Jane’s Discovery

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Jane is a 51 year-old database administrator and part-time singer songwriter. She recalls reading journals from 8th grade where she was keeping track of food and calorie intake. Her weight has been “a life-long monkey on her back”. By the time she reached her top weight of 275 pounds, she felt as though “she’d been trapped in a fat suit and couldn’t get out”. Jane movingly discusses the humiliation that comes with being obese. At 45, she decided to have gastric bypass surgery primarily because of the Dumping Syndrome that acts as a constant reminder if you are not staying true to your post-surgical eating regime.

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ContributorJane, 51Read Full Bio

Biography

Jane is a 51 year-old database administrator and part-time singer songwriter. She recalls reading journals from 8th grade where she was keeping track of food and calorie intake. Her weight has been “a life-long monkey on her back”. By the time she reached her top weight of 275 pounds, she felt as though “she’d been trapped in a fat suit and couldn’t get out”. Jane movingly discusses the humiliation that comes with being obese. At 45, she decided to have gastric bypass surgery primarily because of the Dumping Syndrome that acts as a constant reminder if you are not staying true to your post-surgical eating regime.

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Jane talks about her life-long struggle with obesity. She fell into a depression when her father passed in her early 30’s and weight took on a whole new meaning for her. She stresses how she would be successful with some of the best weight-loss programs available, but always found herself losing ground eventually and putting on more weight than she lot. Food has always been a comfort to her good and bad times.  She openly acknowledges the pain and anxiety that comes from being an obese person when she fails to fit into a seat for a ride at Universal Studios and how it still affects her when she see somebody else struggle like she did with her weight.

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