indygal619
My story....the same as 50% of the ladies on here...I was a lil chubby as a kid...my mother cooked 3 meals a day..all covered in gravy...always made us clean our plate. Most of my family members are slight to morbidly obese. No string beans. Through college and younger years I was around the 180's and ok with that size. I gained a little weight with my first daughter...but gained about 50 pounds in the year that I stayed home with her. During the next few years I gained a few pounds. With the birth of my second daughter I was on bedrest for 3 mos and gained about 50 pounds and had a 3 pound baby!!! When she was 1 yrs old I had my third daughter. I maintained and hovered at 270 for many years. I went on WW and LA Weight Loss....I lost a few and gained more. In late 2007 I had some "female issues" and was on hormones and several pills. I gained about 30 pounds in 4 mos. For the first time in my life the scale said..."300 pounds"...I couldn't believe it!!! How could I have let myself go from 180 to 300??????? What in the hello is wrong with me??? Then my ob/gyn told me that she couldn't operate on my "female issues" until I got my high blood pressure and diabetes under control. WHAT high blood pressure and diabetes?? I didn't know that I had it!!!!! That is when I realized that I had to have some type of intervention. I went to a WLS seminar and decided to pursue the surgery.
