Mmezul
Hello ~
Here I am, two weeks pre-op for a lap band procedure. I have thought long and hard about starting a profile, since I have never been good at keeping these things up. Just like all my failed diets, I begin them and then I just leave them half way started. I figured this time it would be different because I have made the commitment to put my body through pain and alteration before starting my weightloss journey. This life-changing event is worth recording and seeing through fruition. I am going to need all of your support and inspiration, and you can count on my encouragment.
I have been overweight my entire life, except for my birth weight, my 2nd b-day and my junior year in high school (actually, even then I was 20 lbs overweight - those were the days!). I have been engaged for almost two years to my boyfriend of almost 11 years. I love him dearly, although he gets on my nerves sometimes , and pray to be at my healthiest weight possible before becoming a new mommy in a couple of years.
My pre-op journey has been three months in the making - quite fast I am told. I am scheduled for December 4 at 8 a.m. I began the process at 284 lbs - my heaviest then and I am now up to 290. I guess all those "last suppers" have taken a toll. I vowed to begin my pre-op diet today, but am now thinking after Thanksgiving is less hipocritical. I have many questions: How much excess skin will I have? How much pain will I have? I wonder if I'll have "slippage"? How skinny will I get or will I ever get "skinny"? I don't care to have answers about this right now - all I know is that I am eager and excited to begin this journey, a journey I realize will be a lifetime commitment, but one I know (because I trust in God) that will bring me to better health and control. Looking forward to walking with you through this!
nov.21/dec. 4/mar. 27/???
pre-op/surgery/current/goal
292/283/243/135
I keep telling myself... "Almost there!"
