Jenny’s Side Effects

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Jenny is a 49 year-old married woman and mother of two boys. She works full time at a financial institution. Weight was always an issue for Jenny and her family. It became a significant issue for her when she went off to college and her “freshman 15” ballooned to an extra 100 pounds by the time she graduated. Jenny was always looking for a life event to trigger efforts to lose weight but even with happiness it never happened. She was almost embarrassed about having gastric bypass surgery until a co-worker told her it was the bravest thing that she could do. She speaks to the importance of having a team to surround yourself with, particularly support post surgery because that’s when all the work really happens. Today she has lost and kept off almost 100 pounds.

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ContributorJenny, 49Read Full Bio

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Jenny is a 49 year-old married woman and mother of two boys. She works full time at a financial institution. Weight was always an issue for Jenny and her family. It became a significant issue for her when she went off to college and her “freshman 15” ballooned to an extra 100 pounds by the time she graduated. Jenny was always looking for a life event to trigger efforts to lose weight but even with happiness it never happened. She was almost embarrassed about having gastric bypass surgery until a co-worker told her it was the bravest thing that she could do. She speaks to the importance of having a team to surround yourself with, particularly support post surgery because that’s when all the work really happens. Today she has lost and kept off almost 100 pounds.

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Jenny likens her excess skin to looking like a melted candle and hopes to one day deal with it if she can afford it. She suffered from extreme hair loss because of the pace of her weight loss and stresses the importance of getting into an exercise routine as soon a possible after surgery. She say’s “one of the things that happened after I had gotten down to a more normal weight was a little bit of sadness about mistreating my body for so long; because my knees are not great; and because your skin is all stretched up.  You know, you finally get to the size you want to wear and you look great with clothes on but god forbid you should take them off.  And there was a sadness around that.”

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