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onmywayback
I was always a 'comfort eater'. A comfort eater, with a very bad and painful life.
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AdornKelley
I thought I would one day magically be able to get the weight off and I was waiting for that day to happen, it never came.
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asapper0922
I had been heavy my whole life...ever since I was 10 or 11. Battling my weight has always been a struggle and I would yo-yo losing and gaining weight. Paying for weight loss programs and I would only loose 20-30 pounds then I would stall even though I would only eat x-amount of calories and exercise for x-amount of minutes every single day with no breaks.
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sarahjanejarm
My name is Sarah Watrous. I have been a big child/woman all my life. I was 250 lbs in middle school, graduated at 350 lbs from HS, and when I was in college, I am not sure how much I weighed. In 2005, I met my future husband. I was confident, and I felt awesome. I just completed the medically monitored weight loss program and was set to have the surgery. I had lost 80 lbs on that program; however,...
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JodiLynn80
I have gone through my life with many tramatic events (abusive father, death of my mom at age 8). Among those and many other events, I always turned to eating as a way to help cope with the pain. I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression and felt like the more I ate, the better I would temporarily feel followed by guilt for eating then depression. It was a rapid cycle and I needed to do somethin...
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debb0007
I have been heavy all of my life. I have lost weight and put all of it back on and more. I have thought about weight loss surgery for about 3 years. I am now ready to take the next step. I have been doing a weigh loss plan for 5 months (6 required by my insurance) and keeping the weight off, so we are getting down to the end of this chapter. Getting excited and nervous all at the same time for...
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Carissa79
I've been overweight forever. As a child, as a preteen, and morbidly obese as a teenager.Like many ppl with addictions, i had suffered as a youth in a very dysfunctional family. I thought breaking family cycles of various abuses and addictions would mean I succeeded then I realized at my highest weight of 439 lbs that I too was addicted and abusing my health. I've been on most every diet out ther...
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icewar4
I have been obese my whole life. Unhealthy food is definitely an addiction for me. I have never had a problem with drugs or alcohol, food has always been my drug of choice! I am a serious emotional eater! When I'm mad sad happy bored I eat. The only time I don't turn to food is when I'm nervous or anxious. Whenever I get extra money i run to the drive thru. If for some reason I'm unable to get it ...
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Shannon A.
I was a boredom eater. Moreover, my body always told me I was hungry, I felt insatiable hunger even short periods of time after a large meal. It took lots of food to make me feel full, and the feeling never lasted long.Dieting was a lifetime issue, and while I would lose, I never learned how to change my eating for a lifetime, and invariably the weight I had lost from diets always came back...and...
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MaggiesTurn
The Anxiety and being Depressed was one, but not being able to leave my home because I was embarrassed of how I looked was another. My joints hurt so bad. L-5 Herniated disk, always having back issues. arthritis on all my joints and Losing my breath when short distance walking. I was so isolated that I never wanted to leave my home. My first Marriage fell apart and I felt more sick as years went b...
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berduboy
For years, I would lose only to regain what I lost and more. I would start out doing great then something would cause a trigger and I would go off track. Once I was off track, I felt guilty and the began to gain weight again. I gave up and just realized I must have meant to be fat.
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Beyl689
I have been overweight as long as I can remember. I have really uncontrolled asthma that I believe would be better if I lost weight. I have tried every diet plan and pill that they make to lose weight. I'm ready to do this! I've never known myself as being a healthy weight and I can't wait to meet myself as that!
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Miss Cocoa
A mess! An utter, complete, depressed, mother of 2, unhappy mess.....me in a nutshell. I haven't always been overweight. Throughout my teens and early twenties I was very athletic. I competed in gymnastics, joined a swim team, played tennis, worked out with weights/stair master/treadmill, taught aerobics and step aerobics at the local YMCA....and then had a knee injury while downhill skiing. Every...
