LightRaven
What doesn't kill me.....
Ok, I am very very bored and very much trying not to raid the fridge. I thought it would be neat to learn more about the people who frequent this section of the forum. Okie... I'll start. Please follow.. I'm interested in knowing about everyone here!
My name is Heather and I'm 29 years old. I'm a single mother (separated from Husband for a year and a half) to my 2 year old daughter, Ayleigh. I work at a company that distributes laboratory equipment to drug companies like Merck and GlaxoSmithKline.. as well as Universities, like University of Penn and MIT. It's interesting work, but not what I had planned on. I went to college and double majored in Classical performance and Jazz Performance on the Double Bass... I've even had the pleasure of touring Europe twice ( I know many of you are located there... loved it!)... but life throws curve balls and leads you on different paths. I got Carpel Tunnel in my Junior year, and after two attempts at my senior recital... I didn't finish college. I have no classes but the senior recital to do.. but I was burnt out and so were my wrists... and shortly after that, I became pregnant with my beautiful daughter! I taught music for many years, but it wasn't viable when you have a baby on the way!
I have been overweight since I was probably 8 or 9. My family had moved from Ohio to Philadelphia when I was 7 and it was a hard culture shock. Didn't have a very nice childhood..and unfortunately, that equated to weight gain and depression. My grandmother, I later found out, always told my mom when I was younger that it wasn't what I was eating, it what was eating me! And how true it was. lol.
I have what is called dysthmia. And about 5 years ago, I had a major depressive episode that nearly landed me in a mental hospital. I was put on a variety of meds, and while yes... I will never deny that the helped me tremendosly... they also made me gain a tremendos amount of weight. And I was already overweight to begin with. One of the meds I was on was the equvialent to smoking pot.... nasty case of the munchies... I'd eat in the middle of the night! I stablized on the medicine and after a few years... Along came Ayleigh. I went off the meds obviously when I found I was pregnant... but the weight didn't come off.... and when Ayleigh was born.. the weight continued to stay, except for about 30 lbs... she was A BIG BABY! LOL!
SO... here I am. Determined to loose the weight and be a better mommy. Ayleigh continues to be a big baby... she is the size of a 3 or 4 year old... she's not heavy.. but very tall...She is proportionate to her height... but I'm very tired of doctors looking at me and assuming I'm stuffing my daughter with junk.
I also don't want her to have body image issues or weight issues.. so I need to do this.
Ok, your turn.
LR
My name is Heather and I'm 29 years old. I'm a single mother (separated from Husband for a year and a half) to my 2 year old daughter, Ayleigh. I work at a company that distributes laboratory equipment to drug companies like Merck and GlaxoSmithKline.. as well as Universities, like University of Penn and MIT. It's interesting work, but not what I had planned on. I went to college and double majored in Classical performance and Jazz Performance on the Double Bass... I've even had the pleasure of touring Europe twice ( I know many of you are located there... loved it!)... but life throws curve balls and leads you on different paths. I got Carpel Tunnel in my Junior year, and after two attempts at my senior recital... I didn't finish college. I have no classes but the senior recital to do.. but I was burnt out and so were my wrists... and shortly after that, I became pregnant with my beautiful daughter! I taught music for many years, but it wasn't viable when you have a baby on the way!
I have been overweight since I was probably 8 or 9. My family had moved from Ohio to Philadelphia when I was 7 and it was a hard culture shock. Didn't have a very nice childhood..and unfortunately, that equated to weight gain and depression. My grandmother, I later found out, always told my mom when I was younger that it wasn't what I was eating, it what was eating me! And how true it was. lol.
I have what is called dysthmia. And about 5 years ago, I had a major depressive episode that nearly landed me in a mental hospital. I was put on a variety of meds, and while yes... I will never deny that the helped me tremendosly... they also made me gain a tremendos amount of weight. And I was already overweight to begin with. One of the meds I was on was the equvialent to smoking pot.... nasty case of the munchies... I'd eat in the middle of the night! I stablized on the medicine and after a few years... Along came Ayleigh. I went off the meds obviously when I found I was pregnant... but the weight didn't come off.... and when Ayleigh was born.. the weight continued to stay, except for about 30 lbs... she was A BIG BABY! LOL!
SO... here I am. Determined to loose the weight and be a better mommy. Ayleigh continues to be a big baby... she is the size of a 3 or 4 year old... she's not heavy.. but very tall...She is proportionate to her height... but I'm very tired of doctors looking at me and assuming I'm stuffing my daughter with junk.
I also don't want her to have body image issues or weight issues.. so I need to do this.
Ok, your turn.
LR