Bonnie M.

Hi people! My name is Bonnie and I'm 20 years young. This all started for me when my mother was having a conversation with her twin sister and I thought she was joking when she said she wanted to get banded. So I said, "If you're doing it, then so am I." I have struggled with my weight since a very early age, between kindergarten and first grade. My diet and exercise habits were always poor. Since my father was in the Navy and hardly ever at home, my mother went into a severe depression and her overeating is triggered by stress. Thus I learned to eat like her, behave like her. I do not blame my mother, per se. That simply isn't fair, albeit she was responsible for the nutrient poor food she gave me to eat, for not encouraging exercise and for setting the example of sit-and-watch-TV-and-mope-about. She has admitted this many times and she says she's sorry, but what's done is done. Well, it's been sixteen years and now I've finally decided to get serious about it- not that I haven't tried and failed many times before- and I feel that this surgery is the way to go. I have read a lot of success stories and my boyfriend says his ex had a friend who got the procedure and obtained amazing results from it. I hope I do well in this. I'm determined to lose this weight that has burdened me for too long and I know that I will do everything in my power to not let anything stand in my way. I also know that there will be many things to deter me from progressing, but I want this so badly that I know I will be able to push through it. I'm glad to have found this forum, it will certainly help on support! Good luck to you all! Bonnie