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Well, I'm not always the best with words but I will do my best.
I'll start with the current situation. I am almost 32 years old. A mom of 4 great kiddos (ages 11,8,7, and 2 1/2) I have been pregnant at total of 8 times and have lost 4 precious little ones. In my life time I have been married...divorce...engaged...single again and now have met an incredible man (1 1/2 years ago) whom I am engaged to and will marry (no date set yet)
I am currently the highest weight I have ever been. Not that I've ever been skinny but my weight has definitely increased over the last few years. I am finding I do not enjoy life like I used to. I have always considered the possibility of weight-loss surgery but always thought it would be best to wait until I was completely done having children. After I had my youngest I knew I was done having children and that I could now seriously consider this option.
I grew up in a loving family with two parents who were on the heavier side as well. My dad is the food pusher type would always ask "want some more?" and would already be putting more on your plate before he finished asking the question. My mom is the sweets lover and so we aways had some kind of goody in the house. Even when we would say, "OK, I'm really gonna try losing weight" my dad would be the one who would sabotage the efforts. You could find candy bars or donuts in the bread drawer that just magically appeared as soon as he found out you were trying to lose weight.
As a teen I was probably a size 11/13 and I thought I was huge. I'd LOVE to be that size now. As I continued on in life I would gain and lose the same 15 lbs. When I was 20 and had my first child I was 175 when I got pregnant with her and was 205 when I had her. I stayed above 200 for the most part since then. I did dip below that to about 195 when I became a single mom the first time and had to go back to work. I lost about 40 pounds with working but sadly gained that back too when I became pregnant. After I had my last kiddo I have not been able to go lower than 226 and infact have gained each month it seems at times.
In November 2008 I made the official decision to truly research weight-loss surgery and begin the process. I went to the informational meeting in Jan. and went to my first appointment in Feb. I discovered with my insurance that I had to have a 6 month supervised diet as part of the requirments (as well as the normal psych eval and surgeon consult) Aug. 2009 completed my 6 months of supervised appointments. My file was faxed to my insurance company and two days later I received the call that I was approved!
My journey can offically begin......
