tj14504
My story is like the story of so many others.....I've been overweight my entire life. Thats not an exaggeration, my mother found copies of my medical records from birth to age 17 and at age 8 I weighed 82lbs, age 10 = 103, by the time i was a junior in high school i was 246lbs. I was popular - the funny, fat girl who could make you laugh and was a great listener. Well, the trend just continued through college and now I find myself 36yoa, 360# (down 10 lbs thanks to the help of a nutrionist), single, no kids and wondering why I waited so long to get help. I worked in an field where I was out of the public eye and it was a job that involved rotating shifts so that was my excuse for not having a social life. My after work circle of friends accepted me for who I was and what I looked like and I NEVER allowed people to take pictures so I truly didn't see what other people saw. I think my mirrors were all trick mirrors because I did NOT see a 300+ lb woman looking back at me.... shoot I was cute....or so I thought. then it happened. I changed jobs after 10 years and found myself in a position that involved me traveling to different parts of the country, standing up in front of different people instructing them and before I knew it......WHO SWITCHED OUT MY EYEBALLS!!!! WHO IS THAT FAT WOMAN LOOKING BACK AT ME IN THE MIRROR?!?!?!??! I have affectionately termed the airplane seat belt extenders as BGBs (Big Girl Belts) Btw - I have my own so that I don't have to ask for one each time I fly. I love my job but I'll tell ya' flying is stressful - wondering if the person I sit next to is also going to be a person of size. If they are then *ding* "Stewerdess, we're going to have a little problem here. Two big people don't fit comfortably beside each other in seats that are too small for most toddlers." Told you my story was just like everyone elses!!!
I was diagnosed with fibroid tumors in 2006 and the doctor gave me three options all of which would result in my inability to ever have children.....that was a blow. I realize that skinny people have fibroids but I can't help but wonder.....if i'd been smaller and more comfortable in my own skin, could I have had a boyfriend then husband and finally children by now? I haven't had the fibroid surgery because of my size and now everyday I worry that I will have,(for lack of a better description and without being to graphic), a veritable flood. So I've got all kinds of things going on - all attributed to my weight. So........what's a girl to do? Go for it! WLS. There you have it, my story in nutshell. That's one BIGGGGGGG nutshell! 
