I am only 4' 10 and with age I have slowly packed on the weight. About 2 years ago my Dr. showed me a chart of my weight gain over the last few years. A single line climbing continuously up the page. He pointed to it and said, "you are obese". What? But people call me little-bit, tiny, shorty all the time! No way!?

Oh wait.... my cholesterol is off the chart, I'm tired all the time, I've had feet and leg problems including fluid build up; muscles sprains; weird hot and cold sensations, I need a cpap machine to get a decent night's sleep and my self esteem has never been worse. How did I NOT notice? Why did it take a chart in my face to make me see it?

So, forget all my excuses I've had all my life. I will try new things. I am no longer the girl who hates beans, can't live without meat, won't try new foods, don't cook, never sticks to anything, and wears all those things like a badge that defines me. No sir. Watch me bloom into the full person I was meant to be.