monky
My story is simple. I did not struggle with my weight until college. I was always a little bigger, but I was very active in sports and extra curricular activities. After I lost weight my freshman year (from a broken heart 
) I got myself together and got happy. Happy meant having fun, and having fun meant eating out, going to parties, and so on. After graduating I was probably 35 lbs heavier than when I started.
I got a job in the "real world" and soon after met my love. Patrick and I had so much fun together. I was new to DC so he showed me all of these amazing places that the nation's capital has to offer. Oh, these amazing places always come with great food. So we indulged...a lot! I went from 160 to about 185 very quickly. I guess I didn't notice until wedding time came around. I used Atkins to get myself back down about 15 pounds, then right after the ceremony I was back up again.
Marriage leads to children, and we had our first in 2005. I had the "eating for two" mentality so I ballooned to a weight I am too embarrassed to discuss. Being working parents has been very difficult both physically and emotionally. Add in the typically financial strife that many young families experience, stressful jobs (I am a teacher, hubby worked as a catering manager and went to school full time until he finished his degree) and you've got bad eating habits, little exercise and poor health.
My son Sam and my husband Patrick are my life. I want to show my son what it is to live a healthy lifestyle. I am at the same weight now that I was when i had Sam at 9 months pregnant. Exercise attempts have lead to disappointment. Disappointment has lead to the , "oh screw it" mentality, and you are back to doing everything wrong again.
I was approved Friday January 11th for WLS. With a history of high bp, high cholesterol, depression, and a family history of morbid obesity (my dad had RNY last December) I thank that person at Aetna every day for reading my paperwork and actually caring about my wellbeing (maybe they felt like being nice seeing as it was a Friday).
I am ready for this journey!
