A Before and After Celebration: Featuring Jody Rielly OH Username: Butterfly56 Weight loss: 185 lbs. in total, 160 lbs. of that after surgery on October 17, 2011 Beginning and current stats: 320 lbs. size 30, currently 135 lbs. and size 4/6. Height: 5'5" Surgeon: Dr. Sheila Partridge, Newton Wellesley Hospital,
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Goodbye Comorbidities, Hello Life! -Article courtesy of OH Magazine Joyce and Daniel Tucker live in the Pacific Northwest and neither are strangers to obesity. Both say they have been obese since childhood, and both admit they have yo-yo dieted for years. Early in 2011, Joyce, a homemaker who suffers from
Update: Obese Death Row Inmate Granted Clemency We posted previously about the plight of death row inmate Ronald Post. He and his lawyers were arguing that he should not be executed due to his obesity. He weighs 480 pounds and his plight to have weight loss surgery was denied.. You
Ratliff is Now Loving Life! by Lynn Wiesen, Communications Coordinator at United Regional Health Care System OH Magazine “Since I was 13 years old, I have either been trying a new diet or visiting a diet doctor,” says 29-year-old Brittany Ratliff. “And other than my nine months of pregnancy, there
A Pictorial: Things Fat Girls don't Do! by OH Member Kirmy A fat girl doesn't...feel good in their own skin. The entire world of print media, fashion and TV tells us exactly not to do that. I sadly listened. I was a ball of self loathing and food was my
Loss-A Story of Bariatric Surgery & Divorce by Jasmine Myers OH Username: princess j I was the perfect candidate for bariatric surgery. I was going to shed 200 pounds, become a Victoria’s Secret model, and live happily ever after with my wonderful husband David.* I successfully lost 200 pounds, but
Be Free by Jessica M. Williams I felt dead in my body, emotionless in my mind. Like I had nothing worth leaving behind. My body was a prison, my life was a joke. I lived by the promise of death, told myself “tomorrow, tomorrow I’ll take my last breath.” Afraid
Life Without BootsHow the Surgical Weight Loss Centre Helped Me Kick the Fat Out of My Life!by Sandra MacDonald "Hey, Lard-ass!” “We don’t want you on our team.” “You are too fat to run.” “Don’t sit by me; you take up too much room.” “You can’t be a cheerleader; we
