My journey to date

May 16, 2009

In December of 2007, I brought my mother to Dr Tengs seminar in the hope that she would consider some type of weight loss surgery.  She is 5'3" tall and weighs close to 300 lbs, has HTN is boarderline diabetic. I am 5'2" tall and when we went to the seminar I was 212 lbs, I have HTN, high cholesterol and triglycerides.  When I heard Dr. Teng give his informon, I knew I had to have the lap band. My Mother has decided not to have any surgery or anything else for that matter.She has been on the fence until Feb. of this year.  Since she wasn't going to do anything, I decided to do some thing for myself. 
It's funny all the emotions you go through when you finally decide.  My husband is a little upset that his life is going to change and that I didn't ask him if he wanted it to change. Still he is supportive and told me to get healthy. Which really is my main goal. 
The whole last supper thing is really hard to control, but once I went in to sign my consents and had Tina read me the riot act about liver size and such, I really jumped on the wagon and haven't slipped off since.  I really don't want the open surgery. Then you have head hunger...  You know you are able to eat so much more than the pre op diet allows.  But if you just wait 20 minutes or so after you eat, you can realize that you really aren't hungry anymore. 
After that is the whole exercise thing.  I have never been one to exercise. Off and on with different diets and such, but the motivation I have now is so different. As an example, I got really stressed at work the past few days and what I would normally do is go to the vending machine and make a nice little buffet for myself.  What I did this time was come home and go on the eliptical trainer, it was only for 5 minutes, but I felt better.  Then yesterday, I was feeling stressed again and I got up from my desk and took a 20 minute walk, up and down the parking garage and office building stairs then around the building.  It feels great.  I know that after my surgery on 05/21/09, and when I have good restriction, the band will help me control myself from using food for comfort.

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