Hi. My name is Shannon Dixon and I am a divorced mother of 2 beautiful children. I have always been overweight. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in the 5th grade and its been an uphill battle since then. I have struggled to get my body in to the shape that I know it can be. I don't remember when I've been less that 300 pounds. Since my high school days and maybe not even then.
When I was 19-20, I had to have my thyroid taken out because it would cover my body in these ichy red hives. It took years in order to find out what was causing the hives. When I was 27, I fell in love or should I say lust with my 1st husband and within the year we were married. I'm pretty sure I only married him because I didn't think anyone else would take me given the size that I'm at. In December of 2013, we found out I was pregnant with our first child. We thought that it was a blessing. I gave birth to a baby boy on July 24, 2014. He was a little more than a month early due to blood pressure issues happening with me. It was a long 4 days in labor. He came out mostly healthy but he had to stay in the hospital for a week to deal with his bilirubin.
My marriage with my 1st husband had its ups and downs. I wore rose colored glasses. I thought that if I just kept trying that it would eventually get better. You have to work through your problems and everything will get better is what I was taught. When our marriage almost hit year 4, he decided that he didn't want this life anymore and walked out on us (my son and me). We started divorce proceeding and I was later divorced that following April.
Little did I know, my ex-husband gave me another blessing. I kept on feeling sick and thinking I would get little bug of sickness here and there. I found out on March 1, 2017, I was pregnant again with a baby girl. I had her March 2,2017. She is a healthly, happy baby girl despite having no prenatal care and not knowing i was even pregnant.
I want to be healthy for my family and myself but most of all I want to be happy. I feel like I will never be happy at the weight I'm at and I am finally doing something about it.