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julieada
All of my life fat except durning military service 19-23 years old and out until after second child at 27, then third at thirty and up from there until GBS May 4, 2009. Now postoperative plastic surgery 2-11-13; flatest tummy ever. Finally feeling success at my 4th year GBS anniversary.
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sweetie01974
we love food as a family thing and that when we would all get together. If i had a not good day food would help but at the same time i would tell my self why did i just eat that.
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Ande
Since a teen I was always chunky didn't think I was overweight or obese, still don't. I walk around with lots of confidence and love my job and what I do. BUT when I stop by a mirror, I see myself and it always hits me "holy I'm so big!" I'm 5'3 and weight 275. I feel like I have this outer layer that is literally weighing me down.
I work in the beauty industry and you might think its all a...
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lovingmyself4eternity
I tried to lose weight on my own struggling with diet pills, cleaning out my kitchen but still end up buying junk food to replace it. I wasn't always overweight but sometimes my family members who I wont speak of would say things like, "you can afford to miss a few meals, or you can stand to lose a little weight" well that hurt but I let it go and continue to strive but failure set in then low se...
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nutbrownhare
I have been overweight since I was 15 years old. I have been on every diet out there with little success and Always gaining it back. I am the largest person in my family and feel very uncomfortable when I go for family functions. I considered bariatric surgery the end of last year when I was having trouble hooking my seatbelt in my car.
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Patricia Green
I have not always been obese. I was always a very skinny person all through high school. Even after having my first child, I was a size 7 weighing about 130 lbs. By the time I had my second child, I went down to a size 5 weighing about 120 lbs. I got married after my second child was born and after I had my 3rd child, the weight never left. In fact, it seems as though the Lord punished me and ...
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LuvMyLexiLoo
I was constantly fighting to lose weight.I was both an emotional eater and a bored eater. I have tried every diet under the sun only to lose the weight and gain it right back. In 2011 I was diagnosed with breast cancer (2 yrs cancer free so far). As a result of the breast cancer I had to start taking a medication that among other side effects causes one to gain weight - just want I wanted - NOT!
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lmetayer74
I have always been overweight/obese I don't remember ever being a "normal size" when I was five years old I am pretty sure I weighed about 100 pounds. I've tried to lose weight and I'd always get but so far and would stop losing, no matter if I adjusted my calories or my work out nothing would get me over the stall! I have thought about bariatric surgery off and on through out the years but didn't...
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babymama22
I was never overweight until my senior year in high school (although I thought I was because I wasn't a size 0) but my senior year I decided to get on the depo shot for birth control and it made me gain weight like crazy. I was on it for a year and gained about 75 lbs because of it. I continued to gain weight over the years and after having my daughter in May of 2008, I weighed 240 lbs. That was m...
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Rozella
Well I kept trying every new diet that came along and failed every time,I am a bipolar manic depressive but that's from something else. It was tough though cuz of the bipolar. I was angry hated myself didn,t like going out felt like eyes were on me and people laughing at me,felt so bad.
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Jessica J.
I've fought with my weight my entire life. Growing up in the deep south fried food is a staple, meals are a social activity, and cleaning your plate was a requirement. When I was about 5 or 6 I remember sitting in the Jenny Craig office nibbling on a dry cake doughnut. My mother took me to Jenny Craig that young. I still can't eat plain baked chicken and it was years before I'd eat green beans aga...
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hofie52
I love to eat and it show I weight 373 back in 2012 could not walk my dog so she payed for my eating habits did walk over to my best freinds house just next door but out of breath so bad my sugar is out of control and I was just about to give up and I decided to go to St. Francis bariatric for help and I started a new life.
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Hobbitgirl
A victim of abuse as a child from someone outside my family, to being severely bullied in middle school, to a failed marriage and a series of downfalls, I went to food for comfort, which became a never ending hurtful relationship with food.
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Perla V.
I ate.. until i felt sick. And even after that i would still eat. For any reason.. its sad because in my mind i know it isnt ok what i am doing but then another part of me makes me get up and look around and find something to stuff my face with. All my life ive been overweight except a short period of time when i was 13-17 i was around 160 i felt fine. Then i guess i got comfortable and just ate ...
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heavenlycharmers
It has always been a battle for me. not so much binge eating. just plan eating in general. always hungry. Till 2005 was when it really became a problem. I was in a very bad car wreck, which they had to use jaws of life to get me out. from then on the weight started pilling on I was unable to walk and exercise so made things even worse. now at 312 lbs. type 2 diabetic with only one kidney. I am sca...
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Karen170
I was always thin. My natural size is between 6 and 8. I don't know how I got here. I once gained weight and got up to a size 18, but I got my head right and lost it in 90 days. I was completely down to a size 6 with just eating healthy and exercise. I'm older now and I don't know what to do. It came back on full affect. I watched as I went from 165 to 200. That wasn't so bad. I was in a ...
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Kathy C.
I have spent my whole adult life battling my weight and the negative effect it has on my energy levels and how I look at myself. I have always had poor self esteem even before my weight gain started 25 years ago. I have gained the ability to love myself by understanding that I need to be like I am and that those things are what make me proud to be me. There are certain traits that I have been so...
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RobinH97
I have been "overweight" since around the age of 7 1/2 to 8 years old. I discovered while meeting with the psychologist for WLS approval, that the traumatic experience of losing my dad at the age of 7 1/2 might have triggered my weight gain process, because before that age I was a skinny active child who wasn't the least bit worried about a weight control problem. But since then it has been an u...
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Julie H.
I knew about bariatric surgery long before I realized that I needed and wanted it. Family members have had it, some many years ago, and I never really thought twice about it. (They were so big; who would blame them for taking the "easy" route, right?) I struggled with my weight for many years, but it has only gotten so out of control in the last three or so years. After I had my second baby I ...
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missMary
From the age of 11 or so, I started gaining weight. Through my teen years, I was still gaining weight. Then at 21, I had my first child...I was pregnant, and eating for 2, so I enjoyed myself, gaining about 65 pounds. After delivery, I lost about 20 pounds, but didn't loose any more than that, as a matter of fact, I gained. By the time my son was 9 months old, I weighted more than I did when I...
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yary500
I was always lazy.Dint have strenght to do anything always depressed. i craved food and i just ate it.I was never a person that would eat big amounts but when i craved something i ate it..
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bmccray54
I was always over weight starting from a little girl and I got teased a lot. I tried everything to lose weight but nothing seemed to help. I got married in 2000 but my marriage did not last, my then spouse made front of me and not only that I was dealing with have extra weight after giving birth to my son who is now 10. I went through a terrible divorce and now I am a single parent all over aga...
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Sparkles_loss
I have 3 beautiful children, two of them in their twenties and my last is 14 years old. My weight seemed to stick after the last one so the battle began six months after I gave birth in 1999, everytime I would go shopping the size seemed to increase to much.
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skiinygirltobe
I'm an emotional eater...in that, I eat to celebrate, when I'm sad, when I'm mad...etc. Being from the south, we eat at all occasions - that's just what we do.
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YolandaYRobinson
Before learning about bariatric surgery, I sort of embraced the fact that I was a big girl and would likely be that way for the rest of my life. Although I was a size 18-20, I had a ton of confidence and felt very good about myself.
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