On my facebook page I listed that I suffer from the "Three O's". I'm Overweight, Out of shape, and Over the hill.
Married for 44 years, six children, 22 grandchildren.
I've thought I was fat all my adult life. How sad . . . I look back through the photo albums and realize that my weight was stable at 140-145 until my last baby was born at age 36. I have "dieted myself fat" for thirty years. And I tried every diet in the book. Atkins has been the best. I lost 55 lbs ten years ago and it took five years to gain it back. Sneaky at maybe one pound a month. Now I need to lose 70 to get back to that same weight. But ten years have passed and a lot of life changes so hopefully I'm setting a more realistic goal.