About Me

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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.