Robin D.
Hello All -
My name is Robin, i'm 30 yrs old and my surgery is scheduled for 5/10/2007. I'm two days away to a new me....
Let me tell you a little about myself. I am a wife and a mother of two lovely little girls (6 & 4). I have been married to my husband and friend for 7 years. We have been together for 11 years. I am a administrative assistant and manger for an outpatient ambulatory care site. I have always been overweight. I have lived my life as the big girl and I thought it never really never bothered. My husband has never had an issue with my weight since I was overweight when we got married.
It was when I had children did I realize that weight was an issue. I tried from the first day my children ate food to make sure everything they ate was healthy. Never letting them eat "junk" and if they did it was a birthday or a party. Good foods first, healthy snacks. My making sure that they never had the issues that I have had. That is when I realized that, I infact did have a problem with my weight.
I have spent my whole life trying to lose weight when I looked back at my life. Summers sent to camps and family. Away from home thinking that a different enviornment and activity would make me thin. As I write this passage now, I'm not sure if I'm doing this to be thin or just be "normal". I'm not trying to fit in a "polka dot" bikini. I just want to be like the other moms and wives. Able to buy cloths off the rack. Not expensive pants or shirts because they don't have my size. A regular bra and panties -- target or kmart -- not some expensive Plus Size store. Be able to wear a pair of sweats and t-shirt and still look cute not sloppy.
I decided to have surgery November 2006. I was asked to attend a charity ball for my job. This was a black tie affair. I had to get dressed up. This was the hardest thing for me. I was shopping for days. The stress of the shopping made me realize that I could not live like this.
I had to make a change. For my family and for myself. I have tried for many years to lose the weight. It just was not happening. So I made the leap. My date is 5/10/2007. I can't wait.
