Ever wonder why or how??

How you let yourself get to the point that you would need WLS? I do..... 

I know I was partly to blame but also feel that I had genetics keeping me from loosing. Doctors have found that there are at least 19 hormones that dictate obesity and hunger. How can you fight that?

I wonder that myself.  I used to be quite skinny, some people thought I was too thin.  I'm 5'9" and I used to weigh 120.  What happened???  I blame myself completely.  Genetics aside (my mom and sister are over weight), I was thin and I let myself get fat.  Why didn't I do something sooner?  Life happens and you get so busy and one day I looked in the mirror to see this fat person.  Then there was a point where I stopped trying because it seemed hopeless. 

I have hope again.  This surgery gives me hope. 

My mother went back and forth on weight, She would be extra thin for a few years, then balloon up to a size 18 or 20. I was thin until I had kids, then went from 115 to 159 to 180, then I just stopped stopped thinking about it. Life got in the way. Also  a lot of health issues the last 20 years. Even though  am still overweight, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. 50 lbs to go!

For me, I was over weight since I can remember all my childhood, My Mom would keep food (sweets) locked up from me and I think when I got to where I could go to the store and buy  candy my self as a child that was the only thing I want. then when I got married at 17 and at 200 lbs I was able to eat anything I wanted and Mon was not there to stop me, then when I was 18 I got pregnant with my first child and gained 80 lbs, and never lost it, He only weighted 7 lbs 6 oz,
I just keep right on eating,
My Mom and Grandma both have a weight problem, as well,
So for me it was me and my moms fault that I got this big,
I still have to fight my head, it wants to eat  all the time, and I think I will have to fight this for the rest of my life,
Thanks for posting this it really make you think,

Morning Everyone-

That is such a loaded question.  I have asked that question to myself many times and have also been asked that from others.  The hardest part of me facing my RNY surgery is knowing that I basically did this to myself-if you will.  I don't dwell on this and have accepted it and  forgiven myself.  Since I was able to do that I now look forward to my surgery (Jan/Feb 09).  I know that my surgery will be a tool to a future that I am very excited about!! 

Happy Thursday!

-Joy.

I have been overweght my entire life. My mom weighed 99lbs when she got married and now weighs 200. My sis was heaviest at 213. My brother is abut 180. Even though obesity is in my family. My weight is my problem. I was down to 140 on phen phen. Then depression, happiness, boredom,  and co-dependency kicked in. I LOVE FOOD. But, after watching my mother with all her problems, polio, htn, diabetes, copd, athritis, etc., I was determined not to have my children take care of me when I am 60. WLS, my savior!

Theresa