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ardavis1984
I have known about RNY surgery all of my adult life since my dad had it when I was 18. I just kept telling myself I could do it on my own. I was wrong. I would loose a few pounds and then gain it back plus some. I am now the mother of the most amazing little girl who is 4 1/2 and last March I decided that I had to do something if I wanted to be an active participant in her life.
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Liz W.
I reached a point in my early 30's - I am 57 now - when I decided after several unsuccessful attempts at sustaining weight loss, that it would be better for my overall health (or so I told myself) that if I maintained my weight, rather than being a yo-yo. When I was 25, I participated in a medical weight loss program (modified protein sparing fast) at a local hospital, I lost over 100 pounds, and...
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Ontario54
I started using food as a comfort when living in a stressful situation during the end of my marriage. I continued this behavior after my divorce. After my children left home I ate out more than I cooked for myself. I always viewed preparing a meal as an extension of loving the person. So over 9 years I eventually gained over 100 lbs.
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Stacy S.
I have not always had a problem with my weight. I was average sized in high school and when I graduated from boot camp, I weight 127lbs and had a 24 inch waist. After the birth of my first child, I weighed 105 lbs. I got pregnant with my second child almost immediately,(they were born a year and a day apart). While I was pregnant with my second child, I gained over 125 lbs, and was unable to l...
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Penny H.
I have always been on a "diet". I was considered "husky" as a kid, was athletic in junior high school and high school and didn't really struggle with my weight, but was never skinny. I went through menopause early (age 36) and that totally stalled my metabolism and I ballooned up to my highest weight (279). I struggled and struggled to get the weight off but reached a plateau of 250 and I have ...
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lisam2003
I was never anything but FAT. My childhood was mortifying...in those days fat was worse than a disease. No one wanted to be friends with the fat girl. I was a target and had no clue how to begin to defend myself. I was shy and alone. My mother had no clue how to relate to me and when I would go crying to her she would respond...."beauty is only skin deep" or "if you lose some weight they will...
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fatdoctor
As a family physician, I know the health consequences of obesity from a professional perspective. I also know the consequences from a personal perspective. In 2005 and 2006, I experienced a series of strokes and as a result have a stent in a large artery in my brain. My other medical issues include hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, arthritis, asthma, pre-diabetes (insulin resistance) and hy...
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bmj851
I've been overweight my entire life. By the time I was in kindergarten, I had already reached the morbidly obese category. My parents were even watched by social services because of my weight. As a result, I was put on many different diets by my grandmother. I ended up severely self conscious. I would not eat out anywhere, I wouldn't order food, and I wouldn't go grocery shopping. It took a long t...
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GillianWhitney
I have been overweight my entire life. In the past 15 years I would say it has gotten worse. I have nto had much success with diets. Mainly because I had no support and I felt deprived in some manner. I have dealt with the cruelty of others that point fingers and call names to the point of needing therapy. I have always disregarded bariatric surgery because I wanted to do it on my own. Excep...
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finding.the.new.me
Before learning about bariatric surgery my weight was beyond out of control. Food was my drug and comforted me when I was happy, sad, mad depressed or just breathing at times I swear. Just before making the choice to have surgery I would eat and just feel sick because I knew I was eating just because it was there. Unfortunately we need to eat to live but I just couldn't figure out the right contro...
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Brandy M.
My overall behavior and emotional battle with weight control has been spiraling out of control since I had my oldest daughter 14 years ago.My moods were always up and down and I was just so unsatisfied.Every time I looked in the mirror,I was like Oh my gosh! I can't believe I am so big!!
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LDE1964
I was so sad, I became a emotional roller coaster, I had to medicate to boost my mood, to make me socialize with friends. I would not answer my phone avoiding visits.
I used to be a very athletic teen and remained active dancing and doing things with my daughter's. ...I crashed, eventually felt helpless, and hopless, I had ballooned from 130 to 235 pounds. I was turned down for the surgery when...
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