Why I Decided to Have WLS All of my life, I've struggled with my weight. I started eating to cope during my adolescent years after my parents' divorce. I was always so much taller and bigger than the other kids, and gaining weight intensified my feelings of awkwardness. As a
Why I Decided to Have WLS I can remember being one of the bigger girls in fifth grade, probably 10-15 pounds more than most of the girls in my class. Being one of the bigger girls continued with the gap getting wider through my adult years. A few months post-pregnancy
Why I Decided to Have WLS My struggles with my weight began when I was about eight years old. That’s when I started gaining weight and found out I had Hypothyroidism and Adrenal Hyperplasia. Since then, my life has been a roller coaster of weight issues. I was put on
Why I Decided to Have WLS My sister is 11 months older than I am, and she was always in shape without having to exercise. I got tired of hearing, "Angilee has a pretty face, but she is so big." It affected my self-esteem. I tried the Atkins Diet, Phentermine
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 My struggles with obesity began within the last 10 years. I noticed as I got older, and my metabolism got a little slower, so did my weight loss. I have always gone to the gym, thinking I was doing the right thing, but not
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 I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. As a young girl, I developed much faster than most of my elementary class and this made me look larger than most of the girls in my class. I dealt with kids teasing
Why I Decided to Have WLS I was not an overweight child; however, I got pregnant at 16. My pre-pregnancy weight was 140 pounds, and when I went in to have my daughter, I weighed 210 pounds. I lost most of that weight and got back down to 160 pounds.
