K8cox
I am a 49 year old woman who has been overweight all my life. When I was a child I was alway heavier than the other kids but I did not let that stop me from playing the neighborhood games. When I was a senior in High School I weighed 212 pounds and by the time I got pregnant with my son I was weighed 262 pounds and was 309 when I gave birth. I was a single mother for 4 years before I met my husband. And after we got together I guess since he never seemed to mind the weight just creaped on. I never weighed myself for several years then at work they started A Healthier You program. They would weigh you and do a blood pressure check, cholesterol test and try to encourage you to get healthy so the first time I was 394 pounds. Well after the first year it worked I lost weight and on the during the next health fair I was down to 329 pds. Well things happened in my life that were not good financially and emotionally and my weight ballooned up to 427 pounds. Then my dad had a heart attack and was diagnosis with CHF which he already had diabetes so I went to the doctor and got the Phenteremine and he told me I could use the Alli. So I joined weight watchers and used the drugs to help me on my diet I lost weight and was down to 349 pounds, then it happened the thing that always happens to me I get to a plataeu and I cannot lose any more. The Phenteremine stopped working the Alli being over the counter stopped working ( it never worked like Xenical did) and I stopped attending weight watchers because with the price of gas at 4 dollars a gallon and having to drive 90 miles a day it was eating up our money. Well needless to say I have now gained back almost 50 pounds and I am currently at 395 so the surgeon told me I would need to lose 25 pounds or more before he would do the surgery. I am working hard to get the weight off before the insurance approval comes in so I can get a surgery date as soon as the approval comes. I hope I can get it off quickly and be ready to have the surgery before winter hits. Someday I will be slimmer and healthier.
