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Hi my name is Donna and I'm 45 years old, 5'7" tall and 250 lbs. I've been heavy all my life and have tried every diet known, only to lose weight and then gain it back plus some more. I have always turned to food. One of my major turning points came in June 2000. I was at a park with my beautiful three-year old granddaughter Makaila; she always wants me to join her in play but on this day the slide she wanted to play on had a tunnel. She ask me if I could go up the slide with her and I had to whisper in her ear that grandma couldn't because she was too fat to fit in the tunnel. She really didn't understand but I talked her into joining the other kids. She climbed up the ladder of the slide and when she reached the top she looked down at me and started to yell, "grandma your not too fat; you can fit." She started to cry; she didn't understand why grandma couldn't join her. I was so embarrassed that I just wanted to crawl under a rock; all the other parents were now looking at me. I knew right then that I had to do something if I wanted to enjoy life and my precious granddaughter. About a week later and still over eating, I was getting my hair done and my beautician was talking about Weight Watchers. I had tried it years ago and didn't stick with it. On July 21, 2000 I decided to give it a try again and joined WW. I was at first not sure about my journey to the new me. Today I have a very positive attitude about Weight Watchers. I have learned so much from my meetings and my wonderful leader Irene. I also love Dotti's web pages as they have given me such hope and made me feel that I to can succeed in reaching my goal weight. I still want to lose more weight. I now as of May 30, 2001, weigh 194 lbs. for a loss of 56 pounds so far. Thank you for reading my journey, I still want to lose around another 35 lbs. and would love to hear from others for support. I will update this journey as I succeed. Thanks again, Donna
Update Jan 2002 - I have received such encouragement from being in your success in the making stories. I'm still on my journey and have come to a big slowdown. I have maintained 58lbs off since, but need to reach my goal this year. These are two photos of me in August 2001. I would really enjoy some email from your site. Thank you so much for all your encouragement on my journey to success.
