Kim L.
Well, here is my story...I wasn't always overweight. I was a very active tomboy, who played the seasonal sport with the boys in the neighborhood, and played softball, basketball, volleyball and ran everyday from one end of my little town to the other for fun. By my senior year of high school, I had kicked the sports to the curb and discovered boys. By the time I was a senior in high school was the cheerleader captain and a size 14. My friends were all smaller than me and could have eaten a few horses at every meal, if you know what I mean. By the late 80's, I got up to about 186# and decided to try to do something before it got too out of hand. I lost 45# on Nutri-Systems and of course, about a year after I lost it, I gained it back and then some. I have steadily done that over the years and put on even more weight after having my two daughters. I have tried a lot of different methods to "lose" weight, but of course, it would always find me again and bring some extra baggage with it. My last active try to "lose" weight was in February of this year, working myself to death practically in the gym for two months, two to three times a week, sometimes for 2 hours at a time, losing a total of 20#. I would come home so exhausted from just riding the recumbant bike for 40 minutes that I would take a shower and pass out in bed. I have had several friends who have had the various types of bariatric surgery and to be honest, I really thought that I could do it on my own. At this point, I am 250# and I have various health problems, including sleep apnea, high cholesterol, insulin resistance and heart disease and diabetes run in my family. I gain weight in my mid-section, which I am being told is pretty much a heart attack waiting to happen so basically, this is my last resort. I have decided that either I live half of a life for the time that I have left or take a chance on having an active full life for hopefully a lot longer. At this point, I don't have any more options, I must do this to stay here with my girls and my husband. I have so much more to do in my life and frankly, I cannot do it with all of this weight.
