Stacy C.
So I'm finally writing my story here, although I'm sure it's no different from most other stories on this site.
I haven't always been overweight. Actually, just the opposite. When I was a little girl, I was tiny. My parents wondered if I was going to be 5 feet tall and 90 lbs as an adult. Boy were they wrong! In high school, I was a cheerleader and on the Varsity Swim team as a freshman. I was extremely involved in other school clubs as well as the theater department. I was busy, busy, busy, but had horrible eating habits, like most teens do. Needless to say, after I got older, those activities stopped, and my eating habits remained the same, and it all caught up with me.
The first time I attempted a serious diet, I was 20 and I did Jenny Craig. I tipped the scales at 228, and managed to get down to 165. I was thrilled! I'm 5'8" so 165 is a decent weight for me. As soon as I quit Jenny Craig, the weight started to creep back on. I tried all kinds of things in the years to come. Weight Watchers, Atkins, OTC medications, and of course nothing helped. In 2005 I moved to Austin, Tx just to try something new. After I got settled there, I decided to give another weight loss program a try. I signed up at LA Weight Loss. When I stepped up on the scale I about passed out. I had gained all of the weight back, and then some. Actually, it was alot more than "some." I weighed in at 298. I dedicated myself to making this one stick, and I lost 65 lbs. even at 233, wearing a size 18, I felt great! I decided to move back home to California. Slowly but surely my weight started to creep back up, and a couple years later I found myself pushing 300 lbs again.
I decided at the beginning of 2008 I was going to look into WLS. I need more than a program, I need something to change my life. And I believe this tool will be it. I don't have a problem losing weight, I just can't keep it off. So here I am, a week away from my surgery date. If I just follow the rules and have a little faith in myself, Sept 2nd will be the first day of the rest of my life!!
