Why I Decided to Have WLS As far as I can remember, I was always a skinny little kid, but after a few surgeries and life itself, my weight started creeping up. After I retired from the Navy in 2012, my weight dramatically changed as I gained over 100 pounds
Why I Decided to Have WLS I had a rough start in life involving my weight. I was born with damage done to the right side of my face. This injury caused me to suck very little at one time and required feeding almost on an hourly basis for several
Why I Decided to Have WLS Let me start with an oh-so-common story. I was about 7 years old when I started getting heavy. Everything that was fun and with family was about food; theme parks, holiday, picnics, beach days, and parties. The first time, first of many, I joined
Why I Decided to Have WLS My journey started when I was 14 years old and was put down a lot because of my weight. It put me into a tailspin of diets, bulimia, anorexia, depression, and yo-yo dieting for 46 years. I pretty much stopped living and experiencing life.
Why I Decided to Have WLS Since time began, I have felt that anything worth doing was worth doing to the extreme. From drugs and alcohol to cigarettes, work, food, and the mother of them all - STRESS. Yes, I was truly a stress junkie. Of course, all the other
Why I Decided to Have WLS I began my weight gain at age 8 when the abuse started. I was a fat teenager, gained the bulk of the weight in my 20’s. My teenage years were the hardest with lots of teasing and I was very self-conscious about my weight. My
Why I Decided to Have WLS We don’t often get the chance to impact a large group of people, but here goes nothing. I grew up in a Mexican-American household. Although my name is Angela I was most often called “gorda” or “fea,” which translates into “fat girl” or “ugly
Why I Decided to Have WLS I’ve struggled with my weight since 2nd grade. I remember my teacher looking at me and saying “you’re gonna pop out of them clothes.” From then on, my parents tried hard to help me lose weight. Back in the early 90’s, low-fat diets were
Why I Decided to Have WLS I have always struggled with my weight. As almost anyone that has struggled with their weight will tell you, there are many different reasons/circumstances/excuses that overweight people use. The first is hereditary, then environment, then age, etc. and etc. My struggles started in the
Why I Decided to Have WLS I was always the kid that was told you’d be "cute" if you’d just lose a few pounds. Growing up, being overweight, and losing weight was about looks, how I looked. I lost weight my senior year of high school, but three years later,
