Celebrating Daisy's Journey Before & After RNY! I can’t recall a time in my life when I didn’t struggle with my self-image, confidence and weight. I was that girl that went home and cried herself to sleep wondering why I didn’t fit the “perfect mold” as I perceived other girls
Steve and Suzy are sharing their Before & After RNY journeys losing a combined 233 pounds! Celebrating Steve’s Journey Before & After RNY! I started having trouble with my weight as a child, I was always a little heavy. I struggled but kept my weight under control until I was in my
Celebrating Dpannell's Before & After VSG Journey I've been slightly overweight for years but my journey began three years ago. On January 15, 2013, I fell in the shower and ruptured discs in my back. Due to my injured back, I was unable to work and became depressed which caused
Celebrating GoBlueGirl1998's Before & After VSG Journey! I grew up as a larger child, but I was always athletic. I played basketball, ran track and was on the soccer team in high school. Even though I was larger I was still somewhat fit. After my senior year of high school,
Celebrating SunnyGirlMS’ Before & After VSG Journey! Like most of us, I had always been a "full bodied" person. I was always labeled as one of those ever so famous "beautiful faced" people. In my mid-twenties, I finally decided to start informing people that I didn’t view that as a
Celebrating Kim's Journey Before & After DS (Duodenal Switch) My weight has always been an issue. I remember as a child, though not obese, never being as thin as most of the other kids. I was always self-conscious about my body. My real struggle with obesity came after the birth
Celebrating ICG63's Before & After RNY, Revision and Plastic Surgery Journeys I've struggled with weight my whole life. I love food, tend toward depression and retreating, so a lot of "eating my feelings" over the years. Sought talk therapy, joined gyms, exercised sporadically, then would inevitably get bored with a
I had my VSG in June of 2011. Between weight loss prior to surgery and post-op, I enjoyed great success, losing 232 pounds. I was on top of the world, and to be quite honest, I thought I was invincible and would never gain weight back. After all, I had
Celebrating Dustin's Before & After VSG Journey! I grew up in a house that rewarded accomplishments with food and I was taught to finish my plate. This tradition started me on a bad path with food and my eating habits that only got worse when I had to start dealing
Like so many others who have had WLS, I’ve been overweight for most of my life. I was pretty normal until I reached the 5th grade. We moved to a new town and a new school, and I became very sedentary. My free time was watching tv and playing video games.
