Dreamin192
Hi Everyone! Here is my story. I have been overweight forever. My mom tells me that when I was an infant the doctor told her not to give me anymore formula because I weighed so much. That was the start of it all. I spent my childhood overweight, the aim of the fat jokes. My doctor sent me to Weight Watchers at the age of 12, I believe that is somewhat unheard of today since the minimum age to join is 16 now. Since then I have been on multiple diets, had many WW attempts, I have tried Curves and even hypnosis to no avail. I am 5'11" which I think hides my obesity somewhat well, my friends in high school always used to say: "You're not fat!" Sooo not true. At this point I have a BMI of 48, no longer "hiding my weight," and have many issues associated with that. I am hoping to have RNY as I feel it's my last choice. I have tried everything else. I am still a college student and I will be getting married in about a year. So much is going on for me now it makes my head spin. I feel that I don't want to live this way anymore. I have never been able to participate in active things even though I have wanted to sooo badly. I want to be able to have children and be able to chase them around without getting winded, I don't want them to be embarassed of their mother. I went to California a week ago and for the first time had to ask for a seatbelt extender. I realize that may not be a big deal to some people but for me, who has never had to do that before...I cried. I was mortified. I was beyond embarassed. The flight attendant was really nice about it and tried to make it not so obvious but I felt like the whole plane could hear me ask for it and that everyone was watching. So here I am starting my WLS journey. It's going to take about 6 months. I am a little scared but also really excited because I will finally have my life back. I know results are not immediate but I am looking forward to not shopping in the plus size stores, fitting in an airplane seat comfortably, getting rid of my weight related health problems, and not always being the fat kid.
