2009? This is the last time I posted?

I can't believe it was back in 2009 when I was involved with wanting to lose weight.  So much has happened since then and now I want to get caught back up on my blog.  My blog title Dieters Woes seems aptly appropriate even more so now.  Five years and I still struggle on a daily basis.  5 years and I have weighed more than I ever have.  5 years and I have developed so many health issues.  Are you noticing a theme here?  It is 5 years later and I am worse off than I was then.  If only I hadn't given up, if only..,

Here I am, April 26, 2014.  I have many good things in my life.  I'm happily married to my wonderful husband, David. I have just become a grandma to twins, and my son seems to be happy and is making a life for himself.  While I must admit, my financial situation is no where near as good as it was in 2009, I have a home to live in and we are able to pay our bills.

I found out in 2013 that I was going to be a grandma to twins.  I am having health issues, morbid obesity, diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol.  My husband is not in very good health and he has been my caretaker.  I want to change my life.  I am 47 years old.  I decided that beginning January 2014 I would look into weight loss surgery.  I promised myself I would follow this through no matter what.  So this is my new journey, my new story.  The story leading up to my Gastic Bypass surgery.

So join me in my triumphs and failures, my feelings, good and bad.  

Thank you, to my son for giving me a reason to want to make this change and to my mother fir telling me to journal it again.

Welcome to my new life story.