lizzie42
well i've always been thin when i was a kid all the way up to my mid-20s but i always had to work at it....i was never one of those people that can just eat what they want and sit on the couch and not gain an ounce...then when i was 26 i got pregnant and like an idiot i was like WOO HOO now i'm eating for 2! 2 right it was more like i ate enough to feed a 3rd world country...lol i gained 90 lbs during my pregnancy! for a while i was exercizing and walking like a fiend and had dropped 60lbs but then a deep depression set in....of course i can't be one of those people that don't eat when their depressed, oh no....i stuffed my face til it was coming out of my eyes! i was diagnosed with severe chronic depression with a touch of bipolar for good measure and after different med combinations i finally got put on the right ones....my weight has been going up and down since my 20s but now being in my 40s i just felt it was time to do something before i became one of those morbidly obese people that end up on tlc or maury...lol i had my gastric bypass operation on may 16, 2007 and i'm not going to lie...it was a rough start....especially mentally because i was really missing stuffing my face but as time goes by the weight comes off i'm getting used to it...i'll tell you though with just 27lbs off of me i feel healthier already! i don't feel so weighed down by food and it's quite liberating actually to not have food have such a control over me anymore...gastric bypass isn't for the faint of heart though....you have to really want it and psyche yourself up for your new way of living...not to mention your time in the hospital is...well let's just say a humbling experience...lol
