Manadoo

I have been over weight since I was about 12. I got put in the hospital for about two weeks for heart problems. When I gotout I was put on steroids for a while, and i gained A LOT of weight while on those. After taking the steroids, I got  put on a no salt diet and i basically lived on chiken, which was ok becasue i had lost 50 of the 88 pounds i had gained after being in the hospital. Once I was able to get off the no salt diet, I once again started togain weight very quick. My mom,my grandma and I then joineda weight loss group called prium. It worked for my mom and grandma very well but I had a hard time sticking to the plan and I was so young I didnt really care too much at this point. When I got into high school my weight really started to bother me, I had a hard time fitting into the desks in class, which is very imbarrassing. All my friends would go shopping together and I would wuld make up a lie why i couldnt go...i never wanted anyone to know that i wore a size 18 in 9th grade. I would do the same in the summer when everyone wanted to go swimming...i never wanted anyone to see me in a swimsuit, im still that way. I then tried the adkins diet and just normal calorie diets, I found it to be hard to diet and have a teenage life. When I was 15 my parents got a divorce and it hit me really hard. i started to act out and not care about anything. I ate and drank my emotions away and next thing i know i went from a size 18 to a size 24. I graduated at 17 and moved from CO to AZ with my mom, I started LA weightloss in Arizona and did very well, I lost 85 pounds! I was so proud of myself. I had the support of my mom, who always did diets with me, and i found comfort in having to go into the center 2 times a week to meet with an advisor. The program was going great but it became to expensive to continue. I then moved back to CO with some friends and gained all my blood, sweat and tears back. When I was 19 I got married to my long time boyfriend. He bacame a great help in my weightloss, he was in the Army so he was able to help me out and teach me great tips about fitness and health. I began again to loose weight, soon after we got married I found out i was pregnant. during my pregnancy I gained 65 pounds and got to the weight of 335. I then decided i needed a tool to help me, and i decided to get the lapband. I got the lapband as a christmas present, on december 21 2010. I got extremly motivated once I found out i was approved for the surgery and lost some weight and the day I had my surgery i was at 308 pounds. I lived in kansas when i had my surgery, the following febuary the army moved us to Colorado and when getting here it took me 6 months to get my insurance under control and get a doctor they approved. I just had my band filled about a month ago and im on the start again...finally!