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Angela B.

Actually by the time I had surgery I had accepted my size and myself. I felt confident and never let my weight stop me from doing anything. I got certified scuba diving and went canopying in Mexico when I was at my heaviest 260lbs

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Marie Z.

It seemed like I could just LOOK at food and gain weight. I have battled hypothyroidism since the age of 18 and polycystic ovarian syndrome. It only added to the weight gain.

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Faith *

I was out of control. My weight has fluctuated up and down numerous times over the last 15 years.

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Jeffrey B.

I have always struggled with my weight. I remember being called “Fat” at age 5. Up through 2008 I would gain & lose weight always added more then I lost. I tried every diet I could. However, regardless I continued to put on weight. After I injured by back, things got much worst. My activity level went down, and my weight sky rocketed. I finally gave up and just started eating anything I want...

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gphillips

I was always able to lose weight, but could not keep it off. Probably lost the same 80 lbs over and over. Until I hit my late 40's then it seemed like the more I tried to lose the more I gained. Tried to quit smoking twice and put on 30 pounds each time and kept it. My weight just kept going up and up no matter how mad I got at myself and tried to shame me into controlling it. I wanted to do thing...

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stephanie29

i have struggled with my weight and eating habits since like 7th grade... i remember in 6th grade being weighed and it was 101lbs... i was embarrassed.. at that time i was 4'10" .. the next time i remember weighing i was 18 years old and jokingly i got on the scale at a factory those real big ones... anyhow i weighed 265 lbs.. i was horrified i had no clue i was so big.. that point on i excercise...

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british88

I have not been under 2oo lbs for a very long time...I know to some people that doesnt seem too much over weight..but when you are 5ft 2in thats a lot of weight to carry around....I have tried everything to loose the weight...diets...not eating and everything in between

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Barry McCabe

It was a day to day struggle that would never end. I would get so down on my self about eating that it would disgust me. I knew that eating foods that was hi in fat or sugar was bad but it dindnt matter to me...I did it anyway. sort of a self sabatge that I would do. I had no will power

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cycobusdriver E.

I have battled with weight problem all my life. I am the only of six kids that is big. I make jokes and be funny just so I can fit in. I say I dont care what people think and if they dont like dont look. but deep down I do.

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not2001

The same story as so many, obese as a child, teeneager, college, with every diet in the world tried with the same end result, add more weight then taken off. Must have spent thousands over the years with therapists on why am I overweight, why can't I control it, "what does it mean" etc. Those issues don't go away with the Bariatric surgery, but I now have a very, very, strong tool to help work w...

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Barbara C.

I was an overweight child and became an obese adolescent and adult. I experienced a huge weight gain on the occasion of my marriage, ballooning up to 217 pounds. Unfortunately, I have never been able to get and keep my weight under 225 for more than six months. In spite of multiple efforts at dieting including HCG shots, Weight Watchers, Grapefruit, Cabbage Soup, Cambridge, many over the cou...

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Angela M.

I had weight fluctuations throughout my life, however unlike many on here I did not suffer with being really overweight until when I had got pregnant and starting having children at 17. The same as my mother. My whole life i watched my mom do alot of weightloss programs and my dad taunt me about being "just like your mother" anytime I ate pretty much anything. That's what happened when I got out o...

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diamondsparkle08

I am an emotional eater, never realized this until every time an emotion or issue arised in my life I ran towards food. It comforted me, made me feel better, my problems then manifeted physically and I was no longer able to hide my issus they now were visible to the entire world.

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dwickster

I have had a weight problem for as long as I can remember. I tried everything and always failed. I am only 5 ft tall and ate my way up to 277 lbs. I spent so much money on fad diets, drinks and expensive diet programs just to fail. My self confidence went to the bottom and it affected my whole life.

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2BHealthyShelly

I lived in shame and became a closet eater. I was emotionally dead before surgery.

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wendyjustwendy1

Ive been overweight most of my life. And it has been an ongoing battle. Diets failed ect.Ive had very low self esteem in the past, but I am learning to accept that I am beautiful on the inside and thats what counts!

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jjpaci

I was so depressed all the time! It was such a vicious cycle: gain weight, beat myself up for being fat, get depressed, eat because I'm fat and depressed, gain more weight. I truly hated what I looked like (never allowed pictures) and virtually became a hermit. I never went anywhere socially and was mortified if someone saw me who used to know me when I was thinner.

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BigNoMore72

I was always Sad and felt useless about not being able to walk or to do things because I was so Big I was 398 pounds and had so much wrong with me.

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s_a_d_girl2

What weight control?????????

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Ge-Anne

I weighed 101 lbs. the day my parents took me for my pre-kindergarten screening in 1976. They knew I was heavy, but seeing those numbers shocked them into taking me to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for an evaluation. I still remember the physical and how the doctor spoke with me and tried to explain (to a five year old) that I needed to diet. from that moment on, I have hated that word. I k...

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JLKeasling

attitude was really bad, refused to go anywhere with everyone. preferred not to be around people

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Timothy S.

It was an up and down battle for years and know i see a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Stacie723

Food had a power over me. It was my "God". It helped me to get through feelings of being alone, overwhelmed, happy, sad, angry, excited, etc. I ate over everything. My big battle with food occured after I got "Clean & sober". I used food as my drug of choice. Then I became poweless over the food. I didn't eat b/c I was hungry. I ate because, that's what I did.

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joychaser

This battle is like no other battle I have had to fight! I am a very strong willed, independent driven young woman...well until it comes to food. I had finally gotten to the point in my life where I could take no more. I do not want to be depressed, I want to have energy, I want to live a long life, I want to find love, I want to have more children, I wanted to be the beautiful person that I know ...

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Bill K.

After losing both parents to lung cancer eleven years ago I quit smoking. I replaced that addiction with food and alcohol. In a short time I went from 240 to 425.

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