lopezmel
Hello
my name is Mely, I just turned 37 this month. I have a wonderful husband Edgar of over 18 yrs and two children. My daughter Elyza is 17 and my son Junnie is 15. They are truly a blessing in my life! They are the reason that I want to get healthier, so that I may keep up with them. We are a very tight family and love to do family outing, vacation and just hang out. I want to be able to do more and not have my weight hold me back or stop me from doing things because I'm embarrassed or don't want others to see me.
My story...I have been over weight since I was five years old. Food to me was my comforter, it was the way I celebrated everything from happiness to sad situations, even boredom but enough is enough, no more. I want my life back!! When I was 29 I did the Atkins diet with a friend and lost 109 pounds. I felt and looked great!! Once my body got used to it, I started to regain, I then started eating regular food and slowly but surely gained 1/2 of it back. Since then I've tried Weight watchers and only lost a few pounds and then regained that and more. Then about 2-3 years ago, I started with really bad lower back pain, to the point were I couldn't even get out of bed, I even had shooting pain down my leg...come to find out I have three herniated disks and Disk Degenerative Disease in my lumbar area. (What am I, 70 years old) Very painful!! I now have numbness going down my leg and into the front of my foot due to one of the herniated disks pushing on the nerve that goes into my leg. The weight then creeped up some more since I wasn't able to move so much. I was finally cleared to walk but I then become very sore the next day because of the weight. I talked to my family Dr and this is the reason I decided to look into have the VGS.
Being a Christian, I pray the Lord to help me through this and if it is his will, I will have surgery and get healthier!! Thank you Jesus!!
