torissa
Well I am a 27 yr old mother of two, I have an 8 yr old (almost) and a four year old. I am also an Army wife. I have been overweight most of my life. I started out ok always chubby but then the year I started gaining tons of weight was my junior year of high school, my mother and I had just moved to a new area and we were all alone in a new town. I had no friends and I was teased and made fun of constantly for no reason most of the time. I ended up staying at home and just studying or just veggin in front of the tv, Being depressed all the time my mom of course would do anything to try to make me happy which usually came in the form of a big steak dinner. My mom is an amazing woman raising 5 kids by herself. So right after high school I met the man of my dreams, we fell in love and started a family quite quickly. Then my husband joined the Army and he has been deployed and home and deployed and home its all very stressful and I would always find my comfort in food which is what most people do. After his 1st deployment to afganistan right after Sept 11 he came home and we made our little boy (we call him our post deployment baby) then after my son was born I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism....... needless to say that didnt help my weight loss. I lost most of my baby fat but there was always that last 10-20 lbs that stuck. Dieting was a joke nothing ever worked for me. I bought probably thousands of dollars worth of OTC diet aids, I hate to think of all that money I wasted. I have been thinking about and researching this surgery for about 2-3 years now. I am ready for a life change. I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters, my oldest brother and sister are the ones with most of the health problems, from diabetes to high blood pressure to high cholesterol. and most recently my oldest brother was diagnosed with Lupus. which scares the hell out of me. My husbands mother died from Lupus and went into premature labor and my husband as a baby barely made it, he was I think 2-3 months premature. So its a sore spot to think of for my family. I also have Multiple Sclerosis in my family and I dont want to have to worry that my weight will cause something like either of those to happen to me, or make me more likely to have a diagnosis like that. I worry about my kids the most. I want them to be healthy for their lives and live life and love everything. But anyway.,.......... Enough of that. I am updating my profile so I can show everyone including me the new "me" that will emerge from all of this. I am greatful to all on this site I think this site has helped me in ways I cant even explain! THANK YOU to all and my greatest hope would be to help someone thinking about this life changing procedure.
