My name is Annie (Tibbetts) Granados. I am a teacher at Laguna Hills High School in Laguna Hills, California. I teach CP Physics, Conceptual Chemistry, and I am the Pep Squad Advisor.
My husband's name is Eric Granados. He is currently an assistant manager for Yum Corporation and is currently taking classes to get a bachelors degree in Human Services.
Eric and I met about 3 years ago at an Overeater's Anonymous meeting. Now, you might be thinking....isn't it called Overeater's ANONYMOUS?? Isn't she supposed to be anonymous? Actually, the anonymous part just means that it is my right to remain anonymous if I choose to. But, both Eric and I know that we can help so many more people if we share our stories, so that is what we do. Our friends and family know that they have permission to share our stories as well, with anyone.
So Eric and I have a major issue in common. We are both compulsive overeaters. We were also both lucky enough to have found this amazing 12-step program that has literally saved both of our lives.
Eric has been morbidly obese for the majority of his life. He was in and out of eating disorder clinics and OA meetings since he was 11. I have struggled with weight since elementary school and was introduced to Overeaters Anonymous by a friend in 2008. Eric came into one of my local meetings in July of 2008 to take his chip. In OA, we take "chips" or tokens to celebrate sustained periods of abstinence. Abstinence is what we in OA call "sobriety". Except for we are not sober from drugs and alcohol, per se, instead, we are abstinent from our alcoholic foods. I'll explain a bit more about abstinence (as I understand it), later.
I was immediately attracted to Eric with his cool rockabilly style and exuberant personality. In fact, I was interested before he even opened his mouth! But unfortunately, when he did open his mouth at the meeting, it was to share his experience, strength, and hope, and to introduce his girlfriend and mother to the meeting....Needless to say, I gave up hope of any chance to date him as soon as I heard that he had a girlfriend.
Low and behold, about 7 months later, Eric showed up again at a meeting, and this time, he shared that he had broken up with his girlfriend. Inside my head, I gave a little cheer. A couple more months went by, I saw Eric a couple times but we really didn't talk to each other much. Finally, in April of 2009, he introduced himself (formally) and struck up a conversation with me. I had an inkling that he might be interested, but I swore that, if it was God's will for us to be together, it would happen on it's own. So I let it be. On May 13, 2009, Eric called me and left me a message. I had this feeling that he was calling to ask me out, so, full of confidence, I called him back. Indeed, his intention was to ask me out, and ask me out, he did! He was extremely nervous and even confirmed at the end of the conversation, "it's a date, right?" I confirmed this for him and we hung up the phones. Our first date was on May 17, 2009. It was a Sunday night, we had made a date to have coffee at the local Mimi's Cafe after the Sunday night meeting. It was a great night, Eric and I consumed enough tea and water to float away with (and neither of us really like tea or coffee!). There was a small earthquake in the middle of the date and we were asked to leave because the restaurant was closing. It was the beginning of beautiful life together...
Eric proposed on September 25, 2010 at his 40th birthday party - in front of many of our friends and family! My parents got the proposal on video - I'll try to post it somewhere on this site.
We got married on July 3, 2011 in Laguna Hills. It was a beautiful wedding - even better than we could ever had imagined! I've posted a small excerpt of the 4000+ photos that our wedding photographer took!
So now, 4.5 months later, we are getting settled into married life. We are both working way too many hours a week, most of which don't overlap with each other. :( But we are making it work, and this is our story...
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