A Journey born of failure?
I thought long and hard about this post, as to whether or not it should even be done. In the end, it is obvious the choice I made. I have embarked on a new journey. One that I have really been on several times in my life, as have millions of others. The path is one of weight loss. Of shedding who I am, for who I should be. I struggled on this path for a year and a half, thinking that anything would be better than the one that I ultimately chose. I have a friend who demonstrated great faith in God, and with the help of family and good coaching was able to see miraculous results. I wish that I had that kind of faith in myself to let God prevail so completely in me. But maybe I do, just a different path. I have tried numerous diets, I even worked with a doctor once for six months, and while I was eating the prescribed food, I lost weight... to a point. At that point, I plateaued, and no matter how much exercise, no matter how little I ate, I was stuck, still categorized as morbidly o...