Up until February of this year I had accepted that I would be out of shape and overweight for the remainder of my life. I was going to suffer from low self-esteem and be permanantly unhappy. I had actually been accepted into a local weight loss program with the end result being weight loss surgery. I had given up, I thought I was getting old and I felt I had no other options. I had a bad feeling about having surgery, a little voice inside me was screaming, begging and warning me not to do it. I thought about it for awhile.
Thankfully I went with my gut and decided NOT to have the surgery. I have friends that have had the surgery and they all have health problems now. They suffer from a variety of ailments from hair loss to malnourishment. They have low immune systems and are always sick. Some of these people have gained the weight back. I believe the reason is because they didn't fix the problem in the first place. Whatever made them overweight to begin with was still making them overweight.
I joined a gym called Jo Dumont fitness training and I have been working hard to find all of the things I thought I had forever lost. I am getting stronger all the time. I have met some really great people from the gym, some I hope to build friendships with. I feel a little bit better about myself and I know as time goes on my self-esteem will grow stronger.
When all hope was lost I found another option and boy am I glad I did!
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