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carlamcgrath

LAP-BAND Patients
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About carlamcgrath

  • Rank
    Senior Member
  • Birthday 04/28/1968

About Me

  • Biography
    I am a happily wed mother of four, who unfortunately has a substantial weight problem. I have tried for years to lose weight and while I have been successful at times I always gain the weight back and them some.
  • Gender
    Female
  • Interests
    scrap booking, reading
  • Occupation
    self-employed daycare owner and operator.
  • City
    Bridgeport
  • State
    Ne
  • Zip Code
    69336
As a child my mother always called me fat, so unfortunately I thought I was.  Looking back at photos I was not even remotely fat or even overweight.  But when you are made to feel this way it makes one turn to food as comfort.  (There were other factors in my life that made me turn to food also).  I got my first weight loss tool at the tender age of 9.  A silver suit that was supposed to make you lose weight ( I ordered it from my grandfathers National Enquirer).  

 

Well to make a long story short food was my best friend, my therapist, my everything.  Food never said a bad word about me or made me feel inferior.  I loved it unconditionally and it me.

 

I am married to a wonderful man who loves me whatever my size, but I want to feel healthy.  I hate going to school events and thinking everyone is staring at me cause I'm the fattest person there.  I want to be able to walk up the stairs without wheezing, and go to the pool and play in the park and so on .

 

So I am taking the lap-band path and I am terrified. 

Age: 56
Height: 5 feet 4 inches
Starting Weight: 276 lbs
Weight on Day of Surgery:
Current Weight: 270 lbs
Goal Weight: 160 lbs
Weight Lost: 6 lbs
BMI: 46.3
Surgery: LAP-BAND
Surgery Status: Post Surgery
First Dr. Visit: 10/15/2011
Surgery Date: 03/13/2012
Hospital Stay: 1 Day
Surgery Funding: n/a
Insurance Outcome: n/a

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