MacArthurBug
Hi! I'm Amber. On my 30th birthday I weighed my highest weight in my life 335 (and probably more.) I was depressed, I struggled to keep up with my new baby, my older daughter, my active husband and my life. I was feeling ugly and out of the loop. I always dressed as well as I could, hoping people'd see the pretty girl inside. One day at a shoe store I saw a girl trying on a series of sucessivly smaller shoes. She was kinda chubby, but pretty, and she was grinning like crazy as she put on a size 7 shoe and it fit. I must have been staring, and moping over my ugly size ten slide on shoe selection 'cause she sat next to me and told me her story. I'd heard of gastric bypass before. I just didn't think of it in terms of myself. But after talking to this girl it clicked. I did massive resurch. I found THIS amazing site. I went and talked to my surgen. IT took three visits and a pile of papers to convince him I needed this surgery. He told me he'd never met a successful RNY patient. It's too bad he dosn't work at the clinic anymore, or he'd have known he was meeting one then! I'm Finally at my inital goal weight. I was 150(ish) during my high school years. I felt attractive at that weight, so that's been my goal since this surgery. Initally It was really to get below 300, then to get below 200. Everything beyond that seemed unreal.
