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Welcome to "my story". I am a mother of two lovely girls, 18 and 14 years of age and have been married for 32 years. Everyone is skinny in the house except me which isn't too much of a shocker as I have been heavy most of my life and have always been the largest in the house.
Now my journey begins. I've trekked off many times to loose the pounds without success. It seems I've spent a life time dieting. It has taken me about 5 years of research and info classes to finally make the decision to have a gastric bypass. Though a little nervous I feel confident that this will be a good choice for me.
I want to live again. There are so many things in life that I can't enjoy and so many things I have missed out doing with my kids and husband. Something as simple as going to the movies (can't fit in the seats) or swimming or just going for a walk. My teenagers don't even have a mom to go shopping with.
In the last 5 years I haven't been able to work because of my weight. I walk now with a cane and standing more than 5 minutes for me is too painful. The upside of this is that I am determined to make this work and really started my new journey in December with dieting and in January started to lift weights or exercise when sitting. I started at 407 lbs and in March was down to 375. That was the last time I was weighed as I don't have a scale at home that can weigh me. My surgery date now is set for June 12, 2008.
My identity all my life as been being fat. I'm truly looking forward to just being healthy happy me.
