gailcats
Hi there.. well my story is pretty much the same like many others. I've been "chunky" most of my life. When I turned 14 my mom took me to the "diet doctor" who gave me diet pills and I lost weight. Then I went up and down the scale for a while. Went to college and gained around 30 lbs... graduated from college and came back home and went back to the diet doctor. Had lost weight and weighed 168 on my wedding day which was the thinnest I had been. Then slowly gained back weight, got pregnant with my daughter and gained 30 lbs. Tried losing weight on Weight watchers and watching what I ate. Lost about 25 lbs and got pregnant with my son. I weighed around 230 at the time. Caught chicken pox from my 5 year old daughter while pregnant with my son and lost 10 lbs. So I only gained the 10 lbs that I had lost with this pregnancy. Then started to gain weight and once again, joined weight watchers, Ideal weight, did Richard Simmons program, tried Atkins, even went back to the diet doctor. But each time I would lose some weight I would gain it back. Bringing me to this point in my life. At first my husband was considering surgery and I was very much against it thinking "why can't you do this on your own"? So after three years I decided this was the only way to go. My husband at this point is against the surgery but ok with the fact that I'm going to go ahead with it. He told me that if I survive he'll think about it. (mind you he is over 400 lbs.) So I'm starting this new journey as I approach the ripe young age of 50 very nervous but somewhat excited as well. You see, I've kept my "skinny size 12/14 clothes in a box in the attic that I can't wait to bring down and try on. Even if I throw them out it'll feel good to get back into them and buy clothes in a "NORMAL" store which is something I haven't done in ages. Wish me luck on this journey and thanks for being my friend!
