Hi I've been reading stories from others here for months you guys are my inspiration to keep going..thank you all for sharing with the world your most personnal journeys I am so excited and happy to know that soon I will begin my very own journey I am only 26 years old and have 2 beautiful loving little girls that I'm very much in love with I had my oldest at 19 and during that whole pregnancy I gained a total of 60 pounds I went from 165 to 220 I lost some weight after pregnancy and gained it right back I was so focused on working and making sure she was taken care of I forgot to take care of my self by the time I had my second child at 24 I was 250 and around may of this year I told my self that it was time to take care of me I don't go out don't like to get dressy cus I feel no comfort in anything all I know is work home and my kids its time for a change and I'm glad I am not only doing this because I would like to be skinny but for my health I currently don't have any health issues and would like for it to stay that way i was very scared a while back that my insurance was going to deny me but with in a week when they sent out my approval I had got word from the doctors office I was like a child jumping up and down I now weight 278 and my goal to hit one day is 165 please keep me in your thoughts and ???? for a good recovery after surgery

Congrats!!! You must feel a huge relief now that you know you are approved. I struggled my whole life with my weight, and before my daughter I was 150, I gained 90lbs during pregnancy and it took me a year to get it all off then the weight kept going up, I had surgery in August my highest weigh in surgery was 257.

You will feel so happy being able to run around with your kids without being out of breath.

Good luck!! Where in nj are you? I'm right outside of philadelphia

I'm in Vineland nj a good 40 mins. From Atlantic city and yeah I have a 6 year old who plays softball and I would be so lazy not to go out side and practice I can't wait for these pounds to start coming off I'm nervous I'm scared but I know I'm ready