SSGrayer
My Story
I was the skinny girl who everyone constantly would say needed to eat. I could not gain weight all the way through elementary and then I became a teenager. As a teenager I worked out hard because I noticed the weight was starting to come on faster than it should. I soon became the heaviest of all my friends (which didn't mean much because they were all very skinny and still are). I did good with excercise and although there was fat it was more muscle then anything else. In comes the love of my life....
When people say you get comfortable with someone and gain weight....I am here to say it definately can happen, I was beginning to lose my self-confidence right before I met Michael and I had spent night crying to my mother saying "I am fat and no one will every want to date me.." I was in my freshman year of high school and my closest friends all had boyfriends. One day my best friends boyfriend came over to hang out with his cousin (Michael), we hit it off and the rest is history. As Michael and I got closer and closer excercise became less of a priority and the weight began to pile on. By the time we got married I was at 200 plus pounds and miserable.
The misery just got worse and worse because we decided we wanted a baby but infertility issues was preventing that from happening. I am not sure who has experienced this but there is nothing worse than hearing a doctor say " We are not sure why IUI didn't work. Our only guess is you need to lose the weight..." Mind you by this time the drugs I have taken to get pregnant have increased my weight as well as time passing. I was now a 300lbs woman and gaining.
We have stopped actively trying to get pregnant and started a new life in AZ. WLS had been mentioned to me on many occasions but I always felt I was to young to go that route (I am 26yrs. old). After a friend of mine recently had her surgery ( she is 27yrs old) I realized that why live my young adult life at this size. I attened the online orientation for Scottsdale Bariatrics and am scheduled to have my surgery on 10/7. I can't weight to become a BIG LOSER.
