BeckyM
When I started this journey I was 32 years old, married with two children and had NOT been overweight my whole life. I am 5'9 and before I got married I was 145 pounds and a size 6/8. I was very active and even earned "female athlete of the year" my senior year in high school. I played volleyball, basketball and softball. I think I wrecked my metabolism when I was young. I was trying to lose weight after I got out of high school when I gained the "freshman 15" and I got to partying way to much at night and during the day I would eat just a baked potato and an apple. That was it. Then I got pregnant and I knew that we (baby and me) could not live on this and the weight just piled on. I gained 68 pounds with my first son. Just 30 with my second but I never lost it. In fact I gained even more and now I am up to a whopping 270! OUCH! I suffer from horrible heal pain and I am never rested and am so tired and no energy. I have been looking into RNY for a couple of years now and I am ready to make the commitment for a better quality of life. I am very nervous about complications and I have read all of the Memorials on this site but I am still going to go ahead and do it. I am just scared to death something will go wrong and my 8 yr old and 1 yr old will be without a mother. I just have to have confidence in Dr. Lenz and think positive I know. It's just hard and very scary.
About Me
Before & After
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