by monique62579 » July 18th, 2007, 8:29 am
Hi everyone, my name is Monique and I am a wife and mother of 5 children ages 7, 6, 5, 2, & 10 months. I am 5'0" at 218. I was so desperate to get this weight off that I actually considered gastric bypass surgery. I was approved my by insurance and was given the go ahead, but thanks be to God I didn't go through with it, because I don't think my body could have handled it.So this is the route I have decided to take, I saw the commercial for it about a year ago and remembered it. I went to the main medifast website and thought to myself, man if I could afford this I know I could do it and meet my goal weight in a little over 4-5 months. I prayed and asked God to open the door for me to be able to do it. Praise God, he did! My husband who is a penny pincher usually says no to these kinds of things because he doesn't think I'll be able to stick to them. But this time, he said ok, let me read up on it and we'll see. He read up on it last night and said ok, but you have to promise me you'll stick to it. So from the day I start my husband every 7 days will be my drill sergent, he will take my weight and measurments and chart them to keep track. That way I am held accountable for my eating actions. I need that type of stability if i am to finish this. It shows me that he is in it with me, not just watcing and waiting for me to get skinny. So ladies and men, if you have any room for me in your support group I would love to be apart of it in reaching my goal. Please feel free to e-mail me any time at
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