Lesile Barrett
I am an Army wife, Army Mother-In-Law, and Army mom, mother to 4 children and 2 grandchildren. I have battled my weight since I was in the 5th grade when I stopped growing up and started growing out. It has been a constant battle, but one that I kept pretty much in control of with Weight Watchers until 1 1/2 yrs ago. I gained back over half of the weight I had lost in 5 short weeks. They do not know why, and I have not been able to get it off. I myself did not get approved for my surgery based on my weight alone, though I do workout and carry it well and have no comorbidities myself, I do have the BMI, and a family history bad enough to get approved quickly for my surgery. Just in the past 11 months, both of my brothers have had heart attacks, one at 43 and the other who is my twin at age 42, I am the only other sibling. That does not count my parents who both had heart attacks and quadruple bypasses, or the diabetes of both parents and one brother, and let's not even get started on the first cousins, grandparents, ect. So I hope and pray that this tool I am about to receive will be enough to keep me from going down the same road as the rest of my family has with their health.