Re: About Me

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Hello Robin, my name is Jill from Noeth Carolina. I am also 26 years old

with a 2 year old daughter, h. I am also considering the surgery,

actualy, I have to decided to get it, I am just going through the 12 steps

needed to get approval.. Everything you said is exactly how I feel too. I

weigh about 220 and have been up and down for years. I want this surgery to

better improve my life as well as my daughters. I don't wear shorts

either!!! ha-ha, but I would love to! and hopefully, I will again someday

soon!! email back!

J i ll

About Me

> Well hello everyone... it's me again! Slow night here in south Florida,

so

> I'm trying to catch up on email... but I promise, this'll be the last you

> hear from me tonight! )

>

> Just thought I'd type up a mini-biography of me, in hopes it may inspire

some

> of you to do the same... nothing like knowing who you're talking to! <g>

>

> Let's see... (and I may repeat some minor points.. sorry!)... I'm 26 years

> old, mother to two boys, ages 4 and 1, and I'm married... will be five

years

> on September 16th. )

>

> I started gaining my weight right as puberty hit, about 13 yrs old... by

the

> time I graduated high school, I was a size 18. I stayed there for a

couple

> years, then 18's and XXL's started fitting a little snug, so I went to

size

> 20's and 2X shirts.... met my hubby, got married.. I was around 200lbs

then.

> Had two kids, stayed home with the youngest for his first year... and now

I'm

> finding that size 22's are tight and reaching for the 24's and 3X shirts.

> :::sigh:::

>

> I think about my weight from the moment I wake up in the morning until the

> time I fall asleep at night. Whenever I see a mirror, or my image

reflected

> in a window.... every time I have to walk down the hall at work to deliver

> something I've typed up, every time I eat, every time I climb a flight of

> stairs and have to walk slowly to the office door so no one knows how

winded

> I am. I could go on and on, belive me. :oT

>

> I think the time I think of it the most, tho, is when I'm singing. I'm

the

> lead in a women's barbershop quartet, and the other three girls are all so

> thin and cute... when we shop for outfits, it's always 'do they make a 2

or

> 3X for Robin?' I dread it now, knowing that trying on some cute outfit

that

> turns out to be too tight will make me cry again....

>

> So, THIS is why I want this surgery. Not to mention the fact that I don't

> want to be the 'fat mom' to my kids... they're little now and have no

clue,

> but as they get older, it will start to matter and effect our

relationships.

> That's a very harsh and unfair reality.

>

> I want to get to a point in life where weight isn't a factor in my

deciding

> what recreational activity I want to do. I have NEVER been out on my

> husband's boat.... why? I haven't bought a bathing suit in probably close

to

> 15 years. And I life in south Florida!! I wouldn't even wear SHORTS for

> years, till finally I said 'SCREW IT, I'm HOT.'

>

> Okay, I've rambled enough.... if you got this far, thanx for listening!

)

>

> Robin

> Wife to Doug

> Mommy to Tyler, 4 yrs., and Brennan, 1 yr.

> Singer, wife, mom, secretary.. and not in that particular order.

>

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