My name is Joyce and I have a pretty complicated diet history.  I was very thin as a child...never had a weight problem at all.  When I turned 19 my menstrual periods stopped altogether and then I began to gain weight.  I visited doctors and they wanted to put me on birth control pills...it never really worked and I noticed that I was able to gain very easily.  We married and I continued to gain at a pretty even pace.  I tried every diet out there...didn't loose too much...but I was active.  After 6 years of marriage we really wanted to have a baby...we had problems and I found out that I have Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome otherwise known as PCOS.   Their are many symptoms and I have about all of them...anyhow.  I am now 44 years old and I want to be healthy and age gracefully.  I have quite a bit to lose but I am not choosing to look at how much...I will start with 29 lbs.  That is 10%...then when I reach that...I'll go for my second 10% until I am comfortable with myself.  Trying to diet with PCOS is a challenge...but I am so tired of not doing it...so I am going to fight really hard.

 

I am enthusiastic because I joined Weight Watchers last week and have lost 4.2 pounds...I am off to a great start and really want to keep the momentum going.  Just being healthy as I age is most important to me...the other benefits of being thin is just the icing on the cake.