Hello, my name is Becky,
I am excited and nervous about joining this group. I am a 42-year-old with 2 beautiful children (23 year old daughter and 11 years old son) and 3 beautiful step children (Twin girls who are also 11 (ironically they are exactly 7 days younger than my son) and then 18 year old step son). I have always been on the heavier side (not overly heavy but pudgy). After having my kids, I have gained a lot of weight regardless of eating healthy, joining weight watchers trying over the counter weight loss drugs etc. Which helped a little but no longer seems to help. I don’t eat fried foods or a lot of fatty foods or starchy foods as they make me sick. We maybe eat out like 3 – 6 times a month otherwise we prepare and cook all of our food at home. I do not eat sweets (never have really liked candies or anything sweet even when I was kid) however I am all for salty foods the more salt the better (I know this is not true) however it is just how I prefer my own food. We eat a lot of fruits and veggies some I am okay with others I get sick as well. I do have stomach issues where certain foods and beverages can irritate it.
As I have stated I am now 42 and trying to regain control of my life especially in the weight area as I believe weight is the cause of some of my health issues. I want to see my children grow up and need to do this not only for myself but them. I was always been a picky eater growing up and once I hit around 28, I started liking a lot of different foods and then by age 31 became allergic to shell fish and had to cut a lot of the seafoods I like back out of my diet.
We love being outdoors, hiking, swimming, snowmobiling, camping etc. you name it we pretty much do it. We have 4 dogs that keep us active. I don’t like going out to events as I have become very self-conscious of myself (I don’t look overly heavy but just had my mid-section).
I have recently started weighloss medication called phentermine as My provider informed, I did not qualify for Zepbound, Wegovy etc due to them showing signs of thyroid issues in lab rats and due to my family history having Thyroid Cancers etc I did not qualify for it so we decided to try this medication first and then go from there. I am excited to start this new adventure of my journey into weight loss.