Why I Decided To Have WLS Most of my adult life, I weighed 127-135 pounds. After four children, I had gained and lost a good bit of weight over the years. With my children and working a full-time job, I managed to keep my weight around 140 pounds. In October
Why I Decided to Have WLS On January 31, 2001, my life had changed forever with weight loss surgery! My whole life I struggled with trying to lose weight and keep it off. I was a chubby child and over the years my weight had fluctuated up and down over
Why I decided to have WLS On January 17, 2005, I embarked upon a life-changing journey. As I reflect on the years leading up to this date, I was always chubby (a polite way to tell a child they are fat). I was a large teenager and a fat adult. Truth
Why I Decided to Have WLS For my entire life, I’ve struggled with my weight. I remember being in the fourth grade and having to get a note from my pediatrician granting me permission to start Weight Watchers. I did cheerleading throughout middle school and high school so that kept
Why I Decided To Have WLS My name is Ed Lehman with AKA's of Eddie L, Ed, Eddie, the Famous Mr. Ed and 1 HAPPY MAN. I was born and raised in Cleveland Ohio (The Meat Potato & Pierogi Capital of the World), enlisted in the US Navy in 1977,
Why I Decided To Have WLS I have struggled with my weight since puberty. I was always a more naturally larger person as far as my body type. My mom was also overweight and developed diabetes at 29 years old. She saw the struggle that I had with my weight
Why I Decided To Have WLS Weight had been a struggle for me all my life. It became the norm for me to lose and then gain back what I had lost and more. There was always a reason for unhealthy or excessive eating. Reasons such as school schedules, work
Why I Decided To Have WLS I was overweight my entire life--chubby baby, chubby adolescent, chubby teenager. Food was love in my family, so we ate for every occasion. I was a teenager in the 70's when skinny was in, so even though I was only a size 13/15, I
Why I Decided To Have WLS I’m an adopted child. I know that isn’t the typical way to start a weight loss story but stay with me. I was raised by wonderful, kind, engaged parents and never felt for one day that I wasn’t loved. My childhood was pretty great,
Why I Decided To Have WLS My journey is not like most overweight people. I entered this world very prematurely back when most babies didn’t survive. Dying before I even had a chance to live several times helped start a journey that was not very healthy. Growing up I was
