Two days until SIPS procedure

Jan 21, 2015

Hello, I'm 1NJMommy and I am due to have the SIPS procedure on January 23, 2015. I am so excited to get this jumpstart on a new life. It took me a long time to decide that this was the route that I would take. I have not told many people, just my husband, mother, and cousin. The rest of my family, including my father and brothers, do not know that I have even considered bariatric surgery. The reason I haven't said much is because I don't want people to be looking and measuring how much weight I've lost. I will bring it up eventually, but not now.

Let me give you a little background. I have always been an athlete, dancer, and musician. I have played basketball for many years, and instruments, including in marching band, for many more years. I have never been a small woman, I mean I am 6 ft. tall. But, I have always been in shape. That is, until,  I graduated college, and went into the working world. I learned I had PCOS shortly thereafter. I got married and became pregnant within a few months, to my surprise. I gained 50 lbs during my first pregnancy, and was not able to permanently lose the weight. I had a second child, but only gained 14 lb. So, now I am 307, and did the whole yoyo thing. I am truly tired of fighting and not getting anywhere. I have two sons and a husband to take care of. I am more than willing to fight, but I need to win at it, at least most of the time. So here I am....ready to seize this challenge of a change in lifestyle.

Ready, set, go!!!

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