Moj_ Patti
I've been big since I was 8. I'm one of those people who put everyone else ahead of myself. I'm sure a lot of you know the drill. I put my life on hold after college to help out my recently laid-off Mom and younger siblings. The siblings are all away and doing well and I was stuck taking care of Mom. She's 75 now and having health issues.
I've lost significant amounts of weight two or three times in the past.
I maxxed out at 400 in 2000.
Between 2000-2002, I lost 140 lbs on Weight Watchers. I was down to 260 lbs. It was amazing -- people were starting to look me in the eyes and see me as a person and not just a big blob!
I met my wonderful hubby in 2002. Then broke my foot and had surgery on an ovary -- and fell off the wagon in slow motion. Got married in 2004. Had a baby in 2006. I gained 60 pounds when I was pregnant -- I really embraced the whole eating for two thing. Being a high risk preggie was the pits.
I resisted the surgery thing for a long time -- I thought it was some kind of easy way out. I realized in early 2007 that I wasn't the same person I had been when WW worked. I needed more help than the $10 a week and going to the weigh booth/WW confessional was going to get me. Since March 2007, I've been on waiting lists for surgery at three different medical groups because of job/insurance changes.
Zoom to present day. I was 388 the day I saw my bariatric doctor at my medical group in May.
I'm ready to put myself back on my priority list.
