Kar708
I have been overweight since I was a child. I remember my grandmother telling my mother to keep food away from me and I remember my mother telling my grandmother that she can't watch what I eat in school and what I eat at home are good foods. I began hiding my eating, which is my first mistake but I was young, what did I know! All though high school i weighed about 160 to 180 lbs. I remember going on a diet with my mom called The Conway Diet. It was something like Weight Watcher back in the day, where you counted your breads, dairy, protein, etc. I think I was about 16 and I managed to lose 20lbs and fit into those Sweet Ore pants that everyone wore. My lowest weight was 140 when i was around 19. I worked 2 jobs, went to an excercise class with a friend and had a boyfriend, I was a busy, busy girl. Then I hurt my back, that's where the activity ends. I had to quit one job and stop the excercise class. I went up to 220lbs in no time. When I got married in 1991, I was about 220lbs. Mom and I were going to weight watchers but I gained weight and gave up. In 1994 I got pregnant and gained 80lbs! YES 80lbs. I remember the dr asking me what I was eating. I had to make a food journal for him and he said that nothing that I was eating would make me gain 10lbs a month, so he suggested walking a bit every day. It slowed down the weight gain in the middle of my pregnancy but you know what happens at the end ........... BAMB .... the scale went up. Anyway to make a long story shot, I lost about 40lbs when I got divorced and gained it back when I met my now husband. I started working from home and gained even more. I am now over 300lbs. I actually don't know the exact number because when the Dr. weighed me I didn't want to look. All this time, I never felt like I was fat, until NOW. I feel like a slob, I feel unattractive and need this surgery. Through my life I've learned that dieting doesn't work for me. I can rattle off everything I've tried, just to gain the weight back with some extra. So, I'm done and this is where I start my journey to a new life. 
