babylove35630
The Struggle
Mar 14, 2009
Hi, Just a little about my self. I am a 32 (33 as of April 6th) year old mom of 4 children. I am a volunteer firefighter, and am very active in my church. I have been struggling with my weight for over 9 years now. I have tried all the OTC (over the counter) diets and the fad diets. I have even spent lots of money to join LA Weight Loss in 2006 and was on the program for 16 weks and lost 9 lbs in the first month and then just platued!! I spent the next 12 weeks following everything to a T and doing everytihng they told me to do.... I was very commited but they said since I am a firefighter that I wasn't getting enough calories intake cause I was also working out at the YMCA 3 times a week and walked 2 miles a day the other 4 days and then at that time we had lots of brush fires and woods fires which had us firefighters walking with 40 lb water packs on our backs for hours So I became discourged after the 12 weeks of not loosing a single pound instead I began to gain weight again. :( I was doing everything right and was going crazy as to the reason I wasn't loosing any weight. So I quit the program. Before that I tried to follow doctors diets and even began to take the perscription diet pill Fastin and I was so happy when within the first few months I lost nearly 80 lbs I was feeling better and able to interact with my children again I was living life but then I heard that the diet pills we sorta bad for your heart so I stopped taking them and gained all my weight back. :( (that is when I joined the program above) so as you can see I am very discouraged now. Then in May of 2008 I was diganosed as a diabetic the dreaded words.. I was fat and now I stayed fat so long that I messed up my body... Since I have been diganosd I have gained nearly 20 lbs thus discouraging me even further.. I have acid reflux, Ostoauthritus (msp), Asthma, Myofascial Pain syndrome which the doctor thinks it is turning into Phibromyaliga huh!!! So that is when she asked me had I ever considered Gastric Bypass or lap banding and I said well I have thought about it but that was as far as it went.. So my doctor and I decided together that she would send me to the surgeon. I went for my consult on March 9th, 2009 and i am set to see the surgeon on April 8th, 2009 to get everything underway! This is such a relief to hear.. Finally something that wil not only help me to get the weight off, but it will make me a healthier person so I can live life again.. So I can go to the park with my kids and play and I can beable to set the worry of being a diabetic out of my mind. I know it worries me alot at the fact that if my sugar bottoms out an the kids are the only ones around could they really help me , ya know?I know there are risks associated with this surgery and all but I have weighed it out in my mind and the benifets out weigh the risks so I am here.
I am willing to do what it takes to live a long healthy life and be able to be an example for my children and help us all get healthy and stay healthy! Thank you all for reading my post and feel free to comment. I hope to make long term friends to help eachother for the rest of our lives to stay on tract and healthy.
May God Bless each one of you in all you do :)
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About Me
Florence, AL
Location
22.1
BMI
Surgery
05/20/2009
Surgery Date
Mar 14, 2009
Member Since
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