@celia16
Some of us it is partially genetics and food choice and availability I like to state I was fat the day I was born 12lbs 14oz I live in rural Michigan we did not grow up with fast food there is none lol but we were poor and growing up in the 80’s honestly the food that was given out through the government was not nutritious all the time peanut butter better than velveta cheese logs dry milk powdered eggs butter we had vegetables from the garden and canned out food nut grandparents would butcher animals for us to have meat I was over 300 pounds in high school multiple people in my family were over 500 pounds over 10 people my biggest was 426 I worked 50 hours a week as a manager at a store in the Midwest compare to a super Walmart loaded mulch pushing in carts stocking shelves while going to college big wake up death of my sisters 35 and 33. Had the surgery I’m down to 176 I had so many complications I have been on disability since it’s not a cheat route or easy having surgery I’m afraid and recommend despite my horrible experience I recommend to all of my family surgery some have lost weight on ozempic my cousin has lost over 200 still above 500 but he is doing well I just think people who have family history’s of major health problems surgery is my recommendation some of my cousins have gone off wegovy and gained their weight back my 32 year old cousin was 345 did the sleeve in may and has lost over 100 lbs already