badamczyk
My story -- it's kind of hard to think about a lifetime packed into a square html box! I really did not have a weight problem as a child. It is in my gene's and on my Mother's side of the family obesity is present. On my Father's side, it is not so I figure I had a 50/50 shot. I began gaining weight after I became pregnant with my first child. I gained a substantial amount of weight, and never lost it. She is now 26 years old and I tease I am still trying to lose the "baby weight." Over the course of ten years I had two more children, for a total of three. Each pregnancy was worse than the prior and I continued to gain.
I don't want to blame it on my pregnancies because life happens -- and I am ultimately the one who did it, right? with that being said, life does happen and there are always ups and downs happiness and tears and I continued on a downward spiral into the black abyss of obesity (that's what it feels like anyway!)
I had the doctor mention weight loss surgery to me and I was appauled. I had a hard time believing that *I* was a candidate. Not that I am above it, but simply I had a hard time accepting the truth of the matter. It took me several years to gather information, decide if it was right for me, etc. It truly is a long process.
Now, I am here, surgery is scheduled and I feel comforted to know it is coming -- yet fearful at the same time.
I can't wait to share the results and this forum is a Godsend.
PB
