Amanda W.
My story is quite simple..I was always a chubby child and most of my family was over weight so I thought it was normal. It wasn't till middle school going into high school that I knew that it wasn't okay.. In high school it was even worse, I got picked on dramatically about my weight so I tried to loose as much weight possible..As I started loosing the weight I realized everything changed people liked me and even boys started asking me out..So star struck and in love with my first boyfriend I had such low self esteem I did anything he said and started hating my parents and fighting with my sisters and my brother..Well needless to say I ended the relationship because it is then that I realized looks isn't enough and I learned it the hard way that there will always be someone smarter or skinnier than you..In that case it was my best friend..Hurt that not only the one that was supposed to love me and but my friend that I went to when I needed her betrayed my trust..My weight started to increase dramatically..But then I met my first husband at 17 and by 19 we was married..Just when I thought my life had changed..It went for the worse..I was mentally and physically abused..He turned into a drug addict and a drunk..I had to get out of that relationship fast.. I have thought of suicide often and even started to cut myself and was afraid it was going to me or him..I left and divorced him..But now I can happily say I am with a terrific man named Joe who complete me in every aspect and Is there for me no matter what..He excepts me for who I am and not for what I look like or what I can give him.. He actually don't like that I have to go through surgery for medical reasons but he still supports me.. I have to go through Gastric Bypass surgery because I have been recently diagnosed with Fatty liver Disease, type 2 diabetes,and High blood pressure..My doctor put in a referral and I'm waiting to be approved..
