Pollyann F.
Well I don't know where to begin. I am 38 years old. I don't remember being real big as a kid, but I was always taller and my body matured faster than alot of my friends. It wasn't until I had my first baby at the age of 19 that I realy started battling my weight. I would get it of and withing a few months it would start coming right back I never realy reached what is considered goal weight.I started out worried about being over 200 pounds, and now at over 300 well it is just out of controle. I have done diet after diet after diet with the same results. So many people would say all you need to do is eat less and move more. I know how to eat right and that exerscise is important. One of the things I think that had always kept me thinking I was healthy was that I was healthy. No high colesterol, no high blood preasure, no diabetes. But then in the last few years, my back pain that I have always had seemed to worsen and my knees began to hurt.I began having reflux really bad.I know this may not sound all that horrific but I got to the point where I didn't want to go anywhere. Hated shopping and going out to eat was no fun anymore the booths were too small and the path ways to sit in chairs well I was out in the way. Felt like everyone was always looking at me in disgust.I began to look at myself in disgust. So here I am! After 3 months of trying to get everything just right my paper work was submitted to my insurance, then another 2 months for them to respond with an approval. Now I have to drop 20 pounds befor my surgery date of 11/7/08. I CAN DO THIS!
