Carol G.
I was not fat as a child, I have six sisters and we all were around the same size, only I was taller. Around the age of 11, my uncle tried to molest me. That's when I started to put on the weight. I know that if I was fat and ugly, he wouldn't touch me again, nor would anyone else for that matter. I graduated from highschool at around 180. I meet my husband and married. During the next few years the weight continued to add up. First baby, I weighted 240, next one 260, number three I was around 250, and last one about 260. The weight stayed on and added up when in 2012 I decided that I had had enough. At the time I had reached 315 lbs. After talking to a weight loss doctor, I got too scared and changed my mind. I tried very hard to loss the weight, but yo-yo from 315 to 305 to 310 etc., until I was around 285. I decided to give it another try. A new year and new me, why not!. I had been reading about the new Vertical Sleeve procedure and it sounded safer then the R-n-Y. I was accepted for surgery on Sept 27th, after having to change doctors, and at the time weighed in at 251. I had gotten down to what I call my birthing weight. I should tell you that at one point, back in 1976, I did lose 80 lbs, but that didn't last long. Anyway, I'm on this journey to get to 170, maybe 150, I just don't know, I'm really not worried right now about a goal. My goal is to stay on track and keep losing. Who knows I might just surprise myself (135 lbs) One can dream. I'm a wife, mother of 4 and grand-mother of 10 and I want to be here to watch them grow.