María and Taniha

Mother and daughter transformed together

My name is María Medina, I am Mexican and I am 44 years old. I am the mother of five children and my eldest daughter is Taniha. Between mother and daughter there are always ties that unite them, some cute and others painful, and in this case a bond that united Taniha and I was obesity. My daughter Taniha was always "the chubby one in the family" and working in a restaurant did not help her. She picked on food every five minutes until she came to weigh 164 pounds. I hadn’t noticed, but I was committing the same mistake as Taniha of eating every five minutes. I did this out of loneliness, my husband worked a lot, the boys were in school and my eldest daughter married and left home. I weighed 218 pounds and always wore the same three 2XL pants, so I walked away from the world because I felt ashamed of being overweight. The worst day that we lived as mother and daughter was in a fitting room. I could not fit in a huge size 16 dress that my daughter Taniha tried to buy me. When my daughter saw me crying, she decided that was enough and we started our transformations together. Today, I have dropped 88 pounds and Taniha has dropped 34 pounds. Now, we enjoy so many things we have in common, our lifestyle, our smiles, the same extra small size, and the same weight. Now together we say, Yes You Can!.