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My story is simple really; I'm a 27 single mother of three who just can't continue life at this unhealthy weight! I've been overweight my WHOLE life, no kidding. At birth, I had congestive heart failure and was put into ICU, where I was the biggest baby in the unit! I can remember eating whole subs and big macks at a very young age and my plates were always huge!. My father worked for Borden's Ice cream company, so as you can imagine we had every kind of ice cream on hand at any given time, and whenever we wanted it, we got it!. I grew up in a family of great cooks and everything was an event; baby showers, birthdays, Thanksgiving, even simple cookouts brought the most delicious food by the dish! Even though I was always overweight, my mother made sure I was always the best dressed, most polite, coolest child anyone wanted to be around. I had plenty of friends, boyfriends, quite the social life in high school and could pretty much keep up with everyone.
I had my first child at 22, weighing about 365 pounds! After he was born, I started working out regularly, eating better, and watching my portions. I actually lost 30 pounds! Then guess what happened? I got pregnant again! As you can imagine, I gained back most of what I lost with my second son. During these years, I thought long and hard about having bariatric surgery; I figured it was the only thing that could help me. When I found out I was pregnant for the third time, and I already had two rambuncous boys, I almost cried! I knew I could not continue on the size that I was. I saw a commercial for Mt. Carmel's bariatric program and picked up the phone. I haven't looked back since!
