO ALOT.....OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS I LOST A TOTAL OF 68lbs, THEN MY THYROID DUMPED AND I GAINED 30lbs BACK, NOW AS OF THIS DATE I'VE LOST 12lbs, I JUST HOPE I CAN LOOSE THE REST BY MY GOAL DATE.

BUT, I WILL CONTINUE TO DIET.....BECAUSE WHEN I'M HEAVY.....I HURT...AND WHEN I'M THIN.......I DON'T.(Plus I look better in my clothes)

SO WISH ME LUCK!!!

HERE I GO AGAIN