Celebrating Kellybelly333's Before & After RNY Gastric Bypass Journey! I began my journey to weight loss surgery in late 2009. I was 36-years-old and I had another appointment with my family doctor to have my medications adjusted. I was on two types of blood pressure medication, on my fifth change
Celebrating Jeannie's Before & After RNY Gastric Bypass Journey! After a career in losing and gaining weight, I failed miserably. I knew how to lose weight, but I couldn't figure out how to keep it off. When I was in nursing school, during my CPR class, I could not get
Celebrating Melissa's Before & After RNY Gastric Bypass Journey! The doctor came into the family waiting room where I was gathered with my family. He told my Dad the surgery was successful, however, the cancer had spread. When they let the family in to see my Mom, I could not
I am very excited to share my Before & After VSG journey! I am, and always have been, addicted to food. I love everything about it. The smell, taste, texture, family functions, celebrations, etc. Weighing in at a whopping 399.4 pounds, I would say I am your normal weight loss
Celebrating Letrice's Before & After RNY Gastric Bypass Journey! I am both thrilled and honored to share my journey with everyone. There is such enthusiasm and extreme excitement as I compose my journey to share with others! As a child, I was slightly heavier in weight than most of my
Celebrating Dayna's Before & After VSG Journey! I have struggled with being overweight since I was a child. I had never fit into regular clothes. I had tried all kinds of diets with my mother. My mother supported me by trying the diets that I did. Nothing ever worked, or
Celebrating Marjory’s Journey Before & After Gastric Sleeve (VSG)! My struggles with my weight started when I was 24. After years of dieting with some success followed by gaining all the weight back and then some, I ended up obese weighing 250 pounds, and my health started deteriorating, and I
Celebrating Mysty’s Before & After RNY Gastric Bypass Journey! One of the main reasons that my first marriage ended was because I had gained weight. I had been "chubby" my whole life had lost weight before I got married, then gained a significant amount from the pregnancy with my son. There were
Celebrating Jill’s Before & After Revision! I’ve always believed that every person has a story. I am also convinced that every person who is morbidly obese has an extremely complicated story. The story line of the morbidly obese individual is filled with shame, embarrassment, interventions, “hoping against hope”, as
I had been heavy most my life and tried every diet, and finally found myself weighing 504 pounds. I had the co-morbid conditions of high blood pressure, was a diabetic, sleep apnea, and GERD. I couldn't walk more than 10 feet without huffing and had to sit down. I was slowly
