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LisaYates2000
I have always had a weight problem. As a child I was able to keep the weight down due to being very active, riding bikes, playing sports. As I grew into an adult and stopped my activities the weight starting coming on. I gained weight with both of my pregnancies and never took it off.
My work for 26 years has been customer service sitting on my butt all day, coming home eating and going to bed...
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Lori G.
I have been overweight since about the age of 12 years old. I think being teased during elementary school probably shaped my feeling about myself and my lack of self-confidence. I never dated in high-school and married the first man I ever dated at the age of 25. I have managed to hide my lack of self-confidence behind humour throughout the years but not without it taking it's toll on my mental...
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maimeem71
I was always hating myself for eating my hamburger and fries. Being overweight was all I thought about. I wouldn't go places with my husband or kids because I felt fat and ugly. I was ashamed of myself and how I looked so I would fight with my husband so I wouldn't have to go places. Those insecurities took over my life and the person in the mirror was not me.
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david kern
I started this journey at 600 pounds as life as i know was slowing down i was angry at everyone i was so in dark place in life with no where to go , i was push too the side many times which pushed me to go the other way , the last time i could even think about was i was buying food in a store and a child with there parents pointed at me and said dad that man is fat ,needless too say the parent nev...
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iburgos
I was addicted to food. It gave me comfort when I was sad, it made every celebration even better and it brought my family together at meals. Most addictions are something your body can do without. Alcohol, drugs, gambling, etc are not like food. We need food to exist. It nourishes us. We cannot go without it and try to quit our addiction because we need to be exposed to it daily. It's a matter of ...
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Karymel17
When I was younger I didn't have any issues with my weight but I was the sibling or relative that always ate a big meal. At the age of 10 I was diagnosed with Asthma. After I graduated from high school, a year later I found out I was pregnant. I weighed 183 lbs. I was having a high risk pregnancy because I had High Blood Pressure and Blood Clotting Factors. At 36 weeks pregnant, I gave birth to a ...
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MommaHen
I was the fat kid from preschool on till I was 33 years old. I was miserable hated how I looked, how people looked at me so many of the things that each and everyone of us has dealt with. I had zero self esteem left and was at my heaviest known weight(meaning on a scale that could actually measure my weight we all know many scales dont go that high) i was 407lbs. I was on 2 blood pressure meds, ha...
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Amanda P.
I was always the fat kid, I was always told ya you are pretty but you are overweight and it really killed my self worth. It has gotten to the point where I am pretty much a recluse. I don't go anywhere and I lost touch with all my friends. I truely believe having this gastric bypass is going to save my life and make it so much better and worth actually living.
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markseyes
I have been battling my weight year after year after year after year. seems like I've always had a weight problem. I remember when I was 19 I felt overweigh. I join Weight losers international in Milwaukee and I lost down to 177. My weight was yo-yoed all my life. I have try Weight Watchers, diet pills, you name it I probably have tried it. I am just tired of being overweight. I was like a lot of ...
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erineedshelp
I had always struggled with my weight, I finally had become "ok": with the fact that I was a beautiful big woman, and then serious health issues had started taking over.
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fklawilliams
I would eat when I was angry, sad or when I didn't have control over situations. Sometimes I would just eat because it was just a habit for me. I would always be embarrassed about eating in public. So I would be a closet eater. And people would always say, I don't know why you are overweight when you don't eat much. Or people would always say, "if you lost weight you would...". That just made me m...
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kaymae
I was an emotional eater I ate when I was happy, I ate when I was sad, basically I ate just because. I would eat even though I was full because I didn't want anyone to have the food.
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Margaret.hollar
Food and I battle like jack Daniels and an alcoholic. If something I like is in the house I can't stop obsessing until it is eaten. I hate cooking as well so although I eat food very healthy for me (raw veggies, yogurt, whole wheat bread, chicken and seafood) each day traditionally filled with disgustingly high quantities of snacks. The snacks ave helped fill the void where I have not planned a...
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Camille R.
I had already gone thru other options before turning to gastric bypass surgery. I went to a dietician, exercise therapist, had a trainer, even took off some time at work to focus on losing weight, and all that happened was that I gained more knowledge of how to be healthy and I actually gained 6 pounds. That's when I gave up and decided to go have surgery.
Which I just had surgery on Sept 25, 2...
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rhino_lizards
What is there to say. We have all said it. We hurt so we ate, we were sad so we ate, we felt fat so we ate. It became to appropriated thing to do for everything. I tried everything, nothing worked.
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njsunkissed
My name is Debbie. I am a 41-year of married mother of 2-beautiful children, ages 5 and 8. I have been overweight all of my life, from the age of 10 on. I have tried every diet, weight loss supplement, physician supervised program and strenuous exercise program out there. After ballooning to almost 300 lbs. after the birth of my son, I finally decided to take the next step and chose WLS. I met wi...
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natasha46947
I was always overweight and bigger than everyone I knew. Emotionally, I felt that I was never good enough and that my size was all that anyone ever seen. I mentally felt my weight was keeping me from living my life. I was not very outgoing because I was embarassed by my weight and felt I couldn't live my life or the life I wanted to live. I also avoided social situations and only went to the place...
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LindyLeta
I have been through weight loss hell ever since I was 13 and realized that my body didn't look like other girls. I was 150 lbs in the sixth grade. If I had held onto that weight and just waited to grow up I probably wouldn't have so many problems. But I started dieting in the 8th grade. I lost 30 pounds and was suddenly popular. I quickly regained it by the middle of the ninth grade. I lost my pop...
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Karen K.
From Drugs and Alcohol To Food.. From Max 420 lbs It was a life long roller Coaster..
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msmetha
I had pretty much given up on losing weight. I had just accepted the fact that I would just be morbidly obese for the rest of my life. I had considered surgery for years but never even made the first step. Then one day I called the bariatric clinic to ask questions and before I knew it I had an appointment.
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VeeDubs
I'm sure I'm no different than 99% of other members here... I tried 8+ diets, programs, etc., before WLS was tossed out to me as an idea. I had everything all lined-up to have the lap-band done, but due to acid reflux, I was DQ'd. Yep, bummer. So I opted for RNYGB, and I could NOT be more excited to get this show on the road!
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zabber
I am living proof that this surgery (Gastric RNY-Laproscopic) was the best thing I did for myself!! I was not concerned about my husband or my kids as much as I was concerned for myself (finally) if I didn't have this surgery. Although I didn't want my kids and my husband to lose me at an early age because I couldn't control my eating, I new that I HAD THE CONTROL and had to do something. I had ...
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tracy64
Nothing ever worked, felt terrrible and had low energy level even with an autoimmune disease.
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PMart59015
Never really cared, I was always the funny fat guy, but then my weight started to spiral out of control and I got bigger and bigger and in the blink of an eye I was 400 pounds.
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smh60
Patient Testimonial for BMI of Texas and Dr. Terive Duperier
March 01, 2009
MY JOURNEY:
I had my Laparoscopic RNY on Aug 9, 2004 at Methodist Hospital by Dr. Terive Duperier. One of the greatest gifts & decisions I have made in my life. I am 5’2” & when I started this journey I weighed 249 lbs-BMI 45.5. Today 41/2 yrs later, I am maintaining about a 95 lb weight loss & a BMI of 29. I feel w...
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