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This Buddy last logged in at 05-07-2007
Birthday: 28-06-1974
This is my story
I am 32 years old and have been overweight since I was 3 years old, it would be easy to blame my parents in the earlier years, for spoiling me and letting me have whatever I wanted but I am sure I was difficult at times and used to manipulate them alot... You see I was adopted as a young 6 week old baby and know that my adopted parents extra compensated love with food.
By the time I left school at 16 (1991) I was around 12 1/2 stone, then I decided to make a life changing experience and join the armed forces, I failed the medical and had to get down to 10 stone within 6 months before entry was passed... don't ask me where my determination and willpower set in but it did and I achieve this through weight watchers and swimming and rowing and not forgetting a few laxatives in the final stages.
After leaving the armed forces in 1995 I had a bit of depression, now i realise that this was due to my weght which was probably around 15 stone by then, I was living with my fiance who I had met 2 years previously when i was around 13 stone and size 18
Our relationship never lasted, and we split in 1996 and I moved back home to my parents from there on i my weight escalated to around 19 stone and by the year 2000 I decided to move away and transfer my job overseas during the first 2 years till 2002 my
Any through the years ahead I gained a substancial amount of weight and by the year 2000 I finallly reached breaking point i was almost up to 23 stone and decided I had to stop this viscious circle.
I stopped drinking alcohol and still don't drink even up until today
I have dieted and joined the gym and have managed to lose just short of 6 stone, although I do struggle from day to day to maintain this I cannot seem to lose anymore
I have joined weight watchers twice and even tried the Lighter Life programme earlier this year (soups & shakes diet for 100 days)....
One thing that has changed is I do enjoy exercising and find it good for de-stressing after a days work
I believe my underlying problems with food are pyschological but I realise there is a barrier in front me which I just cannot break
I am considering lapband surgery before the end of the year and came across the hospital group website whilst researching on line, from there i noticed Ann Diamond's remarkable story and had to read on...... I do not wish my friends and family to know just yet of my journey ahead as I know a few will try and talk me out of having surgery....
