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Ibhavn
I am 45 years old and have so many health crisis I feel at least 20 years older. My mom passed away in 2004 at 59 and quite honestly a small voice in my head keeps telling me I'm in overtime. Since my teens I have tried everything from fasting, appetite suppressants, gym memberships, nutritionalists, Atkins, you name it. I have known several friends who have gone through WLS with varying degrees o...
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Momof2teengirls
Since grade school, I was always the big kid- thankfully, I could play sports well and my role on the school playground quickly became "one of the guys". I was very much a tomboy until 5th grade came about, my hips would no longer fit in my straight jeans, my bras needed to be purchased when my Mom got hers. Although I was the only one that deveoped this young in the school, I still managed to h...
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RattlerRN
I'm tiered of the weight roller coaster. I'm not stopping the bad habits. My husband says I'm weak. I say HI MY NAME IS PERLITIA and I'm a good addict. I can't quit food. That is just pitiful. I have quit alot of things but food .. what a joke.
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rckrvxn
Even as a young child, I was big. Always running around naked in the house, my "Buddha Belly" hanging out. I was ignorant of the fact that I was chunky until I entered 1st grade. From then on, even now in COLLEGE, I suffer the scars of bullying (emotional, of course, but I was also beat up a lot through the years simply because I was fat) and the self esteem ups and downs of our society's stigma o...
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mustang_man
I have been very heavy since I hit puberty around 13-14 years old. Food became an addication for me a release. I loved eating footds no matter what. Going out to eat was a prize I rewarded myself with for just doing everyday things. I never viewed my weight as an issue in regards to its effects on those around me. While it effected my abilities to date and have strong friendships in HS and ev...
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funnelcloud
The health problems that i'm enduring....are made worse or are caused by my weight and behaviors...I was treated for binge eating...I am still overeating...but not binging the way i used to. and, I see a psychiatrist on a regular basis to work through my problems...rather than eat through them.
I tried different diets over the years only to regain the weight and then some.
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2NDChance0420
As a child I was teased by my siblings, abused, and very over-sensitive, emotionally and physically to the environment I grew up in a home that was degrading and full of negative control. I had not one on my side growing up with the exception of my teachers. My parents were very cold heart-ted and i have many emotional issues today because of the way i grew up. There was no love or emotional suppo...
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CathyO911
I was not overweight my entire life. I have however had a problem with food all my life. When I was young I can remember eating a lot of sugar. My grandma would send all us kids a See's candy egg on easter. They were huge divinity filled eggs covered in chocolate. I probably could have eaten all of mine in one sitting if my mother had allowed that. I can remember eating an entire box of cand...
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JulDowling
I've been diagnosed with Lipedema about 18 months ago. before that my life was full but I'd say a distraction from the fact that I couldn't get away from weight gain.
I also have a bad thyroid and my weight became too hard to manage about 8 years ago when my sister and I started to think about getting surgery.
My twin sister went and had gastric banding but I was reluctant after i saw the situat...
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Jjoellia
I have had many failed attempts to loose weight throughout the years. Although I am a very people person and people generally get along and absolutely love me lol, My self esteem has never been great. I can remember being very skinny as a kid (preteen) and as I have gotten older and gone through some huge life changes like the loss of loved ones I became an emotional eater.
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michellemuss
I never stuggled with my weight much until I reached my 30's. Then I began to pack on the pounds. For the last 10 years it has been a fight. I have tried every diet and every weight loss program out there. I would lose weight then put it right back on and some. I found myself often time depressed and defeated. My mother had died from diabetes five years ago. She had lost her eyesight, and was on ...
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Richie Fender
I have a love/hate relationship with food. I love food but hated myself for it. It was a comforting mechanism for me when I more from home and was on my own.
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juicyj_71
My highest weight ever was 246, I was very unhappy with myself. I couldnt walk without breathing
hard i felt like i was gona pass out.
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chattrae423
I have always been overweight it has affected the way I feel in public, what I can do with my children, and my desire to wear nice clothes, makeup....I looked at myself in the mirror as the fat girl and I broke down when I took a flight and needed an extender then couldn't fit into a rollercoaster seat. My physical and mental state stayed up and down.
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waytootired
My sister put me on my first diet when I was in sixth grade. I made it through college without huge weight issues, but then a bad first marriage, three kids and a nomadic lifestyle packed the pounds on. I'm an emotional and stress eater. I was scheduled for WLS in 2005 and was found to have breast cancer at my pre-op. Was diagnosed again with leukemia in 2007. Fought with insurance for the ne...
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barbjanssen1
trying to lose weight on my own wasn't easy thing to do.i lose the weight and put it back on again. i was down to 274 5 years ago then having to children put it all back on again. being at 377 lbs wasn't me i miss playing with my kids and doing thing with my family. so i told myself to do something about it and i did. i talk to my doctor about the weight lose surgery and he got it all set up.
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bizzybeejen
Warning..this is a lonnnnnng story :)
I started out rail thin as a child. I developed bad eating habits when I went to stay for summers with my grandmother. Lots of home cooking. She was just showing me love the best way she knew how...with comfort food. I ate biscuits and sausage with loads of butter for breakfast every single day. Discovered croissants and ate one every day! I gained weight an...
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RoyzgIrl
I like many others had more than one life change that led me to my battle with my weight. I was an active teen with a gift for playing athletics. I excelled in sports and enjoyed playing just about any sport. I was married at 22 and as many in my generation did, I started a family. I had 3 children in 4 years. My marriage wasn't great, and part of that was a constant negative input from my husband...
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kelshagar
Weight control has always been out of my hands. I have felt helpless, hopeless, and some other "less's." I have been classified as obese since ii was a toddler. My obesity was not from overeating. The doctors finally discovered what was making me gain weight 1 year ago...Now, there's hope!
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krafty123
I had always been overweight and teased thru school years. I gained and lost so many times until my weight reached 246 in 2012. The diabetes and numerous health problems just made me all the more willing to give up and I prayed inside for help but felt hopeless and alone. I finally got insurance that gave me the chance to have the gastric bypass I prayed for all those years and had my surgery i...
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jellyfishattack
I used to rely on food - either large portions of reasonably healthy foods like chili or curries, or equally large portions of pizza, chips, baklava, and my favourite, poppy seed loaves from the bakery across the street - to soothe and comfort me and allay my anxiety. I often stuffed myself so full that I'd fall into a blissful sleep on the sofa after dinner.
I tried WW and MD and self-guided ...
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ritajf1969
Hi my name is Rita I'm a 43 year old mother and wife I have been overweight all my life. I have tried everything out there from weight watchers to Jenny Craig to every crazy fad diet there is. I loose 20 and gain 50 and so on and on. I'm sure everyone on here knows what I'm talking about. I have thought about WLS for a couple years and now and I'm finally ready so I meet all the guidelines for my ...
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Lisa B.
Since the age of ten, I was told "You have the potential to be a very large woman". That has haunted me over the past 35 years. Every time I ate something I felt guilty about.. I would make excuses to myself saying "Okay, this is the last time I am eating this..." Of course I never stuck with that thought because here I am 2 weeks before my gastric bypass surgery wondering why I failed so many tim...
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Loveyourguts
Every diet under the sun...and failed.
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UnderneathEverySmile
Of course, like most overweight people, I was noticeably larger than average from the very start. My mother was an addict of many things, so I knew I didn't want to be anything like her and never drank or smoked or did anything of the like, but little did I know that I was actually just like her, but my drug was food. Ever since, I've known this was a problem, but could never get control of it. ...
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