JasmineStar
As a child my grandma use to say I was nothing but "skin and bones". I really didn't eat a lot, because I was a very active child. I would rather go out and play kickball, than to sit down and eat.
As I grew older, that's when it all changed. I started to pick up weight when I was in the 3rd grade. My mom and granny paid it no mind, but I started to feel different about myself. I was beginning to out grow all of my cousins and friends who were bigger than me. I didn't like the look of it, since I was use to always being the smallest. They signed me up for sports thinking that maybe it would help contol my weight gain, but it didn't.
By the time I reached high school, I was already considered to be "morbid obese". I wasn't ashamed of myself though. Even though I was larger than some of the students in my class I was still "popular", because I started on the girls varsity basketball team, I payed softball, and my boyfriend was our star quarterback. I must say I enjoyed the time I spent in high school!!!
When I went to college, I didn't feel the same way. I had a boyfriend, great friends, and I played softball for Miles College, yet I still felt like an outcast. I hated to look at myself, I hated to go to the cafe, I just hated everything about it. It seemed like all eyes were on me. My friends always told me that I was still the same Jasmine, but I felt different. I knew I was going down hill when I would turn food for comfort. It's like I put down my "good life" for food, and it was my addiction.
I knew it was time for a change when I found out I had high blood pressure. I didn't want my life to be cut down by this disease. That's when my mom started to research different diets. I've tried them all and DIETS DIDN'T WORK FOR ME!!!!! In July of '08 we met this lady in Atlanta that said she had gone through WLS. I must say she looked amazing!! She referred us to Dr. Champion, and I'm glad we ever ran into her!!!
