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Jackie K.

I had given up even trying diets quite a while ago. About a year and a half before I had the surgery, I statrted researching it and going to my Drs and talking to them about it. I was so emotionally drained about my weight that I could not even think about it without feeling down. I had resigned myself to living with my weight what it is as long as I could and making the best of it. Basically i...

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JANEAN P.

My weight was a rollercoaster. Continuing up and down. Never stabelizing.

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KathyHarris

I was pretty much a basket case prior to my weight loss surgery and was at the end of my rope. I was desperate enough to try anything.

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stephanielewis

My weight was a constant source of depression for me. It caused me to become quite introverted.

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lconrad

25 years of yo yo dieting

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qtalleycat68

I was very depressed and felt like i didnt matter anymore. My life was going out of control. I felt like life had no meaning.

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Tammy W.

I was in constant turmoil. I would eat constantly. I would only diet a short time before giving up. I hated myself and was very unhappy.

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Dorothy B. L.

It all started on 09/03/46 when my mother was told "Congratulations, you have a beautiful healthy bounching baby girl, birth weight nine pounds, eleven and one-half ounces"! ! ! Little did I know at that time that this would be the basis of my entire life, larger then average. I remember while growing up, that I was always the largest girl in my class, and taller too. I learned at a very you...

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Vicky B.

The feeling of being alone. Never really being able to fit it. Not being able to go into a "normal" store to purchase clothes, shoes, etc. Afraid to go to amusement parks because I didn't fit into the seats of the rides. NEVER feeling happy about myself, not being able to answer the question...how did i allow myself to get like this.

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Cheetah

I had tryed so many diets, so many diet pills... all with the same result... lose some... add loads back plus a few extra that I sure didnt need. I was so unhappy, I would look in the mirror and think that is no way this is me!!!! I didnt want to go do anything, I didnt want to be around people... I wanted to hide... I would almost die when I would run into some I knew that hadnt seen me in a...

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1happylady

I have tried so many diets before learning about bariatric surgery. I tried Weight watchers (7-8 times), Formu3 (about 5 times), diet pills (physcian prescribed) liquid diets, Physcians Weight Loss (2 times), and so many more. I would lose large amounts of weight very quickly and than would end up hitting plateaus that would last for a long time and I would get frustrated and end up gaining all ...

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tonishappy

My battle with weight has been going on for 15 years. I started in 1989 when I started gaining no matter what I did or how much I exercised. I was not able to stop it. I was in the Military and had people work with me and exercise and nothing seemed to help. The weight just came on and on. I was kicked out of the Military because of my weight in 1993. I was devastated. My career was over. ...

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sby949

Many diets were initiated, all but one failed. The one that was successful was Liquid Protein. Once people started dying of heart failure, this product was pulled from the market.

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Dawn V.

Fought my weight all of my life. It got the worst after I married. I have tried every diet known to man. Often lost, but always gained back more.

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sandrina

When you attempt to lose weight the old fashion way, everything is great in the beginning. Slowly you start to eat normally again and start putting the weight back on that you have lost. This is very difficuly emotionally. It's very hard to maintain the very disciplined behaviour that is nessecary to keep the weight off and stay faithful to the diet pills, or whatever means you have choosen.

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StormRaven

On the behavioral end, I changed what I was eating,how I was eating it,what I was drinking and nothing was coming off. The emotional side of it was unbearable. I couldn't stand to look at myself. I didn't like my hubby looking at me. He's always said I look good,but I've always felt like he was lying. Having the surgery was a last resort for me,like I'm sure it is with most people.

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Shepherd

My weight has been a roller-coaster since around 10 yrs old. I was the only "big one", in the family. I am one of the lucky ones, I'm tall (6') and pretty evenly proportioned. So I wasn't teased alot. I went to great lenghts during my school years not to get weighed in public. My weight has always been my personal demon. I have tried most every healthy and unhealthy product & method there is...

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June B.

Total depression, constant frustration and a false smile. That is how I felt prior to hearing there might be a way out of my weight slums! I have been over weight my entire life. It really began to be a problem when I started Middle School. You all know that time in your life is so important. Your appearance seems to be what is most important to everyone else, even if your weight isn't an i...

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Lisa Morton Smith

Like most overweight people, I cannot remember a day in my life that I was not on a diet. I tried everything from fasting to liquids to negative calorie food to perscription drugs. Each loss and subsequent gain was heartbreaking. Each time leaving me with a lower sense of self esteem.

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rstamper

I had started to gain weight rapidly approx 1-2 lbs weekly, I was depressed,on medication for an Irregular heart rate for several years, had develped asthma,was having 4-5 attacks daily,and had been diagnosed as insulin resistant and pre diabetic. I did not know what to do,met a lady that had had the surgery and started to talk to her about it. All of my Dr.s were saying that if I did not loose t...

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Linda B.

Mine has been a life long battle, starting when I had my tonsils out at 8 years old. I have never been able to stay on a diet going from one program to another, always failing.Its hard to believe I was an athlete when I was in school.When I was in my late 20's I had my first bout with depression and I have been dealing with this on and off since then, I am now 44. People would say I took after my ...

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danstanick

I felt that I had dug myself a hole that I could not possibly get out of. I felt lost, alone and totally worthless. I really did not care whether I lived or died.

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Kem P.

I always felt like it was a goal i just couldn't achieve. I was always told, "If you'd just lose weight... you have such a pretty face."

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granola

I was a controlling overeater. I liked the numbness overeating would bring - anything to not FEEL. I hated the emotional aspect of always being different and feeling judged. Postop that same behavioral and emotional response brought on a 4-month bout of anorexia - still trying to control.

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dazymae7

I had always battled with my weight since I was in fourth grade. I was a diet fiend and tried everything under the sun, except for WLS. I felt terrible, had awful self esteem and couldn't stand to look in the mirror. I would "psyche" myself into imagining I was thinner but would get a rude awakening when I would see pictures or the reflection in the mirror. I was obsessed with my weight an...

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