An introduction

Hi,
My name is Terry. I am 44 years old, a widow, a cat owner, and Aunt, an Employee, and a friend to a number of folks.
I work full time as the Practice Manager for a FABULOUS Chiropractic Center , and I am blessed that I work for one of my best friends.

That and the fact that I am what is politely know as a BBW, about sum me up.

Let us discuss this term BBW a moment- it stands for Big Beautiful Women- a nice way of saying FAT.

There I said it. I am a fat women. Have been all my life, well at least as long as I can remember.

I have been on every diet you can think of - the banana diet, the bouimian diet, slim fast, the zone, Richard simmons deal a meal, a good friend gave me a book once called eat more weight less, phen- fen, and of protein shakes. They worked great for a while, but then the I gained it and then some back. Between 1995 and 96 I was on Phen - fen and lost nearly 90 pounds, even thru the death of my Mom I kept lossing weight, then they pulled it from the market for good reason. With in 4 months the weight was back on.

In 2005 I decided Gastric bypass surgery was the answer. I sought out a ASBS certified Doctor and jumped thru every hoop they had for me- including having a vena cave /greenfield filter installed. This is a filter that is put into the superior vena cava, by making a small cut in the femoral artiery and passing this filter to the superior vena cava, and then popped open like a flower. Its permanant. The Center then sent all my medical records, including 6 doctors statements that I need the surgery as a life saving measure, to my insurance company, who proptly DINED the surgery as not being medically necessary , because I work for small company that only has 3 employees on its medical policy.

Six weeks ago- while I was posting on a Chiropractic business board- one of the chiropractor on the forum volunteered his services as a weight loss and lifestyles coach. I accepted his offer and today I am down 23 pounds, and have lot more to go.

One of the first things we needed to work on was getting my Pelvis stable enough for me to work out. Being hit by a car at age 20 and blowing out my knee and pelvis in the process was not helpful to my body. Oh and as a side note- being OBESE saved my life that night. Had I weight 140lbs- the appropriate weight for someone my height, I would have died when that Buick hit me at 45 mph.

At the moment this whole thing seems like an impossible task.
Thanks to any of you that are reading this. More later
Terry