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Jenna is a 30 year-old single woman who owns and operates her own beauty and fashion salon. As she says, “I was born a size 14 and have struggled with weight all my life”. Having used every possible weight loss program, she equates “diet to a bank account: you can blow through $15,000 in a month and then to pay that out takes a year or more. It’s the same with calories”. She frankly admits to being addicted to food, which should come as no surprise as addiction runs in her family. Every daily decision, whether going to the gym or going out with friends, was impacted by her weight. She chose gastric bypass surgery because she wanted to have the gold standard in bariatric surgery to give her the best opportunity to succeed. In three years, she has lost and maintained 130 pounds and today lives a balanced life.

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ContributorJenna, 30Read Full Bio

Biography

Jenna is a 30 year-old single woman who owns and operates her own beauty and fashion salon. As she says, “I was born a size 14 and have struggled with weight all my life”. Having used every possible weight loss program, she equates “diet to a bank account: you can blow through $15,000 in a month and then to pay that out takes a year or more. It’s the same with calories”. She frankly admits to being addicted to food, which should come as no surprise as addiction runs in her family. Every daily decision, whether going to the gym or going out with friends, was impacted by her weight. She chose gastric bypass surgery because she wanted to have the gold standard in bariatric surgery to give her the best opportunity to succeed. In three years, she has lost and maintained 130 pounds and today lives a balanced life.

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Jenna talks about how food can be an addiction. She struggled with her weight as a little girl and describes her relationship to food as a comfort. She talks about what life is like as an obese person, the things you miss out on and how you begin to isolate yourself. She comments on how she equated food to love, because her two bothers always got more food than her which made her feel like her mother loved the boys more than her.

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