cpbryant
My weight gain story took place 22 years ago at the age of 7. I slowly began to see that I was bigger than all the other children around me, I started to develop breast before the other girls. It was at the age of 8 that my 3rd grade teacher thought it was a bright idea to weight each other in some sort of project we were working on. I stepped on the scale as my partner looked on and the scale showed 100lbs. I was 8 years old and 100lbs, feeling embarrassed I jumped off and wished I could hide behind a rock and never come out. Later on that day I sat on the swing set by myself in the playground and out of nowhere my classroom partner and the 4th grade boy that I had the biggest crush on started singing, "100 Pounder, 100 Pounder". I will never forget that day as long as I live and I sometimes shed tears just thinking about it because it was something that I would struggle with all the way through my adolescent years. It also became the reason why I was timid in going away to college, my self-esteem was always up and it was always down, never consistent.
It wasn't until I really stopped focusing on my weight and focused on who I was as a person that is when I stopped feeling sorry for myself.
To make a longer story short! lol.. I decided to have weight loss surgery as a last resort to my yo-yo dieting habits. I never really thought it through. I just did whatever it took to have the surgery done and that was my biggest mistake. I didn't take it seriously because I thought it was magic and that I would be thin in months without any hard work. This was finally my magical solution. Boy was I wrong!! I was banded on 08/07/08 and at that time I weighed 270, the lowest weight I reached was 220, only 50 lbs. when my goal was to reach 150lbs. I didn't keep up with my appointments to have adjustments done, I fell off the wagon with my eating habits and thought I could still have the same foods I ate before just because I couldn't have as much. Today is 10/24/11 and I now weigh 260lbs, something that I am entirely not proud of but something I will defeat! I am back on my war path to make sure I reach my goals and stay at the goal marker. Please view my story as something NOT to do once you have this surgery. Keep on top of your appointments, continue to see nutritionist. Stay connected with this site and people who have had the surgery, stay in support groups so that you can stay motivated! Best wishes to you all.
