tnetty91
My story begins with me being of average size until I reached the age of 21. When I graduated from high school back in 1991 , I weighed 175 lbs. (which looked great on me , by the way), but then when I turned 21, I began taking the Depo-Provera (birth control) shot and piled on 100 lbs. What they don't tell you is that the secret to the Depo-Provera injection is that you will gain so much weight , until you don't have to worry about getting pregnant because you will be to plump to get any after a while, LOL!!!! 
After I reached 275 lbs., I managed to maintain that until a few years ago and then I got to my heaviest weight of 303 lbs.. At 35 years old , being 5'5 , 303 lbs. with a family history of diabetes and hypertension, I decided that I needed to make a change and strive for a healthier lifestyle. I read up on gastric bypass and the lapband and I decided that the lapband was a better choice for me, so on March 12, 2008 I had my surgery with no complications and I am on my way!!!!!!
