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<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-164326712/went-through-get-thin.html" title="Facts and information about "What I went through to get thin": at 5 feet 6 inches, Andrea Dagger weighed 317 pounds. Desperate, the then 26-year-old had surgery that would enable her to shed the weight. Two years later, she tells the ways slimming down changed her life.(REAL-LIFE READS)">"What I went through to get thin": at 5 feet 6 inches, Andrea Dagger weighed 317 pounds. Desperate, the then 26-year-old had surgery that would enable her to shed the weight. Two years later, she tells the ways slimming down changed her life.(REAL-LIFE READS)</a>
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"What I went through to get thin": at 5 feet 6 inches, Andrea Dagger weighed 317 pounds. Desperate, the then 26-year-old had surgery that would enable her to shed the weight. Two years later, she tells the ways slimming down changed her life.(REAL-LIFE READS)
I've never been what anyone would call skinny. Part of the reason may be genetics, since my dad and brother were both overweight. But I also grew up in a traditional Italian family, where each meal was a feast. My morn regularly prepared ultra-fattening dinners, and everyone encouraged me to pile my plate high.
By second grade, I was 10 pounds too heavy. My mom began taking me to weight-control meetings in my hometown of Massapequa, New York. I was the only kid there, and I resented having to count calories with a bunch of middle-aged women. Instead of dieting, I began sneaking cookies and gorging on sweets when I went out with friends. It was the start of a ...
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