wandab56

I wasn't always fat; as a kid, I didn't like ice cream.  Or chocolate.  Things changed in the early 90's and I just progressed to bigger clothes, and started spending isolating myself.  Food was my friend, my drug, my entertainment and inevitably, I got fatter.  What I gained in weight, I lost in self esteem.

My highest weight was 295.  Twice     I had RNY 9/11/14 but had started losing in April (as the result of an insurance hoop).  As of 1/26/15, I was 215 - down 80 lbs (around 60 since surgery).  Mostly I'm pretty lucky, little nausea, few dumping incidents.  I've still got 70 lbs to go but there's inspiration in knowing I'm more than halfway there!