Let the Road to Health begin

Oct 06, 2012

I am starting this process to not only track my progress but to hopefully look back in a year in hopes that my life will be dramatically changed.
I have been overweight my who life (my whole family is, so I was screwed from birth ) I have been on numerous diets over of the years with nothing working other then the Atkins diet when I was 23. I lost 43 pounds in 6 months and I was HAPPY 160 pounds. I guess that I have always just been under the impression that I was suppose to be a bigger girl.
Well almost 10 years, a marriage, a move from San Diego to Dallas I have somehow got myself to weigh 235 pounds WTH!!! I have never weighed this much! I am only 5 foot.
I don't feel like I weigh that much, when I look in the mirror I don't see the 235 pound girl. But when I look at pictures I want to yack!  
So in July I finally got some good health insurance and made the appointment at Barker Bariatric Center to talk about what this will all in tale. My mother had the surgery 13 years ago and has managed to loose a butt ton of weight and keep it off. I am also interested in having kids and the doctor has told me we might have some troubles getting pregnant because of our weight. So its now or never. I am 32 years old, will have to wait a year after WLS to get pregnant so hopefully we will be healthy parents by the time we are 35 (I'm a planner).
So anyways I realize the I have a $2000 deducible before I would be able to have the surgery and since it was already July and we just moved to Texas and were broke I decided to wait until January, Open and FAA account and other then the normal things things that need to be done, the groups, the appointments that just cost my co pay, I will wait and just pay my deducible for the year in January.
So last Thursday I went back to the doctors because Aetna requires a 3 month nutrition group and January is only 3 months away!  I have gained 13 pounds since I was first in there in July, I wanted to cry! On a good note the meds that I am on are working for my HPB. The doctor did tell me that my BMI is high enough for approval without having the HPB, so I am assuming approval will happen! 
So right now I have an appointment with the nutritionist on Nov. 4th and we go from there. I am scared and excited at the same time. I am addicted to Diet Coke and when I say addicted I mean like 3, 2 liters a day CRAZY I know! So my first step towards a new me, is to brake this habit starting November 1st. I need to prove to myself that I can stop that, that will give me hope that I can follow the post op diet.

At this time here are my biggest concerns-
- approval from Aetna
- Boobbies go bye bye
-sagging skin
-Sticking to this crazy diet
-THE PAIN

Things I am excited about
-finally being off BP meds
-Clothes shopping
-being in my Best Friends wedding next year and looking good in my dress
-the feeling of accomplishment
-no longer being a slave to this fat suit I wear everyday

With that I close
Melinda

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