jwoodw01

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  • BMI 52.9

Obesity & Me

Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

My weight, in my Mothers eyes was a problem since I was a very young teen. I'm not so sure I had a weight issue but in the standards of others I had 20 or so extra pounds on me. I starting putting on the real weight after having my second child. I divorced and moved back to CT and began the journey of a single ( no mental or physical support from the father), full time working mother of two very young boys. It pretty much was down hill from there. Never enough money to eat right and went on the emotional roller coaster of diets. Top weight as of this week was 335 lbs. I have known of the surgery for many, many years and at one time did attend a seminar on it hoping to be able to have it performed. Circumstances did not allow this to happen. Until this week.

What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

Not being in control, not able to do certain thins in life because I was to big. Also, and injury to my knee when I was 18 just made the knee gradually bring me to a point of no return with it.

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

I only just had the surgery this past Monday. Today is day 5.

ARE YOU READY TO PAY IT FORWARD & SHARE YOUR JOURNEY? Your journey will help highlight the many ways weight loss surgery improves lives and makes a difference in our families, communities and world. EACH JOURNEY COUNTS as a voice towards greater awareness.

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