myJourney - Sharing Your Story Helps Spread Awareness

lydiaje

Dear All, As I write this I am relieved and terrified at the same time. My entire life has been a battle with addiction (food, drugs, and drink). Food first of course, I write this this as I am now srtuggling with drug addiiction. I am finally the skinny beautiful woman I wanted to be. But I am so scared and unhappy-------not what i thought

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Sandyhnc

I just could not get the weight off no matter what I did. I was diabetic and felt so stuck!

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Larry Wassmann

FIRST OF ALL PLEASE VISIT MY BOG AT http://www.lwassmann.blogspot.com/ TO GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT MY JOURNEY THAT ARE NOT COVERED HERE. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AND LEAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE. I have been on all the popular weight-loss programs from Weight Watchers, Ginny Craig, even things like hypnosis. I have no problem losing weight and it is really easy for me. I am a...

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chickenoregg

I've been an up-and-down weight gainer since I was 18. The weight comes on while I'm in a relationship and comes off when I'm single, seemingly regardless of what I do. Well, I'm married now... I had to learn to be ok with myself whether I was fat or overweight or whatever was going on. I have great self esteem now, and feel in a great position to get this weight thing under control. I DO want to...

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Jesse Chancey

My name is Jesse Jay Chancey. I'm 21 years old. I was born in Augusta,Ga. I was overweight all my life. In third grade I weighed about 170-180 lbs. I was always teased about my weight growing up. I would be in class and hear the kids around me call me names and talk about me behind my back. Even some family members have teased me about my weight (Won't mention any names). It's hard to go to school...

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Glow2254

I was always a big girl, I do not ever remember being under 200lbs. I learned how to make it work. I never wanted it to be an excuse. I would refuse to let my weight define me. I was very confident in my skin and never suffered from low self-esteem. Sounds good does'nt it, well it does have its set backs. Denial stepped in and I found myself at a whopping 375lbs. That was my eye opener.

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Erinxoxo13

Being heavy isn't the easiest thing in the world people are so cruel, I'm 21 years old and fitting in is really important to me. It was very hard for me growing up I was made fun of on a constant basis and I was always the heaviest girl in my grade and what people had to say to me was so hurtful, I attempted suaside do to the making fun of

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Prettylady33

Being overweight has been emotional roller coaster for me, for many years. I suffered many traumatic situations growing up, so food has always been my comforter, my friend, my confidant and my therapist. But it got to a point where I just really hate what I saw. Many days I would look in the mirror and cry, feeling like there was no hope for me. Some days I would cry, while eating large amounts of...

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Roly

I used food to cope. It was much easyer to lock myself away and eat then it was to deal with things. Weight control? I had no control. At over 500 lbs my weight controlled me.

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MyBariatricLife

I’ve battled with my weight since early childhood. I was obese throughout elementary school and junior high. In high school I joined a gym, became an avid swimmer, took diet pills and crash dieted. I got down to a weight of 120-lbs. That wasn’t long-lived, but for years I did maintain my weight at 140-lbs. My weight began to balloon up again in my early twenties. I was a processed food junkie a...

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mhogans

After having three kids I have had a hard time with losing all of the weight. With my second and third children I was barely able to get under 180. After exiting the military 2 years ago I have gained almost 100 pounds. I have tried multiple diets and can only seem to maintain them for a few weeks. I am a very emotional eater and I LOVE Dr. Pepper. So with all of this I didn't know where I was goi...

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empierce

While I was an athlete and thin through high school, I started gaining weight in my early-20s and just couldn't stop. I tried everything, including Weight Watchers - 15 times, with little success. Since gaining the weight, I could only manage to lose 60 lbs with a diet. In the last two years, my knees have just gotten worse and worse and I desperately needed to get the weight off.

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SimoneVSSimone

I was an emotional wreck! I was afraid to speak to people in public, I would be afraid of what they thought of me. I used to always think my husband never loved me, even though he really truly do, It would be my mind frame. My life was very closed in, I would go to work then come home, My family and friends would ask me to go out with them but I would turn them down because I was ashamed of my wei...

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brenlee1965

Battle is exactly what I would call my struggle with weight loss. Off and on, like a light switch was always my way of life with weight loss. I would try a new diet program to lose and then regain. I have tried many, many things....from pills to colon cleanses to Atkins to Susan powder to Richard Simmons. For years I asked my doctor for something to HELP me and he always said control your consumpt...

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Robyn J.

My life was a mess. I was depressed and angry all of the time. I had battled with weight most of my life, but it just kept getting worse. I was 135, then 175, then, 200, then, 220, then, 245, I topped out at 261. I was at an all time low emotionally, my relationships suffered, I couldn't hold a job, I didn't even want to be around me.

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KELLY H.

I gained weight slowly over a 15 year period and 4 pregnancies. I hadn't gained a single pound since my son was born in 2007 which is weird for someone my size. It's hard to hope. It's hard to have my heart so filled with what could/might come to be. Like most large people, in my head I am normal, it's not until I catch myself in the mirror or see a picture taken (I never allow pictures ...

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karenp8

I had tried every diet under the sun all throughout my life. When I was younger I would lose weight only to gain it back plus more. As I aged I found myself unable to lose even when working with a dietitian and exercising nearly daily. I was worn out and in pain every day. My knees and back were in constant torment. I was ashamed of how I looked and finally isolated myself in my home. When I went...

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Carol Giusto

I was not able to walk up steps. If we went away, I would wait in the car while my family went walking. I was diabetic , pills and insulins.

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blair94

I have been overweight since I was a child. As an overweight 5 or 6 year old, life wasn't always easy. I had some friends but was never "popular". I am so thankful that I always had a supporting family around me, telling me how beautiful, smart, and charismatic I was--because without that, I don't know where I'd be. Having such a "rock" in my family, I developed into a self-confident teenager who...

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UpGradeU32

I have had weight issues since I was a child. My whole family is big. I lost weight but was still larger than most of the other children when I was in middle school. I was on the cheerleading squad and was very active so I stayed at a more normal, slightly larger weight through middle and high school.

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Angela R.

My life before bariatric surgery was a struggle. My battle in my mind and body was sometimes way to much to deal with at times. I had times in my life that my weight would make me just want to die. I went up and down and up and down with my weight loss on so many other plans. I'm sure we don't have to talk about them because each of us have been on the same plans over and over with no results.

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hipchik

I am now 60yrs old and I had my open RNY in 2001. I was 49 almost 50...Even though I fought daily, during my teens and thru my late 30's I was always on a diet to stay medium..Up and down from 140-180lbs....During my 40's I became very ill and exploded to 300 lbs. I had trouble walking and rolling over or getting out of bed or out of a chair was so difficult. I was depressed and eventually went...

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WeightNoMoreSherri

I grew up abused by everyone I trusted and loved and I also grew up needing to find a shield, weight was what I found! I started putting on weight as early as I could remember, never really eating a great deal but my choices were always very poor. My parents taught me how to eat badly, everyone was heavy in my family so as they say, the genes were perfect. I was diagnosed with Bi-Polar Manic D...

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Dee.spunk

Like many others on here, I tried them all...from fad diets to cabbage water, i was tired of trying and failing over and over again.

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lady_myst

I have always had issues with food. I don't remember a time where I had normal behaviors with food. I ate when i felt bored, lonely, sad, or angry. I ate when I was happy. Every holiday event was centered around a feast that took days to prepare. Every get together was about the food. I have this problem where I never felt good enough. I was always lacking. I never felt full. I always fel...

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