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Jodi B.

I fought my weight my entire life. When I was 11, I was put on a strict diet by my swimming coach. I was embarassed and hated delaing with doctors and their attitudes toward the overweight population. I had not seen a physician in almost 4 years when I started looking into bariatric surgery. Since my Gastric Bypass, I have lost almost 150 lbs (7 months after surgery). I still haven't been b...

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KGEBOO

I battled food, I used food for pleasure, for pain, for anything other than what God had intended it for. Food is for nurioushment, and fuel only. Eat what is required for that, and that is all we should eat.

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Thea Robinson

i have had a weight problem all of my life. I had done evry diet and every drug both over the counter and street to lose weihgt. I am not proud but to show the extent that I went to get rid of the weight.

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Zarny

I was thin as a child and started gaining weight as a young teen. When my children were small, their father would force feed them adult size portions of food at every meal, he was an abusive person. I would race to eat their food off of their plates so he would leave them alone. If we threw it away, he would look for it in the garbage. I gained alot of my weight trying to keep my children from bei...

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rebecca J.

Before surgery I was I guess what you would call an emotional eater. I ate if I was sad, depressed, bored, or excited.... if I wanted to celebrate something, I ate something.... If I got to drive to twn by myself ( I have 3 kids) .. I rewarded myself with a "quick" taco or something like that. When I went to just say Wal Mart, I would get a candy bar at the register. And I was addicted to coke. I...

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wizz46

For the past 20 years I weighed 240#, and I felt like a thin person living in a fat body I did anything I wanted and wasnt hendered by my weight, but since I have ruptured my spine and had back surgery, I have gained app 45 #, with the stiffness of my back and the added weight I now feel like a fat person in a fat body.

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Tina H.

I have had a weight problem all my life. I have tried all types of diet pills, diet programs, weight watchers so many times I can't count them all.. I had just about excepted that I was going to be fat for the rest of my life, when I learned about bariatric surgery. I have 12 brothers and sisters and I have been the largest one in my family for years. I have had to put up with comments and jokes f...

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Kim P.

I've battled all my life with my weight. Sometimes I'd get lucky and lose the weight for a while then of course, back it comes. Yo Yo dieting is all its been. Then the past 5 years, no matter what I tried, there was no losing.

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Sue B.

Wow, well, my weight history is very unpleasant. I wrote out timeline outlining my dietary history...and I was on a formal diet program at age 5. I'm now 31, and have engaged in 38 formal diets throughout my life. I lost a few pounds each time, only to gain all plus extra each time. Food has always been my source of comfort, celebration, activity during boredom, and my friend/enemy. It was a ...

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Amber V.

My entire life I have battled with weight. When I was in school, people use to call me cow and make mooing noises. I remember starving myself for days in an attempt to lose weight. I remember crying myself to sleep because I didn't want to face the day being fat in a skinny world.

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Danette D.

I had no control over my weight, it had control over me. I only left my house when absolutely needed, I quit caring for myself, for my family, and for my husband. I gave up. Over the years, I had several suicide attempts, dealt with years of Major Depression, and just plain "didn't care".

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Terri Lynn W.

Behavior - I was very withdrawn and self conscience about everything and everyone. I never went anywhere or did anything with anyone. Losing weight was a emotional thing for me because I knew from past experiences, it would ALWAYS come back and when I gained my weight back, I'd gain back more than I lost, so going on a diet was always extra stressful for me.

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vyimel

Before I ever new of this surgery my life was full of low selfesteam, pain, depression, and very hard to even get out of bed in the morning.

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Beverly R.

I've been on an weight lost roller coaster for as long as I can remember. In 9th grade I went as far as getting addicted to diet pills and starving myself. I was almost hospitalized. After that I kind of stayed away from diets until after high school. I was teased alot in high school from the "popular kids", so I just became withdrawn. My weight just kept going up and up. I tried several die...

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Trouble54

I ate when I was depressed, sad or upset. I used food to replace love that I was looking for. When I decided I didn't need a man in my life was after I started researching WLS and decided this was for me, not someone else.

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Harley119

I have been heavy all my life. Battled with being up and down. I have always had low self esteem, it's slowly getting better. I've always had the worst attitude knowing that I was fat and not being able to fit in with others cuz they were skinny and no one wanted to be around a fat person. It was very hard time. I even had gone so far as to try to commit suiside.

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sibarra

I always hated myself... I tried diet after diet with no hope for the future. I was beginning to tell me self that I could live like this forever.

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Linda R.

Very up and down. I tried several diets to no avail. I didn't really think I was fat until the last several months.

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Sylvia B.

I struggled with my weight for the last 20 years. I have "always" been on a "diet" or exercising or doing something to get my weight down and kept off. To no avail.

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Debbie M.

My weight was alway's up. When I lost my first child I was a whopping 340Lbs. I lost alot then I gained it back. I was an emotional wreck

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The Incredible Shrinking Pooh

I have been over weight all of my life from childhood on. I have battled with my weight since I was old enough to know I was over weight. My school days were the most misterable time of my life due to my weight. I was made fun of and picked on from fist grade through 12. I have been looked down on and accused of being stupid and lazy just because of my weight even though I graduated in the Sen...

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Cynthia J.

I have battled with my weight for approx 20 years. I always felt like a fat person trapped in a thin body. Let's also put it this way, if I had all the money I have spent over the years on pills, powders, potions and gimicks I would be one rich lady. I was tired and "bitchy" all the time mostly to my friends and family. I was constantly telling my cute little 8 year old to, "leave mommy alone I'm ...

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tiredofbs0

From the time i was young I was always over weight. At the age of 10 i was wearing womens size clothes. I dealt with alot of mental abuse due to my weight.

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Sandy M.

I struggled with food addiction and no matter what I did for myself I could not fight the urge to over eat. I tried diet pills over the counter and prescription, medical weight loss, jenny craig, weight watches and the worse one of all....starving. Nothing worked!

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Jean H.

i have had a weight problem all my life... i have tried diets and fads for years to always gain either all the way back or to gain back more than you had before you started.... i had a problem with soda's and chocolates... my feelings were basically if you didnt like what you seen you could go else where. i have always had a good self esteem. but the weight at my age was starting to make my life...

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