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Kerry

My battle with weight loss was very stressful and energy draining. I was depressed and ill all the time. I sometimes even cried of despair.

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skinny_girl_now

I had been on every diet out there from Weight Watchers to Atkins. Nothing worked.

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KatherineLeake

I was an emotional eater and did not always have healthy habits to be sure, but I also was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome at a young age, and therefore made it very difficult to ever lose weight. Before my surgery I was on weight watchers, a doctor's prescribed program, and even took weight-loss medication, all to no avail. I believe I only lost about 5 pounds in the six months of fa...

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Kristin S.

I wouldn't say that I necessarily had a battle with weight control. It was just that I didn't care. My whole family has a problem with being over weight, just considered it normal to be the way that I was.

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Larakatya

Well, it's been a journey. . . I started gaining weight as an adolescent. I was hospitalized for depression at age 13 related to Weight. I watched as my mother losted and gained nearly 150 lbs over my teens through medical fasting. During this time I tried medically guided weight loss programs, weight watchers and Slim-fast all with minimal success and ultimate failure. I left home for College...

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Ken S.

I didn't really have a battle. I had tried many times to lose weight and I had decided that since I was relatively young and had no major problems associated with morbid obesity that I had better do something before I have problems that could affect the rest of my life! That is when I decided to have the surgery.

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Burroughs

I had spent my entire life over weight, In my 20's I went through weightloss periods where I lost and gained more than a couple hundred pounds. Finally I just gave up and ate my way up to 381 lbs.

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1htmoma

I have struggled all my life with my weight. I would diet and diet and nothing worked, i would end up giving up in the end and gain all my weight back plus some!

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j_coulter

I figured that it was something that I could take care of "eventually" and that for now I was just going to enjoy eating what I wanted and lounging around on the couch watching TV after work if I wanted to. Of course, it got to the point where when I finally wanted to do something, it was nearly physically impossible because my health had deteriorated so badly.

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ileanak

My life was a constant batle with self esteem. I would always work hard at the gym, and eat the right things 80% of the rime, but weight kept jumping on board.

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Patricia U.

I have been heavy all my life. I can remember going with my mom for my first communion dress and having to get the biggest one and it was tight. Weight has always been a battle. I can remember my first diet was in the 7th grade. I could wear a size 18 for my 8th grade graduation. All the feelings with being heavy and the emotional pain that we all hide are there.Not fitting into theater seats, get...

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smcarleton

I would get frustrated with my weight. Turn to Weight Watchers, seriously diet and believe I was making life changes. Lose about 20 pounds and start working out at the YMCA. The next 20 pounds would come off slowly. As soon as I started exercising - that's when my weight loss would slow and I would get frustrated. I messed with points - trying to come up with a better solution - eat more prot...

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Michelle4276

Before having WLS I was a binge eater. I would eat my self till I got sick. I would eat when I was bored, sad, angry or just plain eat because I just love food. Food was my life, I thought about food from the time I went to bed till the time I woke up. When I woke up I thought about what I was going to have for dinner.

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snoopy559fan

Not being able to be the person that I know I can be.

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KittyKatt

I was always about 10-15 pounds overweight all my life. I struggled with my weight while in the military, that was so stressful. While in the military I got pregnant and I found that I was using that as an excuse to eat everything that I wanted. When I had my son I was 204 lbs. I was able to lose about 10 lbs but then the weight began to creep right back up. I saw my doctor who just said to stop e...

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DawnCotton

I was very unhappy with myself, I was on an antidepressant, and had tried just about everything to loose weight.

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Wendirose

Being overweight all my life caused low self esteem and self confidence.

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Mary C.

I have battle with my weight for a very long time. I have try every diets you could name. I would lose alittle gain back alot more than I would lose.. It was so depressing. Than I start reseaching wls and decision that this is the way that I want to going. I feel that this surgery is the tool that I need to lose the weight and to get my health back on the correct track. So I can be healthy.

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diannapullen

I am a great cook and any time I wanted something, It wasn't very far away. I loved to eat when I was upset or stressed out. Really loved to eat during the winter months. You know when it's cold.. It's great to cuddle up with book and a big bowl of chili. Emotionally... Before I never could win the battle.

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Debra S.

I have battled with my weight my entire life and have tried numerous times to lose the weight with no great success. This decision was made after long research and thought and I feel that it is in my best interest to have this surgery.

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Deborah N.

Before I knew about the bariatric surgery I learned how to put up this great big walls. When I say walls meaning the I would love to do certain things but couldn't so i would either make up excuses no to go and be a part of or I would complain about everyone and everything around me.. just so I wouldn't be the only one not haveing a good time. All in all I was hurt and alone and I didn't like what...

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Lindap2kids

I tried dieting all my life, everything but always lost and gained more until the point I couldn't stand it anymore, so I looked at wls, but didn't act on it. I kept it in the back of my mind until I was hospitalized in October and we had a sudden insurance change, then I thought it was time to try for the surgery.

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marilyn S.

Its was lot of up and down with the weight loss. I became very depressed, sucidely. I had a lot of time of just wanted to give up.

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084268

I am an emotional eater. Happy, Sad, gray day, sunny day, bored or busy, there is always time for food. During the past years I was very successful in losing weight, mostly by one form or another of starvation. Once I turned 40 I could not lose to "SAVE MY LIFE"

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ANTOINETTEJOHNSON

10 year CELEBRATION TODAY...... I am still doing great, keeping off the weight, nutrition awesome. When I had my first child in 1987 I was about a size 16. After having children I got bigger and bigger. I hated to go cloth shopping and I was very unhappy when I needed to go shopping and when it was time to get dress to go somewhere special. I though people were alwasy looking at me because I ...

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