bheila
What is my story? Looking back at pictures when I was 10 years old, I was fat then and I'm still fat now. I was 12 years old when I went on my first diet, lost the excess weight and then of coarse it all came back. During my teenage years I would always have times where I was good about what I ate and I still didn't get the results that I wanted. So in my early 20's I finally hit the 300lb mark. I have had Gestational Diabetes 2 times. Thankfully it went away both times. I have been over 300lbs for 10 years now. I have been looking at Gastric Bypass for the last 5 years. I didn't have insurance that would cover the proceedure and now I do!!!!!! I just have to get past all of the red flags that the case managers put up. I refuse to go on with my life NOT LIVING. I am ashamed to go out of the house. Not to mention getting past the anxiety attack to do it. I have missed out on school activities for my son. I'm sick of holding my family back from doing the fun things in life. I don't have any friends anymore because I refuse to go out. I'm so grateful that I have a husband that loves me the way I am, as well as my children. Of coarse my parents care about me but they are the kind of people that think you just need to watch what you eat and exercise more. They don't realize that sometimes people just need an extra tool for losing weight like Gastric Bypass. I joined OH to find the support I need to be successful in living a more healthy life and finding people who have been in my shoes.
