I remember weighing 124 # my senior year in High School. I was on a diet. I was 5'7" and dieting at 124. Somewhere along the line when I was in my mid 20's, my weight was about 160. I went to WW and didn't get to my goal. Then when I was 29 I believe I started WW again weighing in at 164. I reached my goal of 143 and wore a size 8. I felt great. 

I kept in the 140-150 range for a while. Around the age of 39-40 I had gained again. I went on Atkins and dropped to 152 or so and was happy.  The next thing I knew about 4 years after the Atkins loss I was seriously dieting again with WW and once again reached my goal of 145. The last time I weighed 145 was probably 4-5 years ago now. 

Since that time, I had dieted most of the time. It seems that if I'm not dieting, I'm gaining weight. Well, I've been gaining weight anyway. I don't seem to be able to stay on my eating plan long enough to reach my goal anymore which is now 45 pounds away. I lose 20, gain 10, lose 5, gain 15 and so on and so on and so on. 

During these past 5 years I have attempted WW (cannot stand to count points anymore), Atkins (don't really like meat all that much), e-diets version of Jenny Craig, Nutri System, New Lifestyle (liquid protein similar to Optifast or Medifast), South Beach (only lasted one day), the Zone, LA Weight Loss, Michael Thurman, (sent this back after viewing it), the weight loss drug Alli, and paid a trainer $2000. I'm probably forgetting something. I lost weight with all these methods. I gained the weight back. I simply cannot stand to diet anymore! Even if I reached my goals again like I have before, what is the likelihood I would keep it off? 

Feeling hopeless about ever having the body I had before was becoming more and more frequent, yet I always thought maybe another diet would help. My sister is more overweight than I am and is planning an RNY. I felt I would like an RNY but thought I had to have a BMI of at least 35. Then I watched "Big Medicine."

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