You Have Such a Pretty Face

How many times have I heard that? Not lately, unfortunately. In hindsight, I wish I had been able to successfully deal with my weight earlier in my life. I was an average sized child. My troubles started as a young teen. I had become womanly by age 12 and packed on some weight before the growth spurt that we now know is expected. My parents got worried and put me on a diet right away. They didn't know any better.

And so it began. The cycle of dieting wildly inappropriately, celebrating with food, falling off the impossible diet and gaining more than I started with. I know better now, too late, that diets don’t work. Lifestyle change is the way to go.

Now, my MS hampers me at every turn. I get an exercise regimen going, lose some weight, and boom, the MS hits and I can’t walk or even stand up for weeks. This has happened three times in a big way and many times in small ways. What’s a girl to do?

And then there is the wonderful future. My dr. said I might want to lose weight so when I have to be moved around, it will be easier. Great—lose weight to be a better object to move. That is soooo motivating.

MS SUX