inevitablyme
Hi!
My name is Evita. My weight has been a challenge for me since grade school. I was "content" being overweight as long as I felt sexy. I felt sexy because people said I was. What I had to ask myself was did I FEEL sexy. Sometimes the answer was "yes" but often it was "no". I am only 24 years old and I should feel VERY sexy at this age. I should also feel VERY healthy, energized and happy but I dont.
So I wanted to do something about it before my youth slipped by me. I got banded on December 22, 2009.
My highest weight was 300lbs
My surgery weight was 287lbs
My goal weight is 170/180
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That was THEN this is NOW.
It is 2014 and I have had a revision from the Lap Band to RNY Gastric Bypass.
HW- 295
SW- 291 (September 11th,2014 @1pm)
GW- 150-160
See how my goals have changed?
With the band I lost about 60lbs and that was with a LOT of exercise and a LOT of restriction which was where the problem was.
It was either too tight or too loose ALL of the time so I brought my food up a lot and turned to sliders to compensate.
I decided for two years to leave the band in but I became more and more aware of it's presence and began to worry about scar tissue, erosion, slips etc.
Since it HAD to be removed (said all of my medical professionals) I decided I wanted another shot at it and decided on RNY.
And so the journey continues... Evita2New ,
Band2RNY, 2014. Lets do it!
