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Bonnie R.

I always had a love for food and a feeling that I could not get enough. I remember this from childhood. The truth was I NEVER EVER went hungry. I just associated food with comfort always, it always filled a void. As a kid I was called chubby, but as a teen I had a good figure and then developed eating disorders, bulimia and anoriexia, which messed up my metabilism greatly. i was able to maintain a...

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Michael R.

I tried every diet and every pill and even excersise alot but I could never lose the weight and just kept getting biger.

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Diane R.

Low self esteem, low self-confidence. Feeling of helplessness & despair. Feelings of failure with every diet tried because I saw no results or very little. Avoided social situations. Social anxiety. Suffered from embarrasment & ridicule from the general public almost in any social situation & as a result I grew to hate people & avoided crowds at all costs. My relationships suffered because of my o...

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Allison_Kidd

Hwen I was sad, I ate, when I was frustrated, I ate, when I was happy, I celebrated, and ate, when I was angry...well, you figure it out. I hated my body, and I hated myself for allowing it to get this way. I couldn't keep up to my son who is only 3, and I knew it was going to only get worse.

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smedley200

By the time I decided to have this surgery I had just about given up. I was resigned to the fact that I was a fat person, I would always be fat and I would never change. I never wanted to go anywhere or do anything because I hurt all the time and it was hot and I would sweat and get dizzy. I could not do the things that I enjoyed anymore, like roller coasters and playing sports. My life was ab...

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Jana R.

Very frustrated. I would start a diet knowing I was going to fail. I always had a front on the outside acting like I didnt care what others thought or said about my obesity but inside I always felt like crying. I basically accepted the fact that I was fat and always would be. No matter what I tried I gained the weight back and got bigger and bigger.

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KIM R.

I WAS OVERWEIGHT AS A CHILD, THEN AROUND AGE 12 OR 13 I GREW TALL AND WAS SLIM DURING HIGHSCHOOL. I ALWAYS FELT FAT EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T. WHEN I MARRIED AT AGE 18 I WAS 5'9 AND 125 POUNDS. I GAINED ABOUT 50 POUNDS IN FIVE YEARS. I BECAME PREGNANT AND GAINED ANOTHER 50 POUNDS. AFTER THE BIRTH OF MY CHILD I LOST ABOUT 30 POUNDS AND KEPT IT OFF FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. THEN I STARTED GAINING WEIGHT LIKE C...

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paintnmynails

I was never an over weight person untill about age 15. I was molested by a family friend and had also started taking birth controll pills.I gained 45 pounds in a 3 month time frame. I immediatedly joined weight watchers and started my dieting roller coaster. To this day I wish I would have just been okay with the extra 45 pounds. About 8 years later and 20 or so diet programs under my belt I manag...

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Theresa H.

I feel at some parts of my life I was an angry fat lady. I fought hard to keep my head up and yet emotional I was drowning w/ each breath I took. I didn't love life anymore, I didn't care what people thought, I didn't care how people reacted to me. I was who I was and that was that!!

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finallyme69

My battle with my weight took a tremendous toll on not only myself but my family as well. My kids took my lead and began skipping meals, eating erratically,eating late at night,not exercising enough and so on. I didnt realize how much the yo-yo ing affected them and their relationship with food. I would be very dedicated to a diet and really work hard only to not lose any weight or lose some and g...

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DeenaR1098

this has been a constant battle since I was a child. There have been many attempts at weight loss, only to find that I gained the weight again and then some. Due to my age and continuing problems, I feel that this is the best and final solution for me.

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Teresa R.

My total personality has changed since becoming morbidly obese. I used to be very active and very social. Now I rarely leave the house, (unless dragged by my family!). I am very ashamed of how I look, what people say to themselves when they see how large I am. I can't deal with that. I am embarrassed that I can hardly fit into theater seats. I went to a baseball game and left early because I could...

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Kellye C.

I have been overweight my entire life. I tipped the scales at 125lbs in kindergarten and by age 11 I had crossed the 200lb mark. My highest weight ever was 320lbs where I stayed for five years. I am an emotional eater. Happy, sad, bored, depressed, angry, it didn't matter. I ate! I had very low self-esteem and self-worth even though I was well liked by my friends and very intelligent. I felt...

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Terri R.

My battle for weight has been life long. Since my parents divorced when I was five food has been my best friend-and my worst enemy. It was an emotional crutch that I leaned on in response to any emotion from depression to euphoria. I tried every weight loss method that money could buy as my mom was desperate to save my health. Nothing ever worked for long.

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Tawny F.

Diets, diets, diets! I would go down, my spirits would go up and then I would gain and I would beat myself up. When I would be upset about a gain, I would comfort myself with food. It was a never ending cycle. It was a rollercoaster of weight and emotions. I hated myself and did not see myself as a worthy individual because of my weight.

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Bill R.

For over 40 years I have tried everything from Atkins to Phen - Phen to lose weight. Most succeeded but only to have the weight return and then some. In my younger years I was able to keep some check on the weight by being extremely active but as age slowed me down the weight ballooned. with the continued failure the feeling of being a failure and worthlessness became stronger and stronger inspite...

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Sharon R.

An emotional roller coaster that always ended up as one more failed attempt. This was also a love/hate relationship with myself as well as with food. I have finally learned to forgive myself and go on.

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Michele C.

Hmmmmmm...I believe we have all been there or we wouldn't be here...lack of self asteem, failing relationships from that low self asteem (for me anyways), depression, medical problems at a young age....need I say more?

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Kim R.

I had tried everything. Redux...xenecal...weight loss programs... no results. I could very easily become a hermit and just never leave my house again because I get tired of people staring at like I am some kind of freak.

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Crystal B.

I have always struggled with my weight. As a young girl I came in around 150 but always wanted to be 135, which is not a good wieght for me. I can't maintain 135 ever. Had I never messed with my weight then and just stayed at 150 I would never have this problem. I would top at 180 and drop to 140 over and over and over. Then when In 1991 I hit 200 mark. I also had to have a hysterectomy. In ...

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dstoddard

Yo-yo is the only word that comes to mind, it has been a let down and very self destructive for the self esteem.

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Fraula S.

I was overweight ever since I can remember, My whole life It was diet after diet, I would be so put out, I would eat because I felt it didn't matter anymore, I was so depressed I was tired all the time and no energy. I felt like I was on a roller coaster I would lose 20 pounds and gain 20 plus, I got to the point where I didn't even want to go places anymore, My body ached all the time, The only t...

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Medtech

I TRIED DIETING, EXERCISING, CUTTING BACK BUT NONE OF IT WORKED. I WAS DEPRESSED WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR I WAS DEPRESSED BY HOW I LET MYSELF GO. I ALWAYS CONSIDERED MYSELF HEAVY EVER SINCE SCHOOL BUT FROM WHAT I AM NOW COMPARED TO WHAT I WAS IN SCHOOL...BACK THEN I WAS NOT HEAVY.

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Kari S.

My battle with weight loss seems endless. I live so many years in denial about it. Thinking to myself I could get control at anytime, I just wasn't ready yet. I stopped worrying about it because I always had the love of my husband and it never mattered to him what I looked like. Then one day it started mattering to me. So much that I almost couldn't stand to see a mirror anymore. I didn't want to ...

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Sharon S.

Life-long battle -- I was a fat kid. First documented weight loss attempt was OA at 5 years old. I was always on a diet. I remember some highlights: NutriSystem at 12, Weight Watchers at 15, Thin Within at 17, lots of therapy (individual and group). Yet the weight piled on.

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