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Loretta M.

I was always a "big girl" with "such a beautiful face". I hated it. Although growing up was not horrible, I didn't suffor from the regular teasing that some kids had to deal with. However, I became very loud and obnoxious to overshadow my feelings of insecurity.

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Bama Beach Girl

Before surgery, I was at a loss. I thought I was destined to be a BIG girl forever... always wanting back that beautiful figure I was blessed with. I found myself crying often for what I knew I was missing in life. I felt bad all the time, was just lazy and never wanted to do ANYTHING that required any effort! I thought I was doomed to die FAT!!! : (

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lilsqrt75

All my life people told me i was "big boned". I wasn't severely overweight as a child. I was a little chubby as a baby but nothing extreme. I was always compared to a sister that was 2 years older then me but short and skinny. In fact, my whole family was thin, popular, athletic and then there was me. My mom, sisters and myself took dance lessons most of my childhood. They all were on a dance troo...

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angelia M.

My weight just kept climbing. I was miserable, at last weigh in b4 surgery, 1 month pre-op, I was 512 lbs. All efforts for weight loss had failed and I was ready to give up.

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Aimee B.

It was very difficult to be thin all my life and then after a terrible car accident in which I crushed my pelvic bones, the weight piled on. It didn't matter what I did, I gained weight. I was a very emotional eater and food was my friend.

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Vivian Prouty

Before WLS I was on a never ending battle with food and emotional eating. I had gotten to where I didn't care what I ate or how much. It didn't matter anyway....I could starve myself and it didn't make a differance....I wouldn't loose a lb.

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lostitall

I had given up, and resigned to the fact I would be heavy rest of my life. I knew my quatliy of life was poor, I had high blood pressure, bad knees, depression, and just generlally hurt all over

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SandiSipe

Have been overweight most of my life. Tried everything from hynosis, to Weight Watchers, Diet Workshop, drugs, herbals etc. Would loose only to gain it back plus. The emotional part is very difficult when you see the look on peoples faces when they look at you. So I withdrew I don't do the things I enjoy. I am depressed most of the time but put on a happy face around other.

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Cynde G.

I was and had always been an emotional eater or just a big ol eater

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VernaP

At one point, I ate to keep men away. I ate when stressed or excited. I loved food and food loved me.

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Moma V.

When things didn't go right, I ate, when I was stressed I ate, when I was unhappy I ate. I was on a constant diet, but when I failed, I ate more. Dieting only slowed down my weight gain to a minimal 10+lbs a year. No matter what I did, my weight kept climbing up.

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cathyshady1955

Sometimes I would get frustrated and feel deprived since I couldn't eat what I wanted to eat or I should say the amount I wanted to eat. I would lose about fifty pounds and feel real good about my self and then I would reward myself with food which was counterproductive of course.

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bobby s

I have been an extremely large person my whole life. I've tried every diet in the book with little success. I've only been skinny once in my life and that was when I made my anorexic and became very ill because of it. I debated and researched weight loss surgery for over a year before going for it. I know there are lots of risks...even years post-op, but there were lots of risks with being 432...

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funeebonz

Was an obese teen and when had 3 children weight climaxed and could never lose the pregnancy weight gain from any of the pregnancies.... tried dieting... each time it lowered my self-esteem to see the weight come back on and then more to boot

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VickiStevens

I spent the majority of my adult life overweight. I tried so many diets that I can't even count them all. I was very successful losing weight on Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig, but as with most chronically obese people I was never able to maintain the weight loss.

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adrenarandolph

HAVE BEEN OVER WEIGHT ALL MY ADOLESCENT AND TEENAGE, AND SOME ADULT LIFE .

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Rob S.

I had given up on dieting prior to hearing about bariatric surgery. Too many yo-yo's, down and way up, too many opinions about what is right, and what is wrong. Too many people making comments, too many people worrying about me... Too much physical pain. Walking up hills became a struggle. It seemed like a pain in the knee would be followed-up by a pain in the ankle or back. Too embarras...

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pizzicato66

Although I was a slim kid, I started gaining in high school a little, but really gained after I got married and had a car to get around. My eating habits are not the best and I could be more active so it makes sense to me that I've gained as much as I have. Along the way, I've tried weight watchers, atkins, calorie counting, workouts, personal trainers, south beach, nutrisystem and any number of...

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Marie Cicogni

For over 20 years I battled weight issues. I was anywhere from 60 to 100 lbs overweight. I would lose weight down to 185, then gain it back - over and over again. I had a husband who sabotaged me - I sabotaged myself. I ate for emotional comfort. And ate, and ate. Does this sound familiar? There were times when I hated myself - hated what I was doing to myself.

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paula2

You have five years?..lol mood swings, tiredness i felt like i was alone i had no one to turn too.

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cy76065

Before surgery I had become content with the fact that I was supposed to be 230 lbs. No matter what diet I had or what I ate, I stayed right around there for years. Once I came to peace with that, best friend had RNY and lost 110 lbs, go me to think that maybe I wasn't destined to be overweight my whole life. The VSG was the right decision for me.

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Steven K.

I avoided talikng about it. I would go on as I was not overweight and consider myself just larger with a high amount of energy and "normal" which was not true.

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Jasmine M.

i'm a binge eater. I eat alot at one time and often. I grew up with the idea that food and control go hand and hand. Binge and purge was sort of a way of life, or a phase I came in and out of. I would diet, lose a few pounds, gain back twice that.