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I finally took control of my life, and my weight on November 28th. I decided to have the vertical sleeve gastrectomy with Dr. Cirangle of Lapsf -and have 85 percent of my stomach removed. I could not deal with the fact that every time I tried to lose weight, I was miserable, whether it be lowfat or lowcarb. With lowcarb eating, I never felt full, no matter how much I ate, and with lowfat I was hungry all the time. You know the quote, The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and
expecting different results," well, that was me. I would lose a bit of weight, and then gain it back plus some. 

I decided that enough was enough!! I I was tired of the yo-yo syndrome. I wanted to lose the weight and keep it off. I decided that I needed a tool to help me some. My husband had seen me struggle continuously with my weight, and what a negative effect that it had on my self esteem, and was supportive of my decision to have wls.

I decided that it was time for my love affair with food to end. I was not using food as fuel, but instead I was using it in a destructive manner. I knew that if I did not get help I would eat myself up to an early grave. When I think back to how I used to eat pre-surgery, it makes me really sad. Things I am sure that every overweight person has done, and can relate to are eating out of emotion, binging, hiding food, all these things I did.

It took alot for me to overcome my addiction to food, and alot on my part to finally realize that I am worthy of getting healthy, and not self sabatoge my weight loss efforts. 
 
Having wls has been the best decisioin that I have ever made.I really want to say that even with a tool, it is ALOT of hard work.Dr. Cirangle gave me a tool, and what I did with it was up to me.Life really is all about choices.We can choose to continue to eat the foods that got us fat in the first place, or we can choose food that is going to benefit our bodies in a positive way.



 

 

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11/28/2007
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Nov 09, 2007
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