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Hi my name is Christie and I am 5'6 3/4 tall I have been overweight since I can remember. I recall the nurse giving my mom a letter in elementary school stating that I am in the 90th percentile of weight for my age. I never really struggled with weight loss because I really didn't diet. I was a pretty confident girl and most of the women in my family had weight issues. I can remember being 12 years old and being a size 12. Same for the ages of 14, 16, 18, and by the time I was 20 I was a size 24. Didn't worry about weight in college actually had a blast! I started to worry about my weight when I graduated and lost a lot of support from my family and friends. I did the usual diets such as WW and the crazy soup diet as well as the grapefruit diet 
. I started to think about WLS after my wedding when my Highest weight was 289. Once diagnosed with pre-diabetes and high blood pressure, I got away from the number REAL quick with diet! But my issue was substaining the weight loss. I can keep losing the same 50 lbs over and over or I can do something, and with diabetes, high blood pressure and sleep apnea around the corner, This was go time! So here I am weighting (pun intended) to make the most important change in my life (besides marrying my hubs)!
