I spent the first 40 years of my life at an acceptable weight.  Through lots of drastic and often unhealthy measures from my teen years on I was always able to keep my weight under control.  I spent 21 years in the Army Reserves and had to meet "weigh in" so I had no choice but to do what ever it took to not be on the "fatboy" list.  After I retired, I guess I just let my reserve down.  Since then, it has been a down hill spiral (or maybe I should say an up-the-scale one)......then you add the wonderful years of menopause on and there has been no stopping the weight gain.  

I remarried 5 years ago to a wonderful man; but it seems like our lives focus on eating.  What are we going to fix for our family dinner each Sunday, where are we going to eat on date night, what kind of food will they have when we travel, where do we want to go eat to celebrate whatever happened this week, etc. etc.  Most of you know the drift...our days of wild partying are over so now we eat.  

Needless to say, as my weight went up so did the number of medical problems I've acquired.  I now have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, fibromyalgia, bad knees and on and on and on.  I also have 4 beautiful grandkids that I want to be able to keep up with and enjoy for many years to come.  

So, I begin to think about WLS.  But, my husband said "NO WAY...I would rather have you fat and healthy then dead or all messed up because of one of those weight loss surgeries!!!!!"  Well, it's taken me a few years to convince him that all messed up or dead is actually what I'm going to be unless I get some of this weight off.  So here I am....  To my delight, through my research and time on these boards I have discovered I am what they considered a lightweight.  But, I also know even though I may not have hundreds of pounds to lose, the ones I do are no longer something I can do without the help of such a tool as the lapband.  I know it's not going to be an overnight miracle or easy, but I am going to succeed with the help of my band and I'm going to live a happy and healthy life for many years to come.
That is if the grandkids don't totally wear my out!!!!

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