rsredrock72
I don't even know where to begin.......I guess I started battling my weight in high school. I realize now that I was not overweight then, but my mom thought I got too heavy as I entered puberty. When I was 15 she made me go to Weight Watchers. I was 5'7" and weighed about 135. I lost down to 110 and maintained that weight for about a year. When I gained it back I gained back an extra 10 pounds.
My next round with weight loss was diet, diuretic and thyroid pills from a clinic in the Texas Panhandle that my mom sent me to. I again lost quite a bit of weight and kept it off for a while. When I gained it back, I again gained what I lost plus some.
In 1990 I had my first child. I had gestational diabetes with the pregnancy and only gained about 3 pounds during the pregnancy, and was down about 20 after leaving the hospital. I believe this is when I truly started on the road to morbid obesity. I gained up to about 185 pounds. I tried several differnt diets and gained more weight after each failure.
In the mid 90's my mom again gave me some weight advice. She gave me the name of a doctor who was prescribing Phen-Fen. I weighed about 230. I did very well on it. I lost down to 165 and maintained that loss for a couple of years.
In 1998 I met my husband. Right after we were married I started gaining weight again. I gained back all I had lost plus some. When we started trying to have a child together I found out I had PCOS and the drugs associated with the fertility treatments added more weight. I again had geatational diabetes and did not gain much weight during the pregnancy. I had my son in Feb. 2001 and weighed 287 pounds. I have been around that weight ever since.
In the past 9 years I have tried numerous times to get the weight off. I have tried every diet imaginable and exercised until I thought I would drop. I have finally decided that RNY is the way for me to go. It will be a struggle for me because I don't believe my husband will be supportive.
I am going to try to post once a week to keep up with my new journey.
