After having two kids, my thighs used to shake when I walked! My name is Anna, I am married and have two young children, Jayne and Matthew. Two pregnancies and several years of marriage had taken a toll on my appearance. I had a bulging stomach, love handles and thunder thighs; I clearly was fatter than the other mums at school. My kids were young, but they knew it their mum was very, very overweight. My husband and kids used to joke that I was “flabulous”. I tried to be good natured about it, and enjoy the joke with my children, but deep down I was hurt. I got so depressed about this...
I would avoid mirrors and socialising with the other mums. I wondered if my husband still found me attractive, but I couldn't bear to ask him. My husband, Mitchell, is a true gentleman who married a beautiful 55 kilo hottie that wound up with 3 chins. And he said nothing. Sometimes I felt he wanted to have a word with me about it, but he's too polite. Nevertheless, I'm sure he was feeling rather disappointed in me and the way I had let myself go. Two pregnancies was my excuse, but that was years in the past. Something had to be done about my weight, and fast. This was no way to live.