My Baby is a winner!

I thought I would share today the story of how my daughter has changed. B is now 19, working 2 jobs, has a wonderful boyfriend, enjoys life and is most importantly HAPPY!

It wasn’t always the case. As the child of divorced parents (that she wrongly felt was her fault) she took solace in food. We have all heard of the closet drinker, well she became the closet eater. I would find wrappers hidden, empty biscuit boxes in her bedroom etc. She always ate healthy at meal times but what I didn’t know at the time she was taking money and spending it on junk. She would go to the supermarket (because it was cheaper) and buy a box of ice creams then proceed to eat them all and throw out the evidence!

Obviously she gained a lot of weight so by the time she was 15 she was wearing a size 22. I no longer made or bought cakes, biscuits, chocolate, soft drinks. We rarely had takeaway etc. but by this stage she would just make her own when I was at work (you really can’t have a house without flour, eggs, milk & sugar!) and it would all be gone by the time I got home. She was a sad angry teenager and I had no idea what to do.

She walked out on school as she was being bullied due to her weight which just made the destructive circle worse – nothing I said was right. After some pushing she decided to attend Tafe and did extremely well in her Business Administration studies. A few months before she finished she was complaining of a pain in her abdomen so I took her to the doctor; diagnosis: not sure, treatment: Mylanta.  The pain increased so back to the doctor we went, same clinic different doctor; diagnosis: could be helicobacter (the bug that causes ulcers) due to stress, Treatment: pain drugs to control then a breath test for the bug. The pain increased, the drugs didn’t work any more so back we go again (never got to do the breath test) to the same clinic but a different doctor; Diagnosis: not sure BUT let’s have blood tests, take X-rays and have an ultrasound + different pain drugs. Firstly to the pathologist for blood tests then off we go to the radiologist to discover my 16year old has GALL STONES. Back to the doctor then off to the surgeon to have her gall bladder removed. By this time she had lost 8kg mainly due to the fact if she ate anything containing fats she was automatically in excruciating pain.  Even through all this she managed to only miss a few days of Tafe and passed with flying colours. After applying for what felt like hundreds of jobs and going for an equal amount of interviews she gave up. She had no self confidence or self esteem. So back to Tafe she goes to do the next course in Business Admin, again passing with flying colours and at the same time making some new friends.

Somewhere in her mind she knew she needed to lose more weight and slowly but surely it started to go through healthy food and exercise. She continued Tafe last year to complete her school studies that she walked out on then started work at MacDonald’s part time then increased her hours when she finished Tafe as well as getting her driver’s licence and boyfriend. Today she is still working for Maccas part time (cause they didn’t want to lose her) as well as full time in an accountants office. She is now wearing a size 14, eats really well, exercises and is happily saving money for her future.

Go Girl, you rock!