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Feb 22, 2018

Hello, 

My name is Sasha and I live in Northern CA. I'm legally separated, soon to be officially divorced. I am a mother of two amazing boys, age 24 and 9. 

I'm on the journey to losing weight some weight prior to getting gastric bypass surgery through Kaiser. As of today, 2/22/18, I have lost 14 pounds. I need to lose 20 more before surgery will be scheduled. 

This is my 3rd attempt down this road. My biggest influence this time is that I have developed osteroaritis and fibromyalgia. With these issues I have become very limited to physically take my 9 year old on any real adventures now that I'm a single parent. I'm determined to do everything I humanly can to get back to the joy of doing activities with my little boy while he is STILL a little boy. 

I have a few people in my life that just don't understand why I'm choosing such a risky procedure instead of continuing to lose weight on my own without surgery. They don't understand how food is my addiction. I feel I need to be physically forced to not over eat. That and as mentioned above, my little boy is already 9. Not too much longer before he's a teenager. I want to enjoy as much of his childhood as I can OUTSIDE of the house.

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