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Me - Jennifer Anne Cullen, born July 21, 1969
Married twice, divorced twice. Currently dating Russ for the last 4.5 years.
Three children from my first marriage. Tyler-19, Kait-18 and Britt-16. Yes I'm crazy with having 3 teenagers right now.
Highest weight - 302.5, Current(12/31/2006) - 300
I've always been overweight, even as a toddler and child. Junior high and high school brought continous dieting for me, and I thought I was hideously fat. Though I only weighed 150-160. Wow, what I would give to weigh that now.
My weight crepted up with each pregancy, and I weighed 220 after my 3rd. With 3 toddlers and newly divorced I didn't have the time, desire or willpower to diet. I gained slowly 2-3 lbs a year for the next 10 years, and I became complacent with my weight. I was terrified of dating again(my first husband was abusive) and so my weight created a great buffer. I was active at work and my kids lives, and only had GERD as an obesity related health problem.
My 1999 New Years resolution was to start dating. I met my 2nd husband on Jan 2nd. We moved in together on June 15th, 1999 and were married June 10th, 2000. We had separated by the end of 2000 and my weight was now 283, a new high for me. In Jan. 2001, I joined Weight Watchers at work and over the next 9 months I lost 44 lbs. I stopped going to WW, since I knew the program, I could just do it on my own I thought.
I've done WW, and diets from magazines and books many time since then, always resulting in some weight loss followed by gaining more than what I lost.
About 1.5 years ago, a nurse at my doctors office had WLS. It seemed so drastic and were the possible complications worth it? Since then I've thought about it on and off, read about it on and off, then in December I met someone else who had had it done. Talking with her about her firsthand experiences, I decided to look into it in more depth.
And now here I am. I've done my research and have decided that WLS is right for me. The health issues I'm experiencing now have to be dealt with before they get any worse.
