Hello!!  My name is Erika im 23! well heres my story....i havent been overweight my whole life when i was little i was very small but when i was bout 8 years old i had my tonsils taken out  & ever since that i slowly starting gaining weight, but i stay very active i played sports my whole life up till i graduated high school. While in middle school i got really heavy my doc put me on calorie count diet so i lost bout 100 pds then i kept it off till i would said till summer.   Summer of right before i went back to high school as a senior i wantd to be small again so me n my mom went on the atkins diet it worked very well i lost like 100+ pounds and was in a size 12 so i happy! i kept it off till i starting eating food that i needed like fruits n veggies then i got an office job that didnt help any of weight problem b/c i sit at a desk and we would go out or order take off so when my pants started getting tighter i know i had 2 do something so i stop eating out  i bought my lunch was drinkin more water  exercising but then my co worker said that she was doing the gastric bypass at 1st i thought she was crazy but i know y she did it and im proud of her & she looks amazing!! so i decided after many months of talkin to my parents going to a seminar this is what i needed to do for myself to be the old me also to be healthy cuz my dad has diabetes and i didnt want 2 be 23 takin a shot of insulin everyday....so heres to the new me and my journey!!!

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chesapeake, VA
Location
25.6
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Surgery
07/23/2008
Surgery Date
May 20, 2008
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