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Trudy S.

The bag of chips always won.No matter how hard i tried i always gained!

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Karen Z.

I have battled with my weight since i was in my teens..... Over the years i have tried just about every diet and weight loss system around! Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, dexadrine, xenicaland various fad diets..and always i would gain back what i lost plus more !

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bldglvr

Where the heck do I start. It was a never ending battle for me. The definition of YO-YO diet should have had my picture plastered right next to it, I would lose 20 pounds and gain 30 back, I would lose 40 pounds and gain 60 back this went on and on for years, at one point I lost 88 pounds and within a year had gained 110 pounds back.It was a vicious cycle..I was depressed because I was fat and I ...

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Bill S.

My battle with weigh was a daily on going battle. I would eat for any reason, it made me feel good.

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Mike S.

It ws affecting my life and how I do things. As an active person not being able to be as active, I was starting to get "down" because of obesity. I have obese since high school (some 30 years). I have tried different diets, etc. I came to the conclusion that I need some life changing tool to help me overcome obesity.

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Cindi Spurgeon

My self esteem took a beating when I was very fat. I didn't always feel attractive. I would try diets and they would fail and then I would feel worse.

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jmsalata

I tried everything to lose weight, but it always came back with a vengeance. I finally gave up and decided it way my fate to be fat.

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Kimberly S.

I felt hopeless. No chance of ever changing anything for the better. I had already tried numerous diets and programs. I finally had decided I couldnt afford anymore diets, because I always gained back more than I had started at. So I gave up. Decided I would be on disability for the rest of my life.

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Sue S.

I AM A COMPULSIVE OVEREATER. I LACKED ANY SELF ESTEEM. I WAS VERY DEPRESSED SPENDING MOST OF MY TIME STAYING HOME EATING, WATCHING TV OR SLEEPING. i HAVE BATTLED WITH WEIGHT SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER. I TOOK DIET PILLS, HAD MY MOUTH WIRED , WENT FOR TRANSENDENTAL MEDITATION, WAS IN ANEATTING DISORDER HOSPITAL 3 TIMES, WENT TO A FAT FARM TWICE. TRYED MANY DIETS INCLUDING BECOMING A LIFETIME MEMBER OF ...

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Mindy S.

I've been overweight my whole life. I went from being a fat baby, to a chubby toddler, to an overweight pre-teen, obese teen, and then morbidly obese adult. I never shopped in regular clothes stores or wore a regular size outfit. I was treated badly by others as a child and became very introverted. Being overweight and not being able to succeed in weight loss attempts was one of the most shamefu...

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Christine J.

I am 35 years old and have battled my weight since I was 13 years old. Exercise and ood nutrition were never a priority in my house and of course, for evey good effort you got rewarded with, what else....food! I have tried many diets and pills to lose weight and the most I ever lost was 40 pounds on weight watchers. As soon as I go off the programs, the weight would come right back as well as a fe...

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SANDI S.

I've known of this sugery since 1972 when I had an Intestinal Bypass. I lost 168 pounds. I slimmed down to 135-140 and stayed that way for 21 years. I had a revision to stapling after I experienced hair loss. I still retained my weight loss. An auto accident dislodged part of the stapling.Two back surgeries later and very little mobility, the weight came back on. I have been overweight all my life...

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Melody D.

All my life I have been through every emotion possible. I would try my hardest to make people laugh just to fit in, and then when I got home frome school I would cry, because I knew that that was the only way I could get friends. Then when I grew up, I went through the I would do anything just to have a boyfriend, just to fit in. I led a very distructive lifestyle, and regret pretty much all my ...

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Birgit T.

I have been battleing all my life with weight and I tried everything that came my way for weightloss.But all I ever did is loose up too a 100 lbs and than regain everything and more. I'm tired of the Jo-Jo dieting effects, that I think this surgery would be the only way out for me..

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THOMAS T.

MY BATTLE WITH WEIGHT LOSS BEGAN @ AGE 7. I CAN REMEMBER BEING BIGGER THAN ALL MY CLASSMATES. FROM THEN UNTIL I WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL I WEIGHT THE MOST @ 395 PDS. I REMEMBER NOT HAVING A LIFE, STAYING TO MYSELF, AND TO AVOID SOCIAL SITUATIONS. THE WORST THING ABOUT IT WAS @ THAT AGE TEENAGERS ARE DATING AND HAVING FUN. I KNEW NO ONE WANTED TO LOOK @ ME BECAUSE OF MY SIZE AND I WOULD EAT...

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trtorrey

I was a binge eater. I wanted the satisfaction of feeling full and not hungry. I also would eat while I'm doing things to occupy my time. I ate when I was happy, sad, excited, stressed, upset, in love.....whenever I was awake I ate.

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sheryl titone

i am ashamed of myself. looking in the mirror disgusts me. i dont understand how my husband can stand the site of me naked.i am chronically severely depressed because i have alot of health issues caused by my morbid obesity. i hate to buy clothes. i always wonder what people are thinking when i meet with them, even family members.

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Irishlass2154

I have battled my weight since the age of 6,I went up and down one time when I was 21 I had my two little girls I was divorced, depressed and I became anoreix. i'm 5'8" and I weighed at my lowest 97lbs. Then I relized I was killing myself and my daughters needed me so I started eating again and very slowly it crept back on me! Yes the disgusting fat now at 47 I'm killing my body in just the opposi...

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Deanna T.

My name is Deanna. I am a mother, a wife, the President of a small corporation, a swim coach and a good friend to many. BUT if you ask me to tell you what comes to mind first when I think of me, it is that ugly three letter word -- FAT!! For as long as I can remember I have felt different then other people. I have had times in my life where I was at a "normal" size for my age, BUT for the most par...

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Lynda T.

After 2 children by the time I was 19 and a hysterectomy at age 21 I was gaining steadily until I reached my peak at 250 where I decided I couldn't do it any longer. I was in pain constantly. I was very social deprived, I do not like crowds, and always felt out of place and unhappy.

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Susan V.

I have been battling with my weight all my life. I was an overweight child, teen, and now an adult. I , however was always very confedent about myself even as an overweight woman.

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kvilla

I am 49 and have always been heavy but after finally giving in to injecting insulin I have gained another 150 lbs and no diets work...the last 3-4 years on insulin have sent me into an upward spiral and it is not controlable although my blood sugars are great! Not a good tradeoff but what can you do? I think I have found the answer onl wish I had found it sooner.

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darcee V.

I wanted to die. I thought being dead was better than being fat. At least in death I had no pain emotional or otherwise. I could even walk very far without being miserable

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Chelly W.

I was at the end of my limit. I'd had thoughts of ending my life, of everyone I loved being better off without me around. I was almost to the point of not being able to go into work everyday. I'd sit at my desk all day and hide from my co-workers. I wouldn't go places with my family because I didn't want people looking and laughing at me.

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wilkywanch

I always thought I was too large. Even in high school where I weighed 130 I was told to diet to remain on the drill team. Looking back, I realize I had a nice, curvy figure. How I wish I had that figure now. I would appreciate it. I weighed 150 lbs when we married and just kept weight after the 2 pregnancies. I had been yo-yo dieting since high school and just continued to lose and gain it back p...

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