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My name is Debbie, am 54 yrs. young and I am 5' 1" short. My current weight is 231 lbs. with a BMI of 43. I have had a weight problem starting at puberty. I went on my first real diet at age 12 and lost 30lbs. That was the start of gaining and loosing weight and many many fad diets and bad body image. At age 15 my doctor put me on diet pills to loose a mere 5lbs. Over the past 37 years, I have yoyo dieted and totally meshed up my metabolism.
I currently suffer from Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, depression, joint degeneration, arthritis, and GERDS.
I started looking into weight loss surgery back in 2002 but my insurance at that time had a clause excluding weight loss surgery. I was denied twice and finally decided that this was not my time to have surgery and put it in God's hands.