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FaithForward

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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About FaithForward

  • Rank
    Novice
  • Birthday 03/21/1976

About Me

  • Gender
    Female
  • City
    Houston
  • State
    TX
  • Zip Code
    77095

About Me

I live in Houston, TX and am married with children ages 14, 10 & 3. My struggles with weight began when I was a child. I can remember as far back as 9 years old being the chubby girl. I watched my Mother and Grandmother struggle with obesity and now as an adult, I can fully understand the impression that left with me. As a teen and young adult, I always needed to lose 25-30 pounds and wanted so badly to be thin. I tried every diet, program, pills and unhealthy measures to reach that goal that was always out of grasp. Over the years I would lose and regain weight. Every time I lost weight, I would give away clothing and swear that I would never find myself "fat" again. It is a cycle that has turned into a pattern for the last 25 years. Not a day goes by that I don't remind myself that I am overweight. I place my value on my body image and although I know I should not, it is what it is. I have a wonderful husband, work and great friends. I know that I am blessed in so many aspects but this one thing I just cannot overcome. Here I am defeated and over 200lb for the 3rd time in the last 6 years. How many more years will I waste? How many parties, reunions and social functions will I find a way not to attend because I am ashamed? How many weekends will I spend tucked away in the house instead of outdoors with my children because I physically don't feel well due to weight related conditions? Enough is enough. This surgery will be my new beginning!

 

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