chalae1
I am a 33 year old African-American woman of Creole descent, so that almost sums up how I became obese. I never turned down any Creole (or any other ethnic food). My grandmother and the women of my family are excellent cooks. My weight became a problem for me in my formidable teen-age years. I did everything that I could to lose weight. I tried all the diets you could think of well into my adult life. I had little to no success. The weight would slowly creep back on and it was doubly hard to lose it the second time around. I researched surgery for 6 years before I deceided to have it. I did a lot of praying and asked a lot of questions. It took me almost a year to finally get approved for the surgery because of insurance and finding the right doctor. I had several obstacles come into my way but God saw fit to remove them. Almost every time I wanted to have the surgery done, I ended up pregnant. Now that I am done having kids I needed to have this done for my and my kids sake. It has been the best thing that has happened to me and I'm just wondering what I will look like 6mos-1year from now. I'll have to keep everyone posted.
