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“I Lost 121 Pounds in 9 Months"

I am no stranger to health problems.  My family has a history of diabetes and high blood pressure.  In the beginning, those problems did not affect me directly; however, my doctors warned me that it was just a matter of time.

The decline of my health problems associated with obesity came slowly.  I was a skinny kid until I was about 33 years old.  When I quit smoking, my weight ballooned from 198 to 248.  For the next 16 years, I tried every diet imaginable.  I would lose 10 pounds and gain 15 back.  I was tired of the diet regiment.  At the end of the diet cycle, I weighted an unbelievable 310 pounds.

“My Husband and I Are Surgilite Success Stories"  

Obesity is common in my family – my mom and grandmother are severely overweight.  My problem with obesity began when I turned 30 years old.  I was working and it was just easier to eat fast food.  When I became a stay-at-home mom, I started cooking a lot and eating all the time.

After years of being self-conscious about my weight, and unhappy about wearing “fat clothes,” I tried every diet you can imagine including the Loma Linda, no carb, high carb, and the low fat diets.  Nothing was working and I ran out of options.

“I went from a size 58” waist to a 24” waist!"

I have always been larger than the kids I grew up with. I remember keeping my shirt on while in the pool because I was embarrassed and ashamed of the way I looked. My weight started getting out of control in my junior high school days when I started dieting and battling the yo-yo weight loss. By the time I was a senior in high school I weighed 255 lbs., which was not that bad because I played football. My attitude was the bigger you are in football the better you can play the game. So I had my mind made up that I would play professional football for the rest of my life (yeah right!). The shocking news hit me when I realized I was not good enough to play pro ball but I still had this weight problem.

My last memory of being thin was when I was 22 years old, just started a great career and was engaged. Within three years, my marriage ended in divorce. As a result, I had become my worst fear, FAT! My weight soared from 160 pounds to a plump 210 pounds and I was miserable. I went through a string of fad diets, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, joined a gym and even starving myself. Nothing worked for me, just the opposite, for every one pound I lost, two pounds were gained. At age 34, I reached an unbelievable 298 pounds. Although I was remarried with 3 great kids who loved me fat or thin, I was still unhappy. I was disgusted with my failures to beat the obesity dragon.