gollygoobernickles
I have always had a little pudge on me. When I was younger (5th-7th grad) I thought I was just so fat and wore big clothes trying to hide it. I now see photos and think, DAMN! I was freaking small, I had bones showing on my knees, I had thin legs....what I would give to be my old self! I started really adding pounds in high school. I blame working for fast food places and getting "free" meals. Is that what really caused it? Who knows...
My parents are both rather large....or were anyway. Mom had the gastric bypass done in my last year of school. She was 300lbs at 5'7 and she lost down to 176. She then got tummy tuck, eye lift and neck stuff done. Dad got surgery about 2 years after her and he started at 480 and lost down to 320....we dont know how much he weighs now. He is gaining..mainly because he is non-compliant. Mom had surgery with Dr. Voravit Wongsa. Dad got it with Erik Wilson.
When I got married I weighed 235lbs. In the 2 and a half years that I have been married I have gained up to 311 at one point and now sit at 296lbs. That is a total of 61lbs more than I weighed on my wedding day :( I think its due to my cooking food for us that is larger portions than recommended and also when I worked on the ambulance we were out and about a lot and therefore caught our food on the run. Not good. So now I also have really high cholesterol and blood pressure.
I am so ready to lose this weight before more serious co-morbidities appear or before any permanent damage is done.
