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hotgal77
I think big is beautiful, and no one can change my mind about that.....but unfortunately it is not healthy, and the thought of dying young, and not being able to raise my two boys scares me more then my opinion of being big and beautiful..ok
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SherryLoses
I kept failing at any diet I was on because I would get lax or lazy or lose motivation.
It made me depressed, sad, unhealthy and very emotionally unhappy.
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Prettybratt
As growing up I can remember one summer I would be thinner and then heavy..I cannot remember ever stopping on a skinny year. My grandmother would always make these dresses for me to cover up my belly and I never had the fashions everyone else had. Mine were strange and different. My mom always had a hard time buying clothes for me because nothing would fit and 50 some years ago they never heard of...
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truleefrea
Hi everyone, As a child and young adult i was never really obese, slightly over weight averaging about 140-150lbs at 5'2 but in 2000 i was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and panic disorder. After two years of medication trials and errors my weight topped off at 240 give or take a few pounds. I stopped taking my meds fullishly and lost some weight getting down to around 175 where i spent a few yea...
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Lauras_blog
Before I went to a seminar on bariatric surgery, I was always thinking that I could "do it the right way....diet and exercise...". Hmm. We have all been there. As the years went on and I dieted one diet after another, losing up to 38 pounds at the max, falling off the wagon a little and then letting it all go ....gaining more back...the discouragement settled into failure after failure...there ...
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LChin1978
Save yourself a surgery and go to Overeaters Anonymous meetings before even seeing a weight loss surgeon.
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Averi M.
I have always had a battle with my weight. I was either too thin or overweight. I first had an issue with being overweight my Sophomore year in high school. I was approached by a fellow student and asked if I was pregnant. I was mortified and got serious and dropped about 30 lbs by my Junior year. I remained thin throughout college until I got married in 1997. I started to gain weight slowly ...
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ktstarks
I love to eat. I want to eat to celebrate good times, I eat when my mood is down or when I am unset. When I go to the store to buy groceries, I try not to buy certain foods, like chips and soda, because they are my weakness. i am a closet eater too. I will eat all types of fast food when I am not around my family and claim that I'm not hungry when they are around. this is mostly when I am emo...
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TattKat
I am still struggling alot with mental health issues. I battle depression every day. Every single morning is toss up on whether or not I get out of bed and do anything. I have toyed with the idea of getting wls time and time again only to become disappointed when my insurance blocked me from getting it. I am giving it another try - this time with self pay. Maybe this will be the time that things w...
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dpflorida
Diabetic on pump, hypertension, lyphedema on leg pumps, sleep apnea, depression,back and neck pain, knee pain
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kristen D.
I've been on a roller coaster with weight control. Emotionally eating, "rewarding" myself with junk food. RecentLY, It's become more of a health concern. High blood pressure and swollen feet. My weight has gotten so high I've just lost who I am and thought I would be this way forever, until I decided to look into surgery. After learning about all 3 procedure, the Sleeve is for me! :) I've waited a...
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algundiasereflaca
I don't eat a lot, however, I eat the wrong foods. I'm scheduled for vertical sleeve next week and I'm so scared. I have read and seen videos of patients that have been successful and others tha have not. I suffer from htn, OSA, osteoarthritis, sob and other symptoms. That's why I'm having surgery, I'm hoping my health gets better.
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Stacey-in-Syracuse
I have been an overweight most of my life. I know when it started, and i can track it in pictures. When I was 5-6 years old, I was molested, and that's when I started gaining the weight. I have literally been on every diet plan and fad that is available, some safe, others not so much. I never thought I would ever consider bariatric surgery because I thought I would just find a way to cheat by ...
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davetrish19
Where shall I begin, I was always a tiny skinny kid, I worked out in high school faithfully, didnt eat fast food or eat sugar. In 1994 I had a 65 pd weight gain with my first baby boy. In 1999 had another 50 pd weight gain with my second baby boy. Met my wonderful husband in 2000. We tried for many yrs to have a baby, tons of fertility drugs, depression and sadness. Went to a specialist in 2009,...
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juliemcguire14
I've struggled with weight issues since I was 14 years old. I tried any and everything I could to lose weight. It wasn't until after the birth of my second child, that I hit rock bottom. I weighed more than I'd ever weighed before...275. It was then that I decided to have Gastric Bypass.
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chickiedoo123
I can never remember a time that I was not worried about what I was eating, when I was going to eat etc. I have always been an obese adult and have been on many fad diets. I used food to celebrate, comfort, entertain myself...etc. In the process of this journey I have had to really face my feelings, find new things that I enjoy, and focus on health and wellness!
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lor101421
Since I was a young teen I've always been the bigger girl. Growing up and trying to be in sports was a struggle for me and my weight... Now I still struggle with my weight as an adult. I flip flop and do the yo - yo dieting.. I loose ten and gain twenty. It seems I can't ever get ahead of my weight loss and have control of it. A constant struggle and fight.
People around me have also struggled...
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JAlston
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keenah
Well to start I haven't always been over weight,I was always a very fit and healthy woman working out
everyday I ran track the whole nine yards. My weight problems for me began 13 yrs ago when I first got married.. I wasn't really happy bout the thought of marriage and to a Muslim at that but I knew I need a better life for my 2 girls and he loved me and them. I married my husband only after know...
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moet321
Eating has become such worry!, I know I should not eat and buy lots of things. I end up buying some good stuff and other fatty junk foods I should not be eating. EVERYDAY is a challenge to make the right choices. I have been doing better losing 6 pounds feels really encouraging but at 257 pounds 5ft 2 inches I'm going to have to do way better than that. Im now looking at surgery and I am soooo rea...
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ciaocuoremio
Weight watchers, slim fast, Atkins... BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. I have been overweight since birth. Always feeling anxious, and down about myself. I feel like I've missed out on so much of my youth. My surgery has changed my life!!
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Angie W.
I have been overweight for a while. I would lose weight and gain it back. I have been depressed every time I gained the weight back. Three years ago I got excited when I thought my insurance would cover the surgery. I had a meeting with the insurance Rep at my work and he advised me that it wasn't covered and I should eat less. I was furious and depressed.
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denyse51204
Before surgery I spent most of my life on the diet roller coaster. The first diet I remember was when my mom told me to ask the doctor to put me on a diet when I was about 11 or 12 years old. I had been told so much of my life that "you'd be so pretty if you would just lose 10 pounds." It was humiliating and I was very isolated and scared most of my life - I didn't want to be different, but I was....
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Tisaxo
I always knew that weight loss surgery was an option, but I was afraid of it, and I was afraid of what getting it would mean.I budgeted my calories, I tried the south beach and tons of other tips and ways to change myself.Nothing ever worked. I always knew my weight was going to kill me but I never felt any pain until recently (5 years later).I decided on weight loss surgery after doing everything...
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raptor62
I started to consider WLS in January of 2012 when my wife told me about a friend of her's having lap-band surgery. I was addicted to carbs and I wasn't feeling that great physically and decided that I should do something about it.
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