Hi! I'm new here and I wanted to take this opportunity to address something that still bothers me . Even though I've had a lifetime of ridicule for being just slightly overweight, I'm choosing this sugery so that I can be healthy and it has nothing to do with pleasing anyone but myself. I simply feel unable to get to - and maintain a health weight. I am a very active person and I eat quite healthy. I just cannot seem to limit my calorie intake enough to lose the weight I need to. I just want to share a little bit about the negetive impact that others had on my life, because I think I'm still angry about it.
I was born the youngest of seven children. I was slightly overweight as far back as I can remember (maybe 3 years old) and I do not know why. As an elementary child I started being teased by family, friends, and random others who viewed me as "less than" for being in the overweight category. In middle shcool, I was 5'3 and about 130 -140 pounds and still the fat one. At 16, I took diet pills and got down to 122, and my boyfriend said I had love handles and I still had a random comments from others about my stomach. (It has never, EVER, been flat.) I can not even count how many times others have made mean comments about my weight as if it were perfectly acceptable to do so.
Of course when I quit the pills, the weight came back. I have been on several diet programs over the years starting with Nutri System at age 18 (30 years ago). I've been battling my wieight my entire life. I have been losing and regaining the same weight for many, many years and I feel I am losing the battle and need this surgery. I am only doing this to feel better and not for looks. I am not doing it to fit in or be accepted. Honestly, I think if people start being nicer to me because I lose weight I will be annoyed. Everytime I lose weight I get all of these compliments and it's like, "oh, now you like me?"
I was born the youngest of seven children. I was slightly overweight as far back as I can remember (maybe 3 years old) and I do not know why. As an elementary child I started being teased by family, friends, and random others who viewed me as "less than" for being in the overweight category. In middle shcool, I was 5'3 and about 130 -140 pounds and still the fat one. At 16, I took diet pills and got down to 122, and my boyfriend said I had love handles and I still had a random comments from others about my stomach. (It has never, EVER, been flat.) I can not even count how many times others have made mean comments about my weight as if it were perfectly acceptable to do so.
Of course when I quit the pills, the weight came back. I have been on several diet programs over the years starting with Nutri System at age 18 (30 years ago). I've been battling my wieight my entire life. I have been losing and regaining the same weight for many, many years and I feel I am losing the battle and need this surgery. I am only doing this to feel better and not for looks. I am not doing it to fit in or be accepted. Honestly, I think if people start being nicer to me because I lose weight I will be annoyed. Everytime I lose weight I get all of these compliments and it's like, "oh, now you like me?"
