O2BThinAgain
I'm a 49 year old single parent of a wonderful 20 year old son who is incredibly supportive of this decision.
My weight gain began about 17 years ago. At first it was very slow but it seemed to gradually pick up as each year passed. One factor that seemed to start the weight gain ball rolling was life getting busier when my son entered sports so fast food stops increased. At the worst point we were eating out 6 out of 7 nights a week. I finally quit smoking 9 years ago and that was all she wrote. The weight just started packing on. I went on diet after diet. I'd lose maybe 10 lbs; get frustrated and gain back 20. Each diet was different but the results were all the same. I resolved last year to finally make a dent in this problem. I switched gyms and joined LA Weight Loss. The results were amazing for the first 3 months, I lost a total of 28 pounds. Then it completely stopped. I hadn't changed the diet, my exercise decreased a little because it was summer in Texas but not enough to completely stop the weight loss. Gradually 1 pound here 1 pound there and I'm back up 11 pounds. And here we are!!
I had actually checked into the bypass 2 years ago (thus the member since date of 2006) at the suggestion of a friend who had the bypass..and a neighbor...and a co-worker. The practice I went to expected me to pay for everything upfront and then file my own claim on the insurance company, even though they already knew my insurance company would pay. In addition they were really the only game in town for this surgery and as such they had way too many patients which gave me the feeling I was just another boat payment. Needless to say I decided against it. That's when LAWL came into the picture. Now I'm back to square one (though I am lighter).
I am thankful that everything happened the way it did because now the 3 people who recommended the bypass to me are a few years into it and all 3, while benefiting from significant weight loss, have now all started to gain it back. I figure if that's a possibility anyway might as well go for the least invasive method!
I need help. I've tried on my own and sometimes I'm my own worst enemy. The diets work for a while, stop working, I get frustrated and start eating normally again so they really fail. Time to stop it. I pray the lap band will be the tool I need to make this work. I want the old me back. To get back to a human size and be the person I am now with the experience I have under my belt will be a great adventure.
