Kymmer07
Ok, so here is my story......
I am a 35 year old mother of two and married for almost 15 years (in May we will hit that milestone, and yes if you are doing the math, I had just turned 20 when I got married). I have been with my husband since I was 17 so that would be more than half of my life I have been with him.....Long time.....
I have been over 300 pounds since 1995. Although I was always one of the "bigger" kids, I have never been "overweight" until I graduated from High School in 1990. I was extremely active as a kid b/c we had horses, goats, a cow, lots of dogs and cats and a ton of other critters to keep us busy and active. Then I was on the High School dance team (think Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders... That's what I did) for 3 years. Just before my senior year was when I met my husband. It was awesome b/c he was 21 and I was 17 (and a little illegal.....). He had a Trans Am, a motorcycle and a real job (am Im not talking a fast food job. He's an engineer..... so long to my High School boyfriend of 2 years.....
Anyway... We started to lead a very sedimentary life style. Of course, life happened and we got married, bought a house and then 4 years later came baby #1 and 17 months later came baby #2.
My mom had always been on me about my weight since I was a little kid. Again, although I wasn't "FAT", I was bigger then my sisters and brothers. Everything I ate stuck on me. My sisters could eat like cows and not gain an ounce. I smelled a piece of pizza and gained a pound for every sweet wif I got. I was about 20-30 pounds heavier than my closest sibling in weight and today I out weigh my heaviest sibling by 180 lbs. That's double her weight. HUGE!!! And so started my weight struggles.
One of my biggest down falls was that I hooked up with the wrong kind of friends. Their idea of having a good time ALWAYS centered around FOOD. Going out to dinner, having people over for parties, not denying ones self of snacks, sweets and treats and eating until you were ready to bust b/c we all deserved it. Wrong way of thinging.
So then back in 2001 a friend of mine had the open RNY by Sonpal. She lost weight really quickly and looked really healthy so I said, this is the right thing for me. Well.... not so fast. My husband was EXTREMELY OPPOSED to the surgery.
