DougsGirl
My Story? HMMMM...let's see. It all started after my oldest son was born. I lost all my pregnancy weight in six weeks. Then I gained all back in a year. So, the cycle started. Depressed because I'm fat, thus compounding the problem by emotional eating...yeay! The only thing that I didn't know at the time was that I had postpartum depression, which soon became clynical depression since it went untreated. Now several years later and 120+lbs. heavier my depression was being treated, but I still couldn't lose the weight.
I heard of the surgery and had an attitude that "I wont have that surgery unless the Dr. says I'm going to die!" Silly girl! Well, I finally realized that if I hadn't lost that weight in the last 13 years, I probably wasn't going to. After my forth son, that's right I said forth son, was born I really started to research it. I made a decision that I wasn't going to weight until I was on my death bed to do something about it. I had four very active boys and an active husband that I just couldn't keep up with anymore. I wanted to change that. I wanted my kids to be proud to say I am their mother, not embarassed or ashamed. Kids can be VERY cruel.
That said, I did it! I have lost 121+ lbs. and maintained for two years. It was the very best thing I could have ever done.