
Erin C.
My name is Erin and I am 34 years old. I have been married for almost 15 years to a wonderful and handsome man. We have three beautiful children. Those are the basics and that is generally how I would describe myself and my life. These are the positive things. My story is really a whole lot more than that...
Like most people on here I am sure, my story starts back when I was a child. I was overweight and under exercised as a youngster. My Dad was overweight as was my older sister. It seemed I was destined to a life of obesity...there was nothing I could do about it so I gave in.
Years of being teased by classmates and watching the skinny ones be happy left me depressed and hating myself. Poor self-esteem allowed me to welcome bad relationships with teh "wrong" guy. One bad thing led to another and at 19 years old I was raped. I went into a downward spiral after that.
I met my husband who loved me so unconditionally it scared me. Noone had ever cared for me so much....
....Okay lets make a really long story short here....
After lots of therapy and some serious soul searching I have decided that what I need is a serious life change. Everything I am feeling or have felt over the years has focused so much on my weight, my appearance. It is time I gained some courage and faced this monster head on. I know I will need some help since I have tried so many diets over the years with out success. I have decided that WLS is the way for me. Furthermore I am opting for the DS. I am so excited, for the first time in a super long time I feel like there is something to look forward to.