DiscerningHeart
I was a chubby child and grew to be a chubby teen. That's until I was 14yrs or the summer of my freshman year. I was about to enter high school and I was determined to be "normal" going into the 9Th grade. I basically starved myself until I lost more than 50lbs and continued to loose until I was a mere size 5/6 from a size 16. I remember my parents being very upset with me that I would not eat and when I did eat I would gorge and then get rid of it. I felt horrible, but I didn't know how to keep my portions to a minimum. I was number 4 of 8 children and both parents were from the south. I was born in VA and my grandparents had a farm where fresh veggies, fruits and fresh meats were apart of our every day living. We moved to NJ when I was a baby, but spent many summers and weekends at both grandparents. I didn't know and didn't want to know what processed foods taste like, so I learned at as very early age the difference between good eating and garbage food. Family reunions, family gatherings and all celebrations were focused on love of family and the love of food! My father started his career as a Pullman Porter and cooking was just as much apart of my family as were diabetes, hypertension and CKD. None of which I wanted to be associated with, but later developed hypertension and knee problems. I saw too many of my family members, dad, mom, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts and cousins suffer with these illnesses and refused to be a statistic. I have two beautiful daughters, one is petite and the other is obese. I don't want my girls to suffer with these family diseases and I realized I was not setting a healthy example for either one of them. I want to be healthy and I want my family healthy! I have worked in health care for the last 20 years and it's not the education of health care that I'm missing, but the ability to do it on my own and keep it off. I literally struggle with weight loss and seek the Gastric Bypass RNY as a tool to help me reach and keep my weight off. This WLS is a blessing and I thank the Lord for keeping me focused and giving me the desire to seek him out in this surgery and tool. I have faith that the WLS will be a success and my daughters and grand daughter will benefit from my new way healthy way of life. This is the start of a life of abundant weight loss and life blessings for myself and my family! Please keep me and my family in your prayers. God bless each and every one of you!
