My journey started in the summer of 2011. My then 19 year old daughter Amanda began talking about have gastric bypass surgery. To be honest I did not believe in the surgery at the time. I believed it to be body mutilation. I believed that if you really wanted to lose weight you could. It was all a mind set. I was so wrong!!!! I told my daughter that if she was going to pursue this she was going to have to do all the leg work. She would need to call the doctors set up the appointments and I would just drive her back and forth. What a surprise I had when she began scheduling the appointments for the doctors and the support group. On a cold rainy November even in 2011 I brought Amanda to her first support group. I was planning on staying in the car and playing on my mobile devise. Amanda asked my to come inside because it was so cold out. I agreed that it was getting cold and it would not hurt to just sit there and listen. I might even learn a thing or two. I met the team of Kerry, Tammy, Dr. G and Dr. O. Within minutes they began speaking about the Swedish study show over 40 years of science show diet and exercise alone will not keep the weight off. It was proven that with the gastric bypass surgery the weight will come off and stay off with diet and exercise. I was hooked. My journey began there.
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