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Introduction Text Hi, my real name is Sabine. My mom always called me "Bienke" and I missed that. I joined Sparkpeople shortly before the 2nd anniversary of her death and I was sad. Losing weight has been a life long struggle for me. Most of my family was and still is big. As a child I was not allowed to leave the table unless my plate was clean. Little did my parents know that this would lead to a struggle with weight for the rest of my life. My parents showed their love with food because they did not know any better. I had my knees replaced in 2008 and 2009 but now arthritis and RA have moved to my feet which makes walking hard. I can do only short stretches and have to concentrate on other forms of exercise. I had 3 foot operations the end of August 2016 until June 2017 and couldn't put weight on them for most of the time. It is deep water aerobics for me at this point of my life. I'm still having difficulties walking or exercises that require stretching/bending my feet/toes.

Ever since I joined SP I have lost over 50 pounds, not counting the ups and downs. I will not give up and reach my goal of 150 lbs eventually.

I take pictures of the food I eat on my phone when I can't track it right away. I don't have a set exercise program because arthritis will not always let me do what I want to do. I like going on walks, water aerobics and yoga.

I retired in March 2017 and have to deal with this new change in my life.



Add a Link This has been a long struggle, where I did real well the first couple of years and then slowly ended up gaining most of the weight back. ***************************** SW 253 BMI 43.5 (May 2006) CW 204.8 BMI 35.1 (Dec 2006) - CW 194.8 BMI 33.4 (Jun 2007) - CW 188.0 BMI 32.3 (Jan 2008) - CW 202.0 (August 2009) - CW 245.2 BMI 42.1 (Oct 2011) - CW 194 (Oct 2017)
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