Lorraine’s Discovery

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Lorraine is 70 year-old grandmother who has been married for 52 years. At an early age she was a victim of her father’s physical, sexual and verbal abuse. She learned to be a fighter. Putting weight on kept him away from her. She says, “my weight was my protection”. Lorraine began a long journey with diet pills at 10 years old and continued for many years. Often, she would lose 25 pounds only to gain 35 back. By the time she was 325 pounds, she was dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and joint pain--all of the health issues associated with obesity. At that point, she decided to take action by having bariatric surgery at a time before insurance covered the operation. Having lost 175 pounds, Lorraine has worked tirelessly as a facilitator for post-surgical support groups. She emphasizes how each patient has to do the mental work in addition to physical work to succeed in their weight loss journey.

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ContributorLorraine, 70Read Full Bio

Biography

Lorraine is 70 year-old grandmother who has been married for 52 years. At an early age she was a victim of her father’s physical, sexual and verbal abuse. She learned to be a fighter. Putting weight on kept him away from her. She says, “my weight was my protection”. Lorraine began a long journey with diet pills at 10 years old and continued for many years. Often, she would lose 25 pounds only to gain 35 back. By the time she was 325 pounds, she was dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and joint pain--all of the health issues associated with obesity. At that point, she decided to take action by having bariatric surgery at a time before insurance covered the operation. Having lost 175 pounds, Lorraine has worked tirelessly as a facilitator for post-surgical support groups. She emphasizes how each patient has to do the mental work in addition to physical work to succeed in their weight loss journey.

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A victim of physical, sexual and verbal abuse, Lorraine used her weight as protection against her alcoholic father. She became an emotional eater and saw food as a comfort and was her best friend. She considered food an addiction because it was her drug of choice. She talks in-depth about her life long use of diets pills and even lost 125 with Phen Phen only to gain back 140 pounds when it was taken off the market. She figures she has lost 1000 pounds over the years dieting only to find herself 200 pounds to the worse when all was said and done. She was ashamed and angry with herself before she elected to have bariatric surgery.

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