Ulilrat
My name is Roberta and am a 39 year old mom of ,for boys who are ages 16,13,11 & 6. I have been married to my husband for 21 years and family is my first priority. I have been over weight for many years since I got married and piled on more as I had each of my children. I reached my highest weight in 2006 tipping the scale at 305 lbs. I did not realize how big I had got until we went to the beach and my son had taken pictures of me. When I seen the pictures I was horrified to see my size and how big I had gotten over the years. Funny thing is I thought I looked good. I decided to join Weight Watchers that year in Oct and continued with it for 4 years loosing 95 lbs and feeling great. I lost my job in Dec of 2009 and it was not due to company down sizing, but someone who felt threaten by me and made up false accusations about me. I was feeling pretty low and comforted myself with food and putting on 65 lbs of the weight I lost. I started to seek counseling and then made the decision to contact my doctor and see is gastric bypass was an option for me. My best friend had been through the process and has been very supportive of me in anything I decided to do and has helped educate me through the process. I have always had the desire to be more active in my children's life and want to be an active grand parent when my kids have there own family's. I feel great about my decision and look forward to living a happy active healthy life and educate my kids on how to live an active life to avoid obesity.
