Originally Posted by Grambi

Hi everyone! I signed up for May and then promptly forgot. So here I am a week behind but have lost a few pounds anyway. I've been trying to read all the posts to catch up and have made it page 12. So forgive me if I ask something that has already been answered.

I'm 54 and married for 33 years to a wonderful man. We have one daughter, married and living in Oklahoma City with her husband, almost 3 yr old daughter and another girl on the way. I retired from nursing about 4 years ago. My husband and I built a house on his mother's ranch with the intention of using it on weekends and vacations until we retired. In the process of being here more, we discovered that his mom, who lived on the ranch alone, had dementia problems. So I quit work and moved into the house to be closer to her and be able to check on her several times a day, get her to a doctor for diagnosis, etc. I planned to go back to work after a few months. So here I am 4 years later, living alone on the ranch (I do have 2 dogs and two mini donkeys), MIL is in a wonderful private care home after a year with her sis and a caregiver and 6 months in a nursing home. Husban is still working 5 hours away in the Ft Worth area and I haven't gone back to work (I'm sneaky like that:).

3 years ago I lost 70 lbs, threw out my fat clothes and promptly stopped losinng when i should have lost about 30 more. I have slowly put on about 20 lbs to boot. So hope this gets me going on the 50 lbs I need to lose.

I'm going to join WW online this week. My DS is already on it and has lost about 10 lbs. So we will be able to cheer each other on.

Injured my back (or have one leg too short according to my physical therapist) and am in the process of trying to get cured. Third epidural steroid injection is Friday. I'm on
3 different pain meds which help but suppress my willpower in addition to my pain. And I think they are stating to make me drone on and on and on here.

So nice to meet you all. I will get caught up on posts and stay on top of them. Good luck to everyone!