Megan K.
The beginning
Nov 25, 2010
Well, here I am, blogging about my weight. I've never done that before but hey, I've never done what I'm seeking out to do before either, which is weight loss surgery. There's a first for everything.Where do I begin? I'm 38. I've been overweight my whole life. Not like I am now but always had around 30 extra pounds on me until I got engaged to my first husband. That was when I hit 200 lbs. That was 1992 when I was 20.
By 1999 I had ballooned up to 300 lbs. How did I do it? I love to eat, plain and simple. Food is also my go-to buddy for all things emotional. Happy, sad, glad, stressed, you name it, food was there. That combined with little to no exercise got me to that point.
After 10 years of being together and 5 years of marriage, in 2002 my ex-husband and I split. I spent the next 4 years living with my mother (not a great idea) and yo-yo'ing in the weight dept.
In 8/05 I decided to train for my first long-distance bicycle ride which I would start on 9/1/05 (the ride was 8/06). I have a tendency to bite off more than I can chew which in this instance ended up being a great idea but I wouldn't recommend a 565 mile bike ride to be your first. Ok, I did train a year for it. I started at 272 lbs and got to 222 one year later when I did the ride. I was extremely proud of myself and look back at the whole experience as a positive one. I biked 242 miles of the 565 that week which included 112 miles the first day. The longest ride I had done at home while training before that was 60 miles in one day.
So, there I was, feeling better in general but not enough to keep the weight off. I got back from the ride and went through some strange withdrawals. Not food-wise but focus-wise. For 1 year my entire focus was on training for this week-long ride. I got back and there was nothing more to train for. Of course that wasn't true but that's how I felt at the time.
Slowly but surely I started gaining weight back and didn't get any exercise. I met my new husband in 1/07. Yet, here I am, 4 years later and I weigh 286. I have been working on losing weight for about a month now. I was lucky in a sense because it was easier to start at that point because I had my last 2 wisdom teeth pulled and couldn't eat much for a week or so. Because of that, I didn't really notice the carb withdrawals I usually have to deal with when I started cutting back my beloved bread and chips. I'm happy to say I've lost 16 lbs so far.
I am on this site because I want to have weight loss surgery. I'm not sure which one yet but it's between Realize Band and RNY. Thankfully my insurance covers the surgery and I have contacted them and started going to a nutritionist (I need to be on a supervised diet for 6 months prior to the surgery.) to be started on a diet. I don't have to be on a specific one or lose a specific amount of weight but I'm glad I am going. I've only been once so far but it's all part of the journey to the new me, right?
On 12/8/10 I have a seminar to go to at the hospital I have chosen for the surgery so I can learn more about the options available. The following week I have another appointment with the nutriotionist. Hopefully things will proceed nicely without a lot of hiccups.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and thanks for reading!
~ Megan
