mrsfroggybones
Well here's my story. I was always the chubby kid growing up, which was fine because I knew how to deal with it, I would make jokes about myself or be the funny girl, which took all the attention off me being fat and put it on my sense of humor. In high school I dated a complete jerk who told me daily how disgustingly fat I was, so I decided starving myself would be the best way to lose weight quickly and it worked. It didn't matter that I didn't even have the strength to lift my head most days or that my skin was very dry, or that I stopped having periods. All the mattered was I lost 78 pounds in six months. Well needless to say that relationship failed. After high school I went to college where I continued to starve myself. Then at 19 I met my husband. He knew of my weight history and was okay with it. We ended up getting pregnant and had a baby girl who is now 10. After the pregnancy I did get back down to pre pregnancy weight but was being smarter about how I did it. So about 3 years later we decided to have another child and we did she is now 7. After that pregnancy my body was spent. I had gained about 100 pounds throughout the pregnancy I had every complication before and after that existed, or so it seemed. It was then that I found out I had insulin resistance. So began my adulthood struggle with weight. When I met my husband I weighed 127 pounds and now I weigh 348. A huge difference no pun intended...LOL I also have high blood pressure, sleep apnea, hypothyroid, and severe insomnia. I have thought about WLS for a very long time but was too scared I think to make the ultimate commitment to myself, well now I'm ready. I am about to start the nursing program and want to go in being the best me possible. Also, I want to play with my kids, enjoy going for walks, instead of wondering how many hills I may encounter, I want to walk up my stairs and not feel like I am going to die, and most of all, I want to be the old me, confident, fearless, and have the I can do anything attitude I use to have. I know I can do this and I will do this. I know it's not going to happen overnight but either did gaining all this weight. I am thankful for this website, for it has helped me so much already, reading some of the blogs has really given me the strength and hope for the future that I need. 
Oh yeah, I am having trouble getting my pics to upload...it keeps telling me they are too big, does anyone know how to change the size?
