Until the age of 5 my weight was always normal. The first time that I remember being "different" from the rest of the kids in my family was when my mom looked at me one day in anger and disgust and said, "You have a thick neck just like your father's family. You're gonna be big just like the rest of those Gordons." Well needless to say her prediction came true (funny thing is though that at the time that she said it to me she was quite overweight herself), and I have struggled with weight since I was 8 years old.

About a year ago I was finally diagnosed with PCOS, which helped me to answer alot of questions why my WL struggles were so hard. I have always known that since I was raised in a family that had no nutritional smarts whatsoever, that alot of my struggle was due to improper eating habits.  I changed those bad habits in 2004 because I had this omminous feeling that if I didn't do something that I wouldn't live to see my kids grow up. I spent the next 2 years learning everything I could about eating well and exercising, but only lost about 15 pounds, which led me to believe that there had to be something else wrong with me besides just being fat. I told my doctor my suspicion of PCOS and she referred me to an endocrinologist who said that yes I did in fact have PCOS and that with about 50% of people that have it weight loss is quite difficult because the body constantly thinks that it is starving and just about everything that you eat gets stored as fat.

Now I am just waiting to have this surery to get a fresh start on my life. I have been wanting to do this for over 8 years and I finally have insurance that covers it.