mamat7
Well, my name is Laura. I was never overweight until I reached my early 20's. I was actually underweight when I graduated high school. It all started when I got my first job right out of high school. I didn't have an eating disorder but I just never really ate much. Apparently everyone thought something was wrong with me and that I was too skinny. I am 5' 2 and weighed 103 lbs at the time. People kept telling me I should eat more that I looked sick, so after a while I got tired of people saying it and I started eating more. It was going ok until I met my husband. We started dating and after a while I got too comfortable being around him and just started eating everything and didn't pay attention to how much weight I was gaining. Then finally I saw a picture of myself ( I always avoided pics even when I was skinny) I was disgusted with the new neck I had grown. So I decided to start weight watchers and come off of my birth control pills. My husband and I were engaged and were planning on having kids soon after the wedding anyways. Well I was doing good and lost 15 lbs from February until July and had lost my second neck. Then I started gaining again in July and started wondering why. Well low and behold August 1st I found out I was pregnant. Well everyone kept telling me watch what you eat while you are pregnant. But of course I never listened. I ate anything I craved. Well I went from 165 lbs in August to 204 lbs the day I gave birth to my son a month early March 3rd after my grandfather passed away. After giving birth I hemorrhaged and came 20 seconds away from losing my uterus. I was given 2 pints of blood and lots of fluids. I went in on a Thursday and left on Monday. When I got home I weighed myself and was at 220 lbs after giving birth to my son. Apprently my kidneys hadn't kicked in yet. By Thursday I had gone from 220 lbs to 185 lbs. Talk about shock to the body. Everything was all out of place. Well since giving birth to my son I joined weight watchers again and have lost down to 174 lbs. But I am stuck. I will 2 lbs and then go back and have gained 3 more a week later. According to my BMI which is 32, I am in the obese category. My cholesterol is well over 200, which is partially hereditary because it was 212 when I weighed 103. I work in a public place and have men who come into my office on a regular basis and ask me when I am due. This really hurts my feelings and I feel like everyone in my husbands family is watching me when I eat and thinking "there she goes again getting fatter" So I found this website when I was checking into gastric bypass and was hoping for some insight and some support from others.
