Celebrating GoBlueGirl1998's Before & After VSG Journey! I grew up as a larger child, but I was always athletic. I played basketball, ran track and was on the soccer team in high school. Even though I was larger I was still somewhat fit. After my senior year of high school,
Celebrating SunnyGirlMS’ Before & After VSG Journey! Like most of us, I had always been a "full bodied" person. I was always labeled as one of those ever so famous "beautiful faced" people. In my mid-twenties, I finally decided to start informing people that I didn’t view that as a
Celebrating Kim's Journey Before & After DS (Duodenal Switch) My weight has always been an issue. I remember as a child, though not obese, never being as thin as most of the other kids. I was always self-conscious about my body. My real struggle with obesity came after the birth
Celebrating ICG63's Before & After RNY, Revision and Plastic Surgery Journeys I've struggled with weight my whole life. I love food, tend toward depression and retreating, so a lot of "eating my feelings" over the years. Sought talk therapy, joined gyms, exercised sporadically, then would inevitably get bored with a
Celebrating Dustin's Before & After VSG Journey! I grew up in a house that rewarded accomplishments with food and I was taught to finish my plate. This tradition started me on a bad path with food and my eating habits that only got worse when I had to start dealing
Celebrating Emily Martens' Before & After VSG and Losing Weight Regain! From an early age, I used food as a tool to give myself love. I would eat if I was stressed, sad, or happy, it didn’t matter what the emotion was because I ate from it. I remember being teased
Celebrating LuvleeLisa's Journey Before & After RNY! I've struggled with obesity my entire adult life. After going through a horrible marriage and feeling no self-love or self-confidence, I decided to get my life in order because my 1-year-old daughter (at that time) did not deserve to live a miserable life.
Celebrating Johnetta's Journey Before & After DS I had my first diet when I was 10 years old and was on a proverbial diet my whole entire life. Everything from Fen-Fen, Weight Watchers, shots, pills, cabbage diet, peanut butter diet, every crazy scheme imaginable. For me, the decision to have a
Celebrating Stacy's Journey Before & After RNY! My sister had an RNY about eight years ago and looks amazing. She told me that before her surgery she was prediabetic and is now completely healthy. It took me a long time and many years to figure out that I just could
Celebrating Billmacc7's Before & After RNY Journey! I have always struggled with my weight. I was overweight all through my childhood. I was able to get it somewhat under control while I served in the United States Army. Unfortunately, it was short lived as I actually had to leave the Army
