From Couch to Capable

Fourteen years ago, Robin Edds had bariatric surgery. She went from 330 lb. to 150 lb. Life, however, wasn t much better. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn t do it, the 50yearold from Brownstown, Michigan, says of the procedure. At her heaviest, Edds could barely care for her children, and she couldn t clean her house or walk while carrying anything. I was pretty much kind of an invalid even though I was able to walk, she explains. After losing 180 lb. , she was in a si