"'When you're overweight people stare at you. They make fun of you. You can see the negative reaction in their face,' said Maria Rusak, 53, resident of San Diego. 'In a world where everyone is trying to be a skinny minnie, who wants to date a 350-pound girl?'Bad medicine.
Rusak, like 15 million other Americans, suffered from obesity and related health complications such as arthritis, high blood pressure and gallstones. Nine years ago, she pursued gastric bypass surgery to lose the weight.
'Losing the weight felt incredible. Gaining the weight back did not,' said Rusak. 'After the gastric bypass I weighed 190 pounds but then I slowly got back up to 264 pounds. I was so discouraged. The gastric bypass stopped working.'
Weight gain after gastric bypass surgery is not uncommon. Over time, the small stomach pouch created by the surgery stretches out. More calories are consumed and the feeling of fullness after eating disappears."
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