My Losing Battle with Weight

By Kristyne McDaniel

From what I've been able to determine from a sampling of people that I know, it seems that at a certain point in life, it becomes very difficult to maintain a healthy weight while living in a land of plenty such as America.

When I was a child, I was thin and healthy and active all day long. My slender build continued all the way through high school, and I graduated from high school weighing 125 lbs on my 5'10" frame. That was a very agreeable weight for my height -- although I realize it is still quite thin.

As time went by, and I had a child and took up a much more sendentary lifestyle, first as a mechanical engineer and then as a software engineer, things changed. Sitting still at a computer keyboard, and commuting long distances in a car to my job, created a spreading effect on my backside that I am battling to undo.

There are many things to look at when making the changes that are needed to promote a healthy lifestyle. For myself, I've been taking a look at what my habits are, and how they are contributing to my inability to lose weight.

This site is about the "Losing Battle" that everyone faces when making that transition from an unhealthy life to a healthy life.