My New Beginning

[Jonsgurl92 0]

Hi All,

My name is Adrienne and I was sleeved April 14,2009. I have so far(as of this morning) lost 40.3 pounds. I am married to a wonderful man named John and we have two teenage daughters(16 & 14 yrs) and a 2 year old Miniature Doxie named Tucker- he suffers from a Napoleonic complex, he thinks he's a Rotweiler:lol0:. I'm a stay at home mom with an LPN and now a college student(as of last fall). I have been overweight most of my life. My battle began at age 10, my mother felt I was getting too heavy and because I was too young to attend Weight Watchers, she'd make me follow her plan at home. She officially enrolled me in WW when I turned 12. I've been fighting my weight ever since- never losing more than 20 pounds each time I joined(I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've been a WW member). I'd get frustrated and quit and end up starting all over again. The smallest I have ever been in my adult life was while I was pregnant with our first daughter- I hurled so much that I lost 48 pounds and by the end of the pregnancy I only gained 15 of it back. Once my baby came home from the hospital(she had to stay an extra 2 weeks), I began to eat. By the time she was 15 months old, I was pregnant again. I lost 46 pounds with her- same issue-Dr.'s discovered gall stones) but in this case, I gained that back plus some and never looked back. Of course over the years, I tried every diet that anyone breathed. WW's countless times, different weightloss companies and every "homemade" diet you could think of(cabbage Soup and grapefruit to name a couple). I turned 40 years old last year and I refuse to allow my weight to stop me from living any longer. I knew if I kept going, I wouldn't be alive to see my future grandchildren(very distant future grandchildren:laugh0:). I am so grateful that this website was developed for the "Sleevers". It's nice to see others lose weight due to their surgeries, but sometimes it can be a bit disconcerting watching all the RNY'ers and DS'ers lose so much faster and honestly, our experiences are different. So, I guess I'm just glad to be here.

Thanks for "listening",

Adrienne

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

Hi All,

My name is Adrienne and I was sleeved April 14,2009. I have so far(as of this morning) lost 40.3 pounds. I am married to a wonderful man named John and we have two teenage daughters(16 & 14 yrs) and a 2 year old Miniature Doxie named Tucker- he suffers from a Napoleonic complex, he thinks he's a Rotweiler:lol0:. I'm a stay at home mom with an LPN and now a college student(as of last fall). I have been overweight most of my life. My battle began at age 10, my mother felt I was getting too heavy and because I was too young to attend Weight Watchers, she'd make me follow her plan at home. She officially enrolled me in WW when I turned 12. I've been fighting my weight ever since- never losing more than 20 pounds each time I joined(I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've been a WW member). I'd get frustrated and quit and end up starting all over again. The smallest I have ever been in my adult life was while I was pregnant with our first daughter- I hurled so much that I lost 48 pounds and by the end of the pregnancy I only gained 15 of it back. Once my baby came home from the hospital(she had to stay an extra 2 weeks), I began to eat. By the time she was 15 months old, I was pregnant again. I lost 46 pounds with her- same issue-Dr.'s discovered gall stones) but in this case, I gained that back plus some and never looked back. Of course over the years, I tried every diet that anyone breathed. WW's countless times, different weightloss companies and every "homemade" diet you could think of(cabbage Soup and grapefruit to name a couple). I turned 40 years old last year and I refuse to allow my weight to stop me from living any longer. I knew if I kept going, I wouldn't be alive to see my future grandchildren(very distant future grandchildren:laugh0:). I am so grateful that this website was developed for the "Sleevers". It's nice to see others lose weight due to their surgeries, but sometimes it can be a bit disconcerting watching all the RNY'ers and DS'ers lose so much faster and honestly, our experiences are different. So, I guess I'm just glad to be here.

Thanks for "listening",

Adrienne

Hi Adrienne...

Welcome, it's nice to have you on board! You are doing great on your weight loss, just keep coming back here for support and we will be there for you!

[Elisabethsew 50]

Congratulations on your great progress and thank you for sharing your story. I look forward to hearing more.