rootabagga
I was raised in a loving and nuturing family that didn't really care what you looked like just in who you became. I never really worried about my weight when I was younger. As a senior in highschool, I began to get interested in boys but they didn't seem to be interested in me. I began to exercise and run everyday before school, but it never helped. I thought I had my weight under control (meaning not gaining), I remained at 210 from the age of 18 to 21 yrs old. At that time the downward spiral began. As many of us women know, children add the weight. I had my first child at 21 yrs old and only gained 21 lbs. I figured I would have no problem getting it off, NOT! By the time I was 30 and 3 children later I had ballooned to 288 lbs and struggled just to maintain that weight. I tried diets, pills, exercise machines, I tried it all but nothing worked. I was working as a child care worker and my weight was begining to become a problem with me being able to get down and up off the floor, which is where you are playing with 2 yr olds. I became depressed amoung other things and was placed on psychiatric medication. The medication worked but it made me gain weight more, like I needed that. When I reached my all time high of 328 lbs, I cried and wished I would die. I couldn't keep doing this to myself, my body and my children. I HAD to do something. I managed to get my weight down to 314 lbs by the time I went in for my surgery on October 12,2007. Now 5 motnhs later I am down to 245 lbs and I am happy with the weight loss. It is a long road ahead that I still have to travel and it hasn't/wount be an easy one but one I am willing to travel. I have to for myself and my children.
*** Note to anyone reading this - If you are traveling this road or thinking about traveling it, like I said it is NOT an easy road but one well worth it. I couldn't have gotten down to this weight without help from the doctors and ppl that have helped with every step of the way. Keep your chin up when it is hard to go and encourage those who are going through what you have gone through. They need you just as much as you need them. God Bless all with your journey.