Rebecca’s Discovery

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Becky is a 45 year-old women who raised her 21 year-old son as a single parent. While weight was a problem from an early age it didn’t prevent her from doing what the other kids did. She talks dramatically about growing up in a tough environment, having lost her older brother to gang violence. It wasn’t until she was beaten by the father of her son and became a single parent that her weight ballooned to the point that she was 375 pounds. With the support of her son she had gastric bypass surgery and has lost over 150 pounds with the commitment, defying doctors bets, to lose more. She explains how having surgery is “not the easy way out” and how important it is to “manage the noise ” during the weight loss journey.

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ContributorRebecca, 45Read Full Bio

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Becky is a 45 year-old women who raised her 21 year-old son as a single parent. While weight was a problem from an early age it didn’t prevent her from doing what the other kids did. She talks dramatically about growing up in a tough environment, having lost her older brother to gang violence. It wasn’t until she was beaten by the father of her son and became a single parent that her weight ballooned to the point that she was 375 pounds. With the support of her son she had gastric bypass surgery and has lost over 150 pounds with the commitment, defying doctors bets, to lose more. She explains how having surgery is “not the easy way out” and how important it is to “manage the noise ” during the weight loss journey.

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As a single parent, Becky didn’t realize her weight had become a significant problem until she saw a picture of herself with her teenage age son and finally said to herself, “I’m obese”.  By that time her weight had reached 375 pounds and she knew she needed to do something or be a burden to her son for the rest of his life.  She had known that food was a comfort to her in good and bad times and that needed to change. With the help of her boss at work she pursued bariatric surgery. She emphasizes the importance of pre-surgery counseling and support groups.

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