I grew up the second of five kids... As a child, I was not overweight but as I got older and less active the pounds kept coming.  I tried diet after diet with some success but the weight would always come back.  My highest weight has been 254 lbs. although it is 247 now.  I'm 5'3" and used to being thick but the past four years have been emotionally trying and I gained over 50 pounds.  
I will be 40 years old this year and am feeling like it's time to take control of my life.  I work as a mental health therapist, I help people learn how to deal with stress, depression and other issues yet I have never really effectively dealt with my own.Taking control of my weight is the first step of many... I have a family history of diabetes, heart disease and stroke... I kept telling myself that I was not getting any of those things, yet kept gaining weight.  It's been a struggle... at my last physical my doctor told me that my glucose was 100 which is almost borderline diabetes... that scared me.  So..... I decided to get serious and went to a WLS support meeting/seminar to find out about the lap-band procedure.
I am looking forward to the rest of my life.... looking forward to healing and being the person God intends me to be.
God bless,
Loretta

About Me
Oakland, CA
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36.3
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Surgery
03/17/2008
Surgery Date
Jul 10, 2007
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