by The Kid

Created on: June 04, 2008

I, like so many other North Americans, have battled with obesity for many years. I have tried a multitude programs, books, pills, patches, you name it I tried it. Everything I tried I did lose weight, but the moment I stopped any sort of regime I gained everything back and then some. Sound familiar? It seems that I know so many people with the same problem, and yet here we sit in our fat and self pity. It's so easy to put it on, but so hard to take it off and keep it off.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /

> It's been drilled into our heads about eating right, what's good for you and what is not. We all know that having a double burger with a large fries and chocolate milkshake isn't the answer to our problems, but yet we still seek for the easy way out of our fat suits. If we could just unzip them at the back and leave them in the closet with the rest of our fat pants, our self esteem and motivation would soar. But, there is no magic potion, no pill and no program out there that will satisfy our instant gratification. We won't wake up skinny after one day of being good. We didn't just suddenly wake up fat, it happened over time. I have made a million excuses as to why I continue to be fat, telling my doctor that I don't know why I can't lose weight; all the while in complete denial that I have a problem. As long as I could go and buy bigger clothes and feel comfortable, I had no guilt eating mindlessly in front of the T.V. late at night. I've had two girls in the last 4 years, and developed Type 2 diabetes. I am a text book case of Type 2 as well. Fat in the middle, not active and love, love, love carbohydrates! I am insulin dependent as trying to control it with diet did not work, because of my inability to abstain from snacking all the time. I was overwhelmed with all the information regarding how to eat healthy with Type 2 Diabetes. Counting starches, sugars, fats, and exchanges was just too much for me to wrap my head around. So I continued to eat what I did before and would just increase my insulin injection. I found myself justifying everything I put in my mouth and just watched the scale climb higher. When it would go too high, I would not weigh myself any longer. In April this year, my best friend came out for a visit. We had not seen each other since Christmas. I opened the door to a whole new woman, I was flabbergasted! She has always been fit and cute for the 15 years that I've known her, but I have never

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