As I reflect on my journey, I can't help but marvel at the twists and turns that have led me to where I am today. My name is Tara, and at 48 years old, I stand before you transformed, both physically and mentally. My story is not just about weight
Happy 4th of July 2023! Today, as we commemorate our freedom throughout the United States, surrounded by loved ones, engaging in parades, festivals, barbecues, and fireworks, the ObesityHelp Team also joins in celebrating YOU, regardless of where you are on your weight loss journey. Whether you are taking the initial
Why I Decided to Have WLS: Before & After a Revision of Lap-Band to VSG with Maegan Growing up, I was a fit, active child. I grew up riding horses and doing gymnastics competitively. Weight became an issue for me around 10. I stopped being as active and found myself eating very unhealthy
Why I Decided to Have WLS: The Before & After RNY Journey with Deena! Like many people, I had been severely overweight for the majority of my adult life. I had been an athlete throughout school, but starting in college and just after, I began to gain weight. When I
Why I decided to have WLS: Before & After VSG with Steve T. I have been battling obesity most of my life. My only coping mechanism growing up was to eat. Any emotions I felt, my comfort zone was to eat. I was a loner growing up and got picked
Before & After Plastic Surgery with Shanni1269: Why I Decided to Have WLS and Plastic Surgery Shanni1269 shares her inspirational journey in her Before & After Plastic Surgery with Shanni1269! I wasn’t always a chubby kid, I was active and never thought too much about my own weight. I watched
Why I Decided to Have WLS I have been overweight all of my life. I tried to diet, and nothing ever seemed to stick. I tried working with my primary care physician. Even as I worked with my doctor, I wasn't successful because it was never the right time for
Why I Decided to Have WLS In November of 2014, I was close to 300 pounds. I had given up weighing myself, so I'm not sure how high I had gotten. (My all-time high was 345 in 2007 when I left a miserable 27-year marriage.) That November night, my significant other
I’m a 53-year-old male who underwent a sleeve gastrectomy procedure back in January of 2019 with Dr. Jeffrey Baker at Ridgeview Medical Center in the Twin Cities. We all have events in our lives that change us forever, and this is one of those events for me. Why I Decided
Why I Decided to Have WLS As long as I can remember I have struggled with obesity. In high school, I lost 100 pounds by almost starving myself. I was miserable and eventually gained back the weight that I'd lost. When I was 20, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian
