mimi4gsus
Well here goes.... My life is much like everyone else on this forum. I have had 2 total knee replacements in the past 3 years. I have got to get this weight issue under control or I will end up in a wheelchair or even worse... dead. I have done the typical diets that everyone had tried. I have even lost up to 130 lbs before and can't keep it off. Basically, I am eating myself to death. Sure I have had my stress for a life time.... being widowed at age 33 due to my husband having cancer for 5 years. It is amazing what you can do when you know you have to. I know that God will not give you anything you can not handle but so many times I thought he was really pushing me... LOL..... I was truely blesses to have 15 1/2 years with this wonderful man. He was 15 years older than me but it was a fairytale marriage. He had two children that lived with us. They were 10 and 13 when we got married. Our son was born after we were mairried for two years. I have been blessed with 5 grandchildren. I remarried in 2002 to a wonderful man. He has two daughter that just started living with us full time.... they are 14 & 15.. Yep... you guessed it... this is my third set of kids.... Again,,, I know God has a sense of humor but I ain't laughing... LOL...
Anyway, I have been overweight all my life. My stepdad called me "fats" all my life. (He's a real Jerk) Thank goodness my mom finally divorced him. I guess we all have those childhood traumas that influenced our lives wether it be good or bad... we seem to survive.
Now fastforwad to the present.... I have looked into lap band surgery for about a year now and I finally got enough never to see if the procedure was covered on my insurance.... and it was... Yippee... My next step was to talk to my husband about it since I aleady signed up to attend a seminar...hehehe... I told him and he was very supportive and wanted to go to the seminar with me. He is such a sweetie. So we started the process and here we are today. I am ready to take my life back and start enjoying myself. I have always put everyones needs before mine... well its time to do something for me... and this is what I want to do!!!!!!
