Age

57

About Mzjlady

Sleeved or not sleeved:

I have not had a gastric sleeve.

Biography:

This is the first time I have truly admitted and commited to telling my story. I thought about youtube to tell my story but people can be cruel. I have never told my story and it sure was not going to be told on a social media site. Sometimes, I think maybe one day in order to help someone else. The reason I say this is because someone helped me by telling their story on youtube and that is how I found this site.

I have been obese for majority of my adult life. I kept telling myself that I can lose weight by myself with diet and exercise. It seemed easy to say but hard to do. I tried all of the fad diets, the diet pills and the pills from the doctor but the more weight I lost the more I gained back. I believed that I was destined to be this PHAT woman the rest of my life. I look back on my life and the only time that I can remember ever losing weight was in my late twenties or early thirties and that was because I loved to dance. Once I began college again I quit all activities and put all my focus onto school and that is where my weight really got out of control.

One day I was at the doctor's office and he commened that I had never been this overweight (300 pounds) and had I considered bariatric surgery. I was insulted to say the least, I told him that would be my last resort.

Well four years later I am here, I realized I needed a tool to assist me in my weight loss because I wanted to be happy again, play with my grandchildren and be healthy. I have gone through all the requirements that are needed to get my surgery, I am now waiting to see my surgeon to schedule a surgery date.

I am not a person opens up a lot but I believe that I need the support of positive people who have experienced what I am going through, what it is like to be obese and who has or are having the surgery.

One day I hope to enjoy my life again and to become that vibrant and outgoing person again who does not hide from who and what she looks like. I am a work in progress. I will take it one step, one day, one week etc. at a time.

Location:

Omaha, NE

Interests:

Reading, football, basketball, and family

Occupation:

Counseling

Name:

Jenine H.