Working It Out Together

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Kary-Ann

Age: 38
Occupation: Aboriginal Community Development Officer
Starting Weight: 265.8
Reason for taking the Working it Out Together Challenge: She wants to get moving - toward a fresh start.

Kary-Ann has dealt with being overweight for most of her life. She suffers from a compulsive eating disorder caused by devastating childhood trauma. From an early age, loneliness, sadness or stress would trigger her eating binges. Feeling of deep shame about her weight led to eating in secret – starving herself during the day and bingeing once she was alone. After years of therapy, numerous failed diets, and reaching nearly 400 pounds, she knew it was time to regain control of her life. She underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost 150 pounds – but that was just the beginning. Now she needs to get active to reclaim her vitality – and leave behind the life she has been forced to live for so long because of obesity. She is determined to keep the weight off for good, and to get the tools necessary for her to do so.