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• Writing - I'm a freelance writer whose columns have appeared in local newspapers
• Activism - I remain active for social change in all aspects of my life.
• Charity - Life's been good to me; time to give back where I can.
• Public Advocacy - I've worked with non-profit organizations for most of the last 20 years
• Religion & Spirituality - An examined life is a full life; a spiritual life is a blessed one.

Cheryl Denomy's Journey

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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I've always been taller than everybody. In the first grade, I was taller than the teacher. From the age of 12 on, I fought the battle of the bulge. I was anorectic in 1980 (age 23) -- I dropped 50 pounds in less than 6 weeks, ate less than 150 calories a day, existed basically on gallons of black coffee and three packs of cigarettes a day, and spent the next two years in therapy getting over it -- and by 1990 had GAINED 150 pounds. I lost 100, promptly got pregnant with my second son, and over the next decade gained back about 180. Lost some, gained it back, lost some, gained more back. It went on and on. In those years, I tried every diet -- low carb, high carb, low protein, high protein, Weight Watchers, Overeaters Anonymous, fasting (a popular...