Clovermeg
09-12-2006, 07:36 PM
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...for me to introduce myself. I've waited and waited to introduce myself and to allow myself to get fully attached to this wonderful board and all of the members until this very moment. I got the phone call from my surgeon's office that my surgery has been approved by my insurance! Needless to say, I am absolutely thrilled!
You see, if I didn't get approval I wouldn't be able to get the band, even through self-pay in Mexico, I'm a single parent and just couldn't afford it without insurance. I was afraid of getting attached to all of you and never getting the band.
In any case, I've shared a little about myself when I started my "Reverse 20 Questions" thread. But, I'll give a little more detail about my weighty (ha ha) issues...
I began to gain weight around the age of 7 (I'll be 30 in November). My mom says it's from being a sick asthmatic child and taking so many antibiotics and steroids. From that moment on not only did children at school tease me, but my grandfather and my sister did as well. My grandfather just basically made fun of me, flat out told me I was fat. My sister made up a song, which still hurts to this day,..."Egg head, egg head, roly poly egg head." She also used to call me thunder thighs and shamu. (It's interesting, reflecting back...I really wasn't fat or even chubby...may just 10 pounds over "normal" kids. I've been on every diet, you name it, I've tried it! In sixth grade we had mixed gym class and we had a public weigh-in. I weighed 160lbs and the gym teacher (Mr. Lain) told me and everyone else that I weighed WAY TOO MUCH. By the time I was a Freshman in college I hovered around 180. Then jumped to 220 and was 220 when I got pregnant (yes, out of wedlock) and rose to 312 while pregnant. Since 2000 I've lost and then gained 100lbs and I'm hovering around 300 right now.
What I realize is that there were events in my life that were instrumental in this path to self-destruction, NOW IT IS IN MY CONTROL...I hold the cards and for once in an extraordinarily long time I can actually see a light (if only a faint glimmer) at the end of this seemingly endless tunnel.
Right now I'm too ashamed to post a picture of myself as my avatar, so until I find something decent....it will stay as is. All of you are such a bunch of inspiring and motivating group of people. I hope to contribute to you all as much as I've benefitted from you all!
WHEW...I'm on my way.............:plane:
...for me to introduce myself. I've waited and waited to introduce myself and to allow myself to get fully attached to this wonderful board and all of the members until this very moment. I got the phone call from my surgeon's office that my surgery has been approved by my insurance! Needless to say, I am absolutely thrilled!
You see, if I didn't get approval I wouldn't be able to get the band, even through self-pay in Mexico, I'm a single parent and just couldn't afford it without insurance. I was afraid of getting attached to all of you and never getting the band.
In any case, I've shared a little about myself when I started my "Reverse 20 Questions" thread. But, I'll give a little more detail about my weighty (ha ha) issues...
I began to gain weight around the age of 7 (I'll be 30 in November). My mom says it's from being a sick asthmatic child and taking so many antibiotics and steroids. From that moment on not only did children at school tease me, but my grandfather and my sister did as well. My grandfather just basically made fun of me, flat out told me I was fat. My sister made up a song, which still hurts to this day,..."Egg head, egg head, roly poly egg head." She also used to call me thunder thighs and shamu. (It's interesting, reflecting back...I really wasn't fat or even chubby...may just 10 pounds over "normal" kids. I've been on every diet, you name it, I've tried it! In sixth grade we had mixed gym class and we had a public weigh-in. I weighed 160lbs and the gym teacher (Mr. Lain) told me and everyone else that I weighed WAY TOO MUCH. By the time I was a Freshman in college I hovered around 180. Then jumped to 220 and was 220 when I got pregnant (yes, out of wedlock) and rose to 312 while pregnant. Since 2000 I've lost and then gained 100lbs and I'm hovering around 300 right now.
What I realize is that there were events in my life that were instrumental in this path to self-destruction, NOW IT IS IN MY CONTROL...I hold the cards and for once in an extraordinarily long time I can actually see a light (if only a faint glimmer) at the end of this seemingly endless tunnel.
Right now I'm too ashamed to post a picture of myself as my avatar, so until I find something decent....it will stay as is. All of you are such a bunch of inspiring and motivating group of people. I hope to contribute to you all as much as I've benefitted from you all!
WHEW...I'm on my way.............:plane: