Erin G.
I am an almost 31 year old married mother of two. Right now I am 5' 1" tall and weigh about 250lbs. I weighed 270lbs at my heaviest. I have been obese now for 7 years. Before this I really didn't have a weight problem though I thought I did! I weighed in at a whopping 150 pounds at my heaviest before my children were born at wore a size 12 and I seriously thought this was "fat". Sometime in the 1-2 months after I stopped breastfeeding my second child I started to pack on pounds. I gained about 40lbs the first 6 weeks and it has been all uphill since then. My MD and I have worked extensively at losing weight. I have tried traditional western medicine as well as some eastern and alternative practices. I have run through the gauntlet of diet pills, South Beach, Atkins, Weight Watchers, 1000 calorie diet, liquid diet, exercise, low calorie, acupuncture, hypnosis, massage, you name it I have been there! I will lose 20-25 then stop dead and not budge! I have had all the tests and panels and everything comes back fine...My MD is still convinced it is metabolic but she can come up with nothing...so here we are with her completely on board going for the lap band. I am so ready. I have been lucky so far with my health. I have some hypertension, a little back pain now and then and my sugar is starting to give me some problems. I had broken ribs last year and being so large it took them some time to heal and finding a rib belt to fit well...then there is my torn hip flexor muscle right now which is a similar situation...I am very much looking forward to the health benefits. I am also looking forward to feeling like me again, looking like me again, and doing all the things I used to do like ride my bike, hike, jog, walk, play softball, basketball, swim without feeling like a whale and most importantly play with my kids without feeling out of energy and out of breath in 5 minutes! I still have a high amount of self confidence and feel like I am in the wrong body!
