[Kieri]

I'm curious: what was the cause of your obesity determined to be? I should have read down some before making my previous insensitive remark...

In one word: GENETIC.

I was overweight when I was born and continued to be throughout my entire life, regardless of what I ate or how hard I exercised. My gastric bypass surgeon measures intestinal length when he does the surgery. Normal small intestines are 19-22 feet long. Mine were 40. "You could eat sand and still gain weight," he told me in the recovery room.

The only drawback to finding out that piece of information is that you have to be opened up to find that out!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Wow. 40 feet. I hope they decided to remove the extra intestines.

I do apologize for my insensitivity.