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How My Life Turned Upside Down
Read this member's inspiring story about how she picked herself up after hitting bottom and changed her lifestyle to work toward her health and weight goals.
....There was a lot of stress in my life. My father-in-law, who lives with us, was struggling with the effects of early Alzheimer's disease, and our younger son was struggling with addiction. Just when I figured things could not get any worse, our older son was killed in an accident in November 2007.
I spent that winter on the couch, wrapped in a blanket with my friends—yes! Both Ben and Jerry. By February 2008 I had topped the scales at 235. I could barely walk up a flight of stairs and my knees and ankles hurt all the time. .....
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