Valencia T.
I cant say I have ever been called skinny. I can remember one of the first pictures of me as a non-toddler was a sunday school picture and even in that I was 'pudgy' . Granted, looking back in high school, I was thicker than the other girls, but I was still fit and in decent shape. I was overweight at 270 as an adult, but active, and healthy and happy. I had my miracle baby, who wasnt even supposed to happen, and then went into the darkest 3 years of my life. Post pardum depression went undiagnosed and led to clinical long term depression. Of course, as any good hispanic woman would do, I ate my way through it all. I 'woke' up 2 years ago and had gained 75 lbs and even as I was trying to get that off, I havent stopped.
I am at a point, that even eating to sustain myself, I cant lose weight and i can not walk to even shop for myself and my family. I am limited in what I can do and at 31 do not want this for another 30 years (if I am even that lucky).
March I made me first appt. with Dr Cywes at Jacksonville Weight Loss Center. My Insurance gave me tentative approval following a 6 month phys. supervised weight loss program. My last appt is in August and we will submit our formal request then.
