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Hello everyone! I know that this is going to be a long journey for myself and I am looking forward to all the possible friendships and support along the way.
My Story I have been overweight as long as I can remember. I think I was about 8 when a neighbor of ours came over and I remember that she had on this outfit that I really liked and she said that I wouldn't be able to wear something like it unless I lost weight. Since then I have known I had a wieght problem, and for some reason people seem to think that they needed to point it out at every oppertinuity. I never understood that. I was in high school when I first thought about getting WLS, but like most I was scared to have a serious surgery. I went on thinking that was always going to be the fat one (both my sisters are like toothpicks, they got the good family genes). For the most part I will say I was ok with it but really I always wished that suddenly I'd wake up and lose the wieght, but it never happened. Every now and then I would get a bug in my butt and decide that I was going to do this diet or that diet but the second I stopped the diet, it was like a waterfall, and all the wieght plus more was back on for the ride. I did all the crazy diets and the diet pills, but nothing was fixing my problem I had created with food. I think that my main problem is that I never feel full, and when I would get to the full point it would be to late and I would have "stuffed" myself to the point that I felt sick. But of course there was also the binge eating. I am very good at eating through my emotions. I gave comfort food a whole new meaning. In October 2007, when it was time to enroll for my benefits at work, I looked into whether or not the insurance would cover any part of the surgery. Luckly as long as I meet the requirments I will be covered. Since that point I have been doing as much research as possible looking into all the different types of surgery available, and which one I tink will benefit me the most. This really is the begining for me and I look foward to keeping up with my progress on here. Since I have read that dieting is a large part before the surgery, I have put myself on the "Slimfast" (haha that's ironic) diet. I started this diet on January 3, 2008 and will hope to continue this up to my surgery date (which has yet to be set).
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