srcarr805
I started noticing my weight rising at the age of 16, up to that I age I was 135 lb. I got pregnant and married at 16, had my daughter Shelbie and continued to gain weight. I believe most of my weight gain was due to just being unhappy. I am gay, that's right a lesbian and I have known this since the first grade, but growing up in a religious family and being told it was wrong I just put it in the back of my head and was living 2 lives. I came out when I was 23 or so, it felt good to tell my family, but the pain was still there that my family didn't agree with it. My family never turned me away, they loved me they just had there beliefs and I had mine. I really do not think that anyone would choose a life where you are discriminated against, glared at in public, and then having men trying to turn you straight...lol. My whole family is overweight, my mother passed away on April 2nd 2007, due to complications of diabetes. I miss her so much, words can not explain. She was the only parent I had ever known and for her to pass away at 59 years old, it really opened my eyes to what my life might be like if I do not get this weight off.
I am 32 now, actually had a birthday on Oct 11th, and my weight now is 230, I would like to get down to 155-160. I don't want to be skinny, I want to be HEALTHY. My life will be back on track after surgery, doing the things that I have always wanted to do. My partner, myself, and our two daughters just moved to Colorado a year ago from the Morro Bay, CA. When this weight comes off the first thing I want to do is get into a wet suit and go surfing, I also want to bungee jump, and learn to snow board. This surgery will be my life saver and I plan to embrace life, enjoy it, and live healthy and happy.
