SparkPeople.com

For many who know me, I have struggled with my weight since the middle of high school. Once I got my driver's license and stopped riding my bike, I started to gain. My senior year should have been one of the most wonderful years of my scholastic life (to that point), but it was my worst. Somehow, I really ballooned (to 180 pounds). I had to tolerate such nicknames as "jumbo", "whale ass", and "fatty". My self-esteem was already very low from other happenings in high school, but this was a real downer. I have never forgotten these things - they still haunt me today.

Over the years, I have tried various things, only to peter out and stop. This, too, has added to my horrible self-esteem. Many of my friends and family have had to boost me up on many occasions when I am especially stuck on my pitty pot. I know it is within my own power to do something about this, and I am going to keep trying until I achieve the results I want.

Enter www.sparkpeople.com. My friend Tonya S pointed me to this site last week. I checked it out, and unfortunately spent a lot of my work day reading things, getting motivated, and signed up midway through the day. I posted my own introduction on the page, signed up for some groups, and am reading things daily. Now, I just need to implement. I know what to do to control my food intake. I know what to do to exercise so that I am healthier. I know what to do, but haven't been motivated to do it. Now, the motivation is back, and I'm ready to roll.

I wish I would have found this site a year ago. But, I didn't. I am who and what I am right now in this instant in time. I am worth more than I think I am, and I can succeed at whatever goal I set. Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. I always thought Coleman Orr thought this up, but I found out today it was Napoleon Hill. Thanks Napoleon. I will believe and achieve. My profile is public, so if you choose to check this site out, look me up. I'm in there as piserpower.

Denise