This is my life. I am 42 years old and at my heaviest I was 380 lbs. I am married to a very cool man, we have no kids, yet, but we are hoping to adopt soon. We live an interesting life, our business takes us overseas and we travel often in Europe. Over the last few years I have been trying to get to a stage where I am fitter and so I can go hiking with my hubby, the turning point came when I realized that if we were going to adopt a child I was not in any shape to run, hike, play canoe ride horses and generally be active with my family. I have not been too concerned up until this point as I have always been able to do the things I wanted to or make an excuse to get out of it. Now I have to face the music and make a decision how to proceed with my life. I was a little apprehensive when I first heard about Gastric Bypass surgery, I thought this was an extreme method to lose weight and that I could do it alone with exercise and diet. 
I have always been a big girl the smallest I can remember being as an adult was 220lbs that was more than twenty years ago. I cannot remember being smaller than that. I think I have been the biggest person I know most of my life. I spoke to our family doctor about the struggle to lose weight as she has been with me for the last three years as I tried over and over to lose and get more fit. She referred me to Dr. Reed to consult on doing surgery. We waited 9 months for the appointment and when I met the Doctor I still was not so sure about what the he** I was doing even considering this surgery. The Dr. gave me information and things to consider including an appointment with his nutritionist Nancy, it was after this consult that I realized that RNY is the way for me to go. It was like a light went off in my head, not the way I would look after the surgery but of all the activities I could do when I lost some of the weight. So I continue my journey as I wait for the 2nd consult with Dr. Reed and Nancy in March 2008. I will update my story as we go along.