christine G.
The journey begins......
Aug 05, 2009
I am a 31 year old, married, mother of 3. My kids are 4,3 and 1. They keep me very busy. I have battled my weight pretty much my whole life. The earliest weight story of me is at 4 years old when I told the neighbor lady I was on a pizza diet to loose weight. I have always known that I have had food issues. I use the food as treats or rewards or find other excuses for the crap that I eat. I'm tired of it. My daughter is following in my footsteps at 4 years old. Fortunately at this point she does not have a weight problem but I know if I continue on the path she will follow right behind me and I REALLY don't want to see her suffer the same experiences I have had in my life.I have dieted numerous times without much success of sustaining the weight loss. I was 170lbs. when I met my husband almost ten years ago, was 220lbs when we got married and continued to gain weight with each pregnancy. I gained 60 with my first, loosing 40. 40 with my second, loosing 30 and finally gained 30 with my third and lost 25. Now here I am trying to diet and excercise and not budging.
My physician had asked me if I had ever considered having surgery about 5 years ago, I told her at that time that I didn't think I ever would but I would reconsider after having kids and hopefully by that time they would have the surgery nearly perfected. About 4 months ago, I was at a bridal shower for a cousin and there were about 6 people there who had either had the surgery or were in the process of getting approved. A couple days after I had seen some pictures of myself from Christmas and was absolutely horrified. I don't feel as big as I am. That's when my journey started. I discussed it with my husband before I did anything and he was very nervous but completely supportive, saying if it would make me happy and healthy then he supported my decision. I did alot of research before making my appointment with my regular doc to discuss my options. She recommended Fairview Southdale surgeons and staff and so I called and went to the informational session on June 17th and had my first appointment with the clinic the following week.
My insurance requires a six month doctor assisted weight loss before I would qualify for surgery. I am almost 1/2 through that. I have a ten pound weight loss to complete in the six months but my biggest obstacle will be to quit smoking. I am currently dealing with that then I will focus on the ten pounds. I figure the ten pounds will be the easiest since it's nothing for me to fluctuate 7 pounds during the month.
So that's where I'm at right now. We will see how this progresses. I am very excited but also am very guarded as I have three small children and a wonderful husband who need me. I am still considering my other options at this point but it looks like surgery is going to be the road for me.
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About Me
North Branch, MN
Location
31.6
BMI
Surgery
01/06/2010
Surgery Date
Jun 08, 2009
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