Brief history...

As with most women, I feel I'm never 100% happy with my weight. I have struggled with every "diet" out there- Weight Watchers, The Zone, Atkins, Body for Life... and the list goes on. I may lose the initial 5 pounds that most people lose- then after that... nothing!!

This has been the case for the last 7 years. I did 2 rounds of In-Vitro Fertilization, and ever since then, my body just likes to "hold on" to the weight I need to lose. Since I began seeing my Naturopath, Dr. Purcell, back in 2006, she has said that there is a connection with my inability to lose weight, and all of the hormones I had to inject myself with during my 2 pregnancies.

Yes, I am 10 months away from turning 40, and am well aware that our bodies just change with age. But this time, I just really need to do something that will "shake up" not only my metabolism, but truly last.

I eat healthier than most. Once I lost my 56 year old father to pancreatic cancer, my twins were born 9 weeks early (after I had spent 49 days on hospitalized bed rest), they then spent 4 weeks in the NICU, and I enrolled in massage school, my whole outlook on health and well-being changed. I truly understood the mind/body connection. I became a crusader, educating family and friends on alternative medicine (since conventional medicine couldn't save my beloved Dad), and also about how the food we eat GREATLY impacts our health.

That being said. I do not drink soda. I eat fast food MAYBE twice a year. I'm not a big "junk food" eater. I eat organic fruit, dairy & protein as much as possible (and as much as I can afford). I drink tons of water. Heck, I even ran a half marathon last February. So what's the deal??

I'm 5'8", so most people claim they don't notice the 12+ pounds I have gained since this time last year, and cannot, for the life of me LOSE!! "You're tall", they say. But to me, 12 pounds is enough for me to feel extremely uncomfortable in my clothes. To stay as far away from the beach & pool as possible. I mean, I'm going to Hawaii in September with my LOVE... and there is no way I will be putting on a bathing suit looking the way I look.

So here I sit. Waiting for the process to start of medical weight loss with HCG. As soon as my period arrives, the fun begins!!