Vicki V.
I like reading, movies and sewing. I recently quit a job I've had for 32 years and am enjoying not working for the first time in my life. I maintain a web site for my extended family at MyFamily.com.
I have two beautiful adult children who are successful, talented and well adjusted. They are the most amazing things I have ever done in my life. Next summer when my kids float the Comal River, I want to go with them (in a bathing suit). I also want to go hiking with them in the Texas hill country.
I gained 79 pounds when I had my first baby in 1979. I was never overweight before then. Since then, I've never been able to loose weight and keep it off. Several times I've lost most of the weight, just to gain back even more.
I've tried every diet from Weight Watchers to cabbage soup and Atkins to South Beach. All of them worked, but only until I couldn't stand them any more.
Morbid obesity is a family tradition. My parents were both big as long as I can remember. My dad's sisters were also obese. I am the fifth child in a family of six; only one of the six would not qualify as morbidly obese.
I have watched my whole family struggle with weight my whole life. I hope that WLS will be the beginning of a healthier and more active life for me. I want to win this battle!
